Maui for Aaron's 47th Birthday

 

We flew into Maui Thursday January 14

We stayed at our usual Honua Kai ($3200) but rented through Maui Resort rental.  

Probably won't do that again. 

Friday January 15th we celebrated Aaron's actual birthday at Kimos ($125)

I totally ordered WRONG - Aaron got the Mahi Mahi and I got AHI (yuck)

of course we got Hula Pie!

but you can't complain about the food.

we shopped Front Street until it closed (7 pm weird - stupid Covid)

Saturday January 16

We played on the beach. Ate at Dukes - YUM! 

Sunday January 17th we watched football games and laid at the beach.  

We ate dinner at Lahaina Fish Co ($86)

Aaron had a rib eye and I had Macadamia Nut crusted fish?? 

Phil was our waiter and was AWESOME!!

Monday January 18th we got acai bowls at the farmers market for breakfast

 then took a drive to see Nakalele Blowhole - but it RAINED BUCKETS all day so we couldn't get out.

We ate lunch at Down the Hatch and got our usual Lava Lava Shrimp.

so much RAIN!!!!!

Tuesday was beautiful 

We ate Pancakes at Dukes (36)

And decided to try a new restaurant for dinner Honua Seafood & Pizza ($44)

We won't return but it was fun to try something new.

Wednesday January 20th 

Aaron dove the coral reef outside the Hyatt beach ($128) while I sat on the beach (my favorite)

We ate prime ride at Leilanis for dinner ($82)

He's always running back to grab sunglasses or a sweatshirt :)

Thursday January 20th 

We started at the beach and went to Dukes for nachos. 

We ate at Lahaina Fish Co for dinner ($100)

Friday we sat at the beach but couldn't get in the water due to a SHARK ATTACK! 

We went to Leilanis AGAIN for dinner and saw a whale get stuck in the shallow waters.

Strange events this trip 

 Our flight got delated from 9:30 pm to 12:45 am

We were the last people to be let into the airport... who knew airports close???

I love our trip each year 

Basement Flood.... Twice :(

 October 7th, the back basement guest room flooded

A sprinkler head broke.

A $3 part turned into a $17K project.

So we decided to paint the entire basement,  recarpeted the bedrooms, all the stairs in our house, and decided to do a LVP (luxury vinyl plank) in the basement.  

October 25th, While getting all the furniture out of the basement, Aaron managed to split his eyebrow open.  He was carrying a table outside with the boys and didn't see a post.  The table hit the post making it come to a stop, but Aaron kept walking.  Luckily, Steve Granger was willing to meet us up at Aaron's office to sew him up. 

October 30

Back to the Flood....

The LVP was a nightmare.  The installers didn't level anything so the baseboards didn't look right.  In fact, they looked terrible.  So we got to hire Courtney Lindoff to come and fix the baseboard and repaint the rooms that got wrecked by the flooring crew. 

We still aren't thrilled with the LVP but at this point, we are done with living in dust and chaos.

November 9th, after everything got installed, furniture back in the rooms and everything decorated...

We had a massive cold front and it froze our front hose spigot.  The spigot was gushing water for several hours before we saw it.  The front flower mound filled up with water and our basement guest room flooded again 

Update: Dec 18 - We still don't have the trim for the basement fireplace or the bullnose for the upstairs (cry).  some day I hope to be done with this project!