Last Week Matt and I went to visit my family in Maui {they were there for a Doctor Confrence and I couldn't say no to a free trip to Maui}

We stayed at the beautiful Hyatt Resort...

Which had gorgeous scenery...

 

The coolest statue {woke up at 5am just  to get this at sunrise... Matt didn't appreciate me dragging him along for a morning photo-walk}

Interesting Birds....

{Matt and Spike have the same hair}

{This Flamingo wouldn't get out of our path}

And Wonderful Company...

 

 

{Logan is almost taller than me!}

But we are glad to be back to our Island...

Last week, while Matt and I were on the bus {forever it seemed like} on our way to Maui... we sat behind a girl with a yellow birdie {look closely and its missing its little foot}... she just straight up pulled it out of her purse. Cute...? 

{sorry for my super trendy iphone hipstamatic app... all I had at the moment was my phone}

It was a pretty bus drive though...

 

My Tools {taken from iphone}

Matty and I are both very lucky to have good jobs that we enjoy on campus. Matty is an electrician while I work at the print-shop making banners and posters and anything "print worthy". Lately however I have been doing more than just printing... I have painted and installed wooden signs at the "PCC" and been stretching canvas over wooden frames. 

This is a sample of the tools I used today... I thought it looked nice.

 we spent all new year's eve day at the beach {yes i got very burned}

we watched the sun go down on the very last day of 2010...

And then the real party began. It was pure chaos. one boy had fireworks attached to his bike and was just riding around like it was nothing... {the next two pictures are from when he passed us.}

the smoke from all the fireworks was so thick... matt told me this is what the end of the world would look like... but not as colorful. 

 

the fireworks lasted forever... i never thought they would end.

{i semi-hoped they never would}

it was a wonderful new year celebration.
 

 for new years day we slept in late and then made tons of french toast and chocolate milk...

Then went on a beautiful drive...
 

and ended up at the aquarium! 

the shark tank was my favorite... or maybe the jellyfish were. not sure. there were tons of cool exhibits

after we went to a movie {the tourist... not so amazing} and then called it a night... 

wonderful wonderful weekend