Just Maui'ed

Happy Anniversary to us!

I can't believe it has been a year since we said 'I do!' People have told me the first year of marriage can be the hardest but I would say it has been the best year of my life.  Hopefully that is a good sign of things to come.

I love Craig more and more each day, I never would have imagined how our love could grow from just a year ago.

So baby, here's a poem I found just for you.

I remember all the reasons why

I said yes.

To be your soulmate,

To share your sorrow,

To share your joy,

To be your encouragement,

To cherish you,

To love you,

To honor and obey,

These vows I will hold

Deep in my heart

Till time stands still,

Till death do us part.

I love you. Happy Anniversary.

Moving to Maui

So after 3 wonderful months on the Big Island I got offered a job working at the sister facility over on Maui. Craig and I quickly decided we wouldn't mind living in Hawaii for a few years so here we are!

We are living in a town called Makawao, a cute town on the East shore. I arrived here on the 4th June and started work this past Monday. Craig flies in from the slope on Saturday which is very exciting seeming we haven't seen each other for 6 weeks now. 

So I won't go on to much today but here's a few pics of our new lil island.

Nice beaches...

Upcountry living...the view from Olinda Rd at day and night looking down on the west side of the island.

Its pretty cool to see both sides of the ocean from up here.

not bad eh?

Mauna Kea Summit

We headed up to the Summit of Mauna Kea last night for a guaranteed sunset above the clouds!

This pic overlooks Mauna Loa, arguable the tallest mountain in the world when measured from the seabed.

Check out the awesome reflection of the volcano on the clouds!

Of course this is a 1 2 3 pic Lizzie.

4200 Metres high, I did feel slightly light headed, especially after I decided to see how quickly I could sprint at that height, it took me a unbelievable amount of time to get my breath back!

Here's the island of Maui visible in the distance.

After the sunset we headed to the visitors centre for some stargazing, got an amazing look at Saturn through a fancy scope Dad!

Makalawena Beach

Welcome to Hawaii

Craig and I have had an busy week moving to Hawaii, we actually have spent most of the time over on the Kailua-Kona coast as our friends were here on Vacation. This pic above was the view from their hotel, the Sheraton Keauhou Resort (It was so nice we stayed a night there on Friday).

We enjoyed some cocktails and food with Sara and Clint!

This is the our neighbourhood we are living in, its called the Mauna Loa estates and its so peaceful and quiet. Its a lush rainforest with flowers everywhere.

There are several roads to drive to the Kona side of the island, we took the Saddle Road over the middle of the island and it was really beautiful...here we are in the lava rockbed below the volcano Mauna Kea.

We headed to the famous Hapuna beach that day with our friends, Craig and Clint got some serious sunburn after hiring a boogieboard and spending hours in the ocean.

Craig and I took a pit stop near the south of the island for some pics, it was windy but we are doing a 360' photo shoot which added to the coolness.

Not native to Hawaii, but very cute Cardinal hanging out at the bakery. I ignored the sign 'Do not feed the birds'

We got a mountain facing view at the hotel but I think it was a much better deal..

The hotel had a lovely garden all around the grounds.

We hit the town Friday night and met up with 4 more friends from Alaska, small world!

That night we heard about the earthquake in Chile and joked about the Tsumami coming our way, the next morning we were woken up to sirens going off. We watched it all go down from the safety of the sixth floor, it was a serious letdown we saw perhaps some minor surging.

Once we were allowed to head back down to the pool Craig tried to find somewhere to jump off the rocks.

Instead he resorted to doing his impression of a breaching whale in the safety of the pool. Maholo.

Volcano clouds

Saebo says Aloha Hawaii!