Maui!

Yup, another vacation in Maui. It was less than a year since our last trip, but Mommy and Daddy received a special promotion from Starwood for their newest resort, the Westin Nanea Ocean Villas. It was such a great deal they couldn't turn it down. We're glad we went! Since half the resort wasn't yet complete we got upgraded to a two bedroom ocean-view villa. Colin and I got our own room with a king sized bed and bathroom, and our own TV! Hopefully we don't come to expect these amenities every time we travel.

Our first stop after arriving in Maui: Ululani's shaved ice. Our second stop: Target(!) to pick up some toiletries and provisions for the week.

View from our room.

I took this picture of Mommy and Daddy in our living room.

Since we saved so much on airfare and lodging, we splurged and upgraded our rental car to a Jeep!

This was inside the sales office where they try to sucker us in to buying a timeshare. Fortunately, we were able to get out of attending one of their presentations.

The resort was definitely built with families in mind. There was a huge swimming pool connected to all these smaller pool areas - kids splash pads, wading pools, a zero entry beach pool, water slide, hot tubs - something for everyone! We spent hours down there everyday, and probably spent more time at the pool than at the beach.

Mommy's favorite part of the pool: hanging out on the warm "beach" and watching us entertain ourselves.

I tried snorkeling a few times but didn't seem to enjoy it as much as last time. I couldn't stand the taste of the salt water every time I put my face in.

We even walked to the other Westin resort next door to use their pirate ship pool. Colin had a blast!

Since we had visited Maui not too long ago, there was no pressure to try to do everything and check things off our list. We took it easy, hung out at the pools, and went on outings when we felt like it. 

Shaved ice everywhere we went.

Cooling off at Whaler's Village. I had been wearing regular clothes but then got soaked in the fountain. Conveniently, we were in a shopping center with plenty of stores that sold overpriced kids clothing so I ended up with a new rashguard set that I immediately changed into. Colin got a new pair of shorts too.

We also went on a submarine ride! We had looked into going last time but Colin wasn't tall enough yet. It was a neat experience and definitely worth doing once.

To get to the submarine we also had to take a short boat ride. This by itself was already fun for us!

View of the island from our boat.

Approaching the submarine.

The submarine took us 100 ft down, through a coral reef, and to a shipwreck. We saw lots of different fishies and some bigger ones even came right up to our porthole. It was very cool!

It was nice to take it easy on this trip and also try something new. If we could get a fantastic deal on the Westin Nanea again, we would go in a heartbeat!