Hawaii Trip...

Shawn works for National Tire and Battery and they like to reward top performers with vacations. This year they took us to Maui, Hawaii for 6 days. This was our 3rd trip with the company and it was fabulous.

The last night of the trip, they rented out a restaurant and had a 4 course meal served. They also had a photographer take our picture infront of the sunset. When we arrived back to our room that night, the framed picture was on our bed with a Thank You note for Shawn's hard work. It was really nice.

Hawaii Sunset
Whale watching with the Pacific Whale Foundation

This little yearling put on a show for us and I was able to get it on video.

Whale watching!!

Christmas decorations, Hawaii style!! It was hard to remember that it was December and Christmas was in a few weeks. Everywhere we went, they were playing Christmas music, but it was 80 degrees outside and we were swimming most days.

There was a local trolley car that was FREE (hard to believe because everything was so expensive) and would take you to some of the shopping areas.

Each night, NTB would host a cocktail party before dinner. After this particular cocktail party, they took us to Ruth Chris Steakhouse for dinner. It was so yummy!!

A view of the pool area, from our room.

We went out on a catamaran and snorkeled/sailed all day. The water was a little cold for me but we did get to see some awesome sea turtles and beautiful fish. Unfortunately, I did not take a waterproof camera.

Arriving in Hawaii, we were greeted with traditional flower lays.

View of the ocean from our room.

One night, we went to a luau, which was really neat. The food was awful but the entertainment was good. My pictures did not turn out well that night.

I hope that someday we will be able to go back to Hawaii. There is so much that we still did not see and do. The weather was gorgeous and the people were so nice. We had a wonderful time, but really missed the kids. Thank you, Shawn for working so hard, so that we are able to go on trips like these. I love you!