Maui, Conference, Life!

Time for a completely random post of the fun things that have been happening the past few days! 

My sweet mother in law cruised in (literally) for a day.  She had the great idea of flying to Maui for a day trip while Mike and his Dad spent a day on board the cruise ship that they are on.  

It was a little crazy getting going, but we made it!

We were flying on separate flights - and I flew on the teeniest plane I have ever been on!  It kinda freaked me out as Mike and I recently watched a movie where a little plane, much like the one I was on, wrecked.  Everyone in the movie died.  I hate movies like that.  cough cough Red Dawn cough cough.  I digress. 

My mom-in-law got some super cool shots of Oahu as we flew away that look AMAZING!

That one is my favorite.  

Anyways, we got there and went on a pretty sweet Zipline!  It was SO PRETTY!  I was just so excited to be off Oahu and somewhere new! 

Our guides were hilarious.  They had us laughing the entire time.  

It was an adventure that's for sure!  We were zipping over pineapple plants too, who knew it took 18 months to grow a pineapple!?!  That's longer than it takes to grow a kid. 

After our zip tour was done we drove into the cutest beach front town called Paia.  We got the BEST shaved ice there.  

It was the perfect treat to cool down and enjoy the Maui scenery.  All too soon we had to head back to the airport to catch our flight home.  

Luckily that night we got to go on board the Holland America ship and all have dinner together!  It was so yummy and made me want to go on a cruise SO BAD! I love cruising.  

There is a blurry picture for your enjoyment of Mike and I enjoying the smorgasbord of delicious food!

We had such a wonderful time and were sad to say goodbye, but they set sail for American Samoa that night, so hopefully there is some enjoyment going on at sea right now! 

This weekend Mike & I thoroughly enjoyed conference this weekend!  Since conference plays ridiculously early in the morning here, we just waited until later and went down to the beach and listened to some of our favorite talks!!  Here is our beach conference oasis...

It was so peaceful in our little tent in the shade eating sushi, listening to the waves, and hearing the inspired messages of our leaders. 

My favorite was President Uchtdorf, who's message was to slow down in life and not be so focused on the finish line, but rather enjoy the journey.  I absolutely love that man.  And yes, that is something I am going to work on.  

Enjoying our get-away for a day together.  

And we got some shave ice after!  Great conference weekend!