Aloha from the Paulsons Part 1

Aloha from Maui! In the latest exciting times, the Paulson's headed on their first family vacation as a foursome to tropical Hawaii. We flew out on Wednesday the 29th of September and returned on the 7th of October, all while enjoying sun and warmth. It was glorious! We stayed in Kihei on the island of Maui in a friend's condo, which was a couple of blocks to the beach (and a few steps to the pool, which was much more important for Jace).

Here are some pictures from our first days adventures:

On Thursday, we drove the road to Hana. It is a historical roadway with an average speed limit of 20 mph. There are 600 switchbacks and 54 one-lane bridges. It was an entire day journey for us but well worth it.

Aloha from the Paulsons Part 2

Here are pictures from Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There wasn't much beach time these days as we had such a huge torrential downpour on Friday that the runoff caused the ocean to be very murky. What we heard later from our local friends is that the murky water draws the sharks... Glad we didn't try to swim!

The family visited the Maui Ocean Center. It was a cool and impressive aquarium. Jace says that his favorite part was the sharks exhibit. His next favorite were the fake seals.

Each day we made a trip to the swimming pool and Jace loved it! He really grew in leaps in bound with his swimming ability. With water wings attached and a noodle underneath him, Jace swam around the pool like a champ. He even let us dunk him and didn't mind it at all.