maui.

"sisters behind sisters"


most families have that one crazy uncle.
i have seven.
thank goodness a couple of them weren't invited to sheila's birthday trip to hawaii. every year that one of the siblings in her family turn 60 they plan a vacation. someone has been turning 60 every 2 or 3 years now, so it's worked out pretty fun for them.
maui was my mom's idea and as a travel agent she is a little too good at planning if you know what i mean :) there were 16 of us, so planning was absolutely necessary. we weren't going anywhere fast and there were even times where we had to pull over the cars and do a head count because we thought we left someone.
the excursions were all very fun of course but i felt exhausted almost the whole time - as the night before the trip i stayed up all night with a boy, dan. then went on a 2am volcano, sunrise, biking excursion the first night. and never seemed to catch up after that. which is fine. i wouldn't chose it another way and miss out. i would rather be kayaking with whales and snorkeling with sea turtles and playing nertz than taking a nap.
but i was also a little preoccupied and would secretly rather be having coffee with this boy dan than doing absolutely anything else in the whole world.