WHERE TO STAY IN MAUI

The Best Airbnbs in Maui

I’ve been wanting to do a post about the cute Airbnb we stayed at in Maui since we got back in August and it seems like it went straight from August to October (wait what happened to October…..I started this post at the beginning of October and it has just been CRAZY month and now it’s the middle of November)…

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MAUI HIKING ADVENTURES: HOAPILI TRAIL

Hoapili Trail Maui

This is one of my favorite hikes ever so I thought it deserved it own post. It’s not a really difficult hike but the terrain is mostly lava rocks so wear good shoes (I attempted this once in flip flops and my feet hated me after). Bring lots of water because there isn’t a ton of shade and it’s a…

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SPRING BREAK AT GRAND HYATT BAHA MAR

Grand Hyatt Baha Mar pool

The boys had a week off from school for spring break and I was determined that we were going to do something fun and 5 days at Grand Hyatt Baha Mar is just what we needed. Yes, we have a beach in our backyard so maybe the pressing need to “get away” doesn’t seem like it would be felt as…

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PELICAN GRAND BEACH RESORT

We are used to traveling a lot and going 4 months with barely leaving the house was a big change for us. I’m not going to lie, it was actually really nice to slow down for a while. Sometimes you don’t realize how much you need that until you have to. We cancelled 4 trips during that time and I…

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WEEKEND GETAWAY AT WATERSTONE RESORT AND MARINA

Last weekend Jonathan and I had a much needed kid free getaway at Waterstone Resort and Marina in Boca Raton, FL. I have lived in Florida all of my adult life and somehow this is the first time I have stayed in Boca. Most people think of Miami or Fort Lauderdale when the think of South Florida but Boca’s beaches…

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MAUI SECRET BLACK SAND BEACH

I am FINALLY working on getting all of my posts up from our Hawaii trip back in June. This is the first of many. I almost had a mini heart attack just now because I have been working on this all day and thought I just accidentally deleted it! Jonathan and I both had a dream that we were in…

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WHAT TO PACK FOR YOUR BEACH VACATION

I’m currently having a Harry Potter Marathon with my boys since it was too windy for us to go on a bike ride tonight (they said we can only watch the first 3 since they haven’t finished the other books yet and they don’t want to spoil them) but I’ve been doing a little shopping for some of our upcoming…

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EXUMA TRAVEL GUIDE: Feeding the Stingrays

Feeding the stingrays at Chat ‘N’ Chill is another thing to add to your bucket list if you are going to Exuma. We stayed here for a few hours and the boys were having so much fun they didn’t want to leave. These are “wild” stingrays so they do have their barbs but they are very friendly and used to…

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