 | | Going on vacation! But now we have Samantha to keep busy!
LAX
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 | | Joe Sr, Kristen, and Garret on their plane out to paradise.
Somewhere over the Pacific, International Waters
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 | | Kimmie and Ryan
Somewhere over the Pacific, International Waters
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 | | The Smith side of the vacation party.
Somewhere over the Pacific, International Waters
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 | | A baby happy to be off the plane, out of the car, and in hawaii!
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Baby Sam and Kimmie
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Uncle Joe and Samantha on the little beach in front of our condo.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | This could be Sam's first dip into the Pacific.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Yeah, it's vacation time.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Our home for the next week and a half. Alan chillin'.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | The view from our hovel.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | The first thing after we got the rental cars was to head out and get some groceries. It's grilling time!
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Aunt Kristen has the special ability to get Sam to smile for the camera.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Dad Lance and Sam walking on the beach.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Sam not exactly digging the water.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Slumming it.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Da boys chilling, women chatting, grandma and sam playing.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | 8am or so, sunrise! Day 2!
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | This is so I remember where this awesome beach is for future visit.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | Bro's in law being… under the rainbow.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | Kathy and Samantha about to dip their toes in the water.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | Sam and sand.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | Auntie Kristen and Samantha.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | nap time. Sam's only a year old.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | Scrunchie face Sam.
Maui, HI
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 | | The Witmeyer girls
Maui, HI
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 | | Joe, Kathy, Kristen, and Samantha at a distance.
Maui, HI
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 | | We went looking for a restaurant/bar that Kristen/Garrett went to on their honeymoon. Unfortunately it's not there anymore and we had to settle for the replacement.
Maui, HI
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 | | K, K, and K
Maui, HI
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 | | The entire bunch.
Maui, HI
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 | | Joey keeping an eye on rambunctious Sam.
Maui, HI
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 | | The other unit we rented. More drinking here.
Maui, HI
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 | | Dinner and drinks at Maui Brewing Company. Their Coconut Porter rocks.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Brrr… getting ready for a snorkel. We'd again be denied a trip out to Molokini. Darn it. O for 2.
Maalaea Harbor, Maui
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 | | This is the exact same boat we went snorkeling with 10 years ago!
West coast, Maui
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 | | Kimmie and Kristen posing underwater.
West coast, Maui
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 | | A turtle just lounging about until we came along
West coast, Maui
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 | | Ryan, Kimme, Kathy, Kristen, Garrett.
West coast, Maui
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 | | Turtle trying to get away from us.
West coast, Maui
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 | | Underseascape.
West coast, Maui
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 | | Alan chasing down his snorkel
West coast, Maui
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 | | A fishie sitting on some coral
West coast, Maui
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 | | Smilin' Sam and Kristen, getting all dolled up for the luau.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Sam patiently waiting in line and dodging grown ups.
Royal Lahaina Luau
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 | | The Smiths and Witmeyers for the dinner show.
Royal Lahaina Luau
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 | | Mom sporting some aviators.
Royal Lahaina Luau
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 | | The Witmeyers waiting for the show to get started.
Royal Lahaina Luau
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 | | Island dancers
Royal Lahaina Luau
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 | | Yeah, tourists love this stuff but it's not Hawaiian. Other polynesian islands did this though.
Royal Lahaina Luau
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 | | Witmeyer girls posing with one of the help.
Royal Lahaina Luau
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 | | Witmeyer kids with some coffee.
Lahaina, Maui
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 | | The biggest and littlest in the family.
Lahaina, Maui
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 | | Everyone during some slow time doing some shoppin'.
Lahaina, Maui
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 | | Joe Sr, Joe, and K&S at the original cheeseburger in paradise.
Cheeseburger in Paradise, Lahaina, Maui
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 | | Some of the Maui road system. You can see parts of the original from X-years ago cut into the rock.
SW corner of Maui
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 | | Reservoir dogs moment for the gang.
Mama's Fish House, Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | I took Sam outside to calm her down, sitting waiting for dinner takes its tool on babies.
Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | Sam on the beach. Still waiting for dinner.
Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | K&S at Mama's Fish House
Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | Waiting for the food to come we all ran outside for some photo ops.
Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | Kathy photobombing Joey.
Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | Joe and Joe, Alan, Kimmie and Ryan
Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | The famous restaurant
Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | Almost a perfect picture. Totally random.
Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | Alan Smith
Paia, Maui, HI
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 | | Well shucks, we're just 100ft from a great brewery and it's not that late. Twist my arm!
Maui Brewing Company
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 | | Yeah, this restaurant has like 7 tables. And the line goes out the door! Maybe 45-60min wait?
The Gazebo Restaurant, Napili Shores
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 | | The new family on vacation.
The Gazebo Restaurant, Napili Shores
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 | | American style breakfast with a Hawaiian twist.
The Gazebo Restaurant, Napili Shores
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 | | Cause we can't take enough pictures.
The Gazebo Restaurant, Napili Shores
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 | | Last day for the BILs and SILs.
The Gazebo Restaurant, Napili Shores
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 | | K&S after breakfast. And Sam's smiling!
The Gazebo Restaurant, Napili Shores
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 | | Back to the most awesomest beach.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | Alan brough his laptop to stay connected. On vacation. Note wallpaper.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | The Smith's having dinner after the Witmeyer's left.
Aloha Mixed Plate, Lahaina, Maui
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 | | Another picture taken to remember the place. Kathy and I ate here 10 years ago too.
Aloha Mixed Plate, Lahaina, Maui
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 | | Day 6 we had some time to kill after dropping Alan off at the airport and picking up the relatives so we popped over to Maui Optix where Mike and Carsten work/own to check out their new digs.
Pukalani, Maui, HI
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 | | Kathy, Samantha, Taiko, Kazukun, and Mom.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | We had to share the Kapalua Beach with K&T.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | See, great beach huh! Nice for splashing around, no waves.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | Lance and Kathy.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | The great banyan tree on Front Street.
Lahaina, Maui
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 | | Insane shave ice, like no other you have ever had. I think they freeze it to -80, the ice didn't melt in the cup (in hot hawaii!) and it had a creamy texture.
Ululani Shave Ice, Lahaina, Maui
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 | | K&S for our 2nd luau. Sorry Witmeyers, but this one was better.
Old Lahaina Luau, Maui
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 | | Everyone all islanded up.
Old Lahaina Luau, Maui
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 | | Sam getting all her energy out, and some pervert 4 year old chasing after my daugher. If he was a year older I'd kick his ass.
Old Lahaina Luau, Maui
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 | | The extraction of the pig from the sand. Mouth watering good!
Old Lahaina Luau, Maui
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 | | We opted for the traditional seating. Who knew we'd get front row seating. And it gave us more space to handle Samantha.
Old Lahaina Luau, Maui
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 | | Much more traditional dancing here, no glitz and glamor of the fake stuff the others have.
Old Lahaina Luau, Maui
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 | | Mom and Samantha.
Old Lahaina Luau, Maui
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 | | Kyle, I swear he looks like David Bratty, in an island sort of way. Acted just like him too. I think I freaked him out when I wanted his pic.
Old Lahaina Luau, Maui
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 | | The vacationing bunch.
Old Lahaina Luau, Maui
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 | | Here's Sam about the be very patient for the next… many hours.
Road to Hana
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 | | Then it started raining. Doh. But we kept going. That'd be dad's fault.
Road to Hana
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 | | When the rains stopped there were some good views.
Road to Hana
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 | | We came here 10 years ago too, and had to come back. More simply awesomeness.
Aunt Sandy's Banana Bread, Keanae, Maui, HI
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 | | Keanae Church, maybe 100 yards past the bread store. It's right off the water and survived a tsunami. Great place to eat the bread. Hard to find though.
Keanae, Maui
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 | | Yet another pic taken so I remember this place, bread store, and the crazy turnoff to get here.
Keanae, Maui
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 | | Kazuhiko at the church.
Keanae, Maui
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 | | One of the waterfalls on the way to Hana.
Road to Hana
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 | | Travaasa Hana I believe it's called now. Kathy and Sam playing with water waiting for everyone else.
Hana
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 | | This was a long deserved lunch. Long windy drive. And now we have to go back. But the sun is out now!
Hana
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 | | Sam and Dad.
Hana Beach Park
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 | | One of the waterfalls… things were a bit dry this time around.
Road from Hana
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 | | Stopping to check things out
Road to Hana
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 | | Who can question this paradise?
Road to Hana
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 | | Panorama
Road to Hana
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 | | So with all the crazy driving Sam got sick and puked up. We stopped again in Keanae to take a breather.
Keanae, Road to Hana
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 | | Sam in new clothes : )
Keanae, Road to Hana
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 | | Sam being the center of attention as always.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | The vacationers taking a breather.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Morning Maui style
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Mololai in the early morning sun.
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | These trees are something else. I want to grow some. Funky hard-ass seeds though, they get pressed into the asphalt.
The 30 just south of Lahaina
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 | | Back at the beach!
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | Dad/Lance lounging, Sam doing what she does best.
Kapalua State Beach
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 | | Our last Maui sunset!
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | Sam going to town on some corn. Num num!
Kahana, Maui, HI
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 | | By Hololani!
Kahana, Maui, HI
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