Monday, February 25, 2008

Aloha

We had a BLAST during our week in Hawaii. Thanks Dad for letting your kids invite ourselves on your work trip!


Cutest picture ever taken of the Madster.



Mom & Maddie at our hotel



Uncle Kyle (the greatest....manny....uh, I mean nanny....I have ever seen) telling Maddie the most elaborate and fantastical stories of make believe.



Our family helicopter ride



Maddie is ready to go.



Literally, within 60 seconds after take off, Maddie was asleep and slept the entire ride! She missed the amazing waterfalls, cliffs, mountains, and whales.



Our family submarine ride.



Maddie was FURIOUS that we didn't see any mermaids. We saw a sunken ship, lots of beautiful fish, and a freaky eel.



Maddie's brave slide ride.



Josh's brave slide ride.



The cutest little hula girl, Lucy! She was such a doll and made the trip so fun!



Maddie felt like a princess in our amazing hotel.



Ice cream break.



Family boat ride. I definitely highly recommend visiting the islands during whale season.




At the top of Maui's Haleakala volcano.


The very cool downhill bike ride.



Grandpa Dale & Baby Lucy



I totally hogged little Lucy the whole week. I don't think Jamie minded too much though.  :o)



Maddie the Mermaid



Josh's tradition: sleeping through the ENTIRE first day of vacation.



Uncle Kyle being wonderful again. (Little did he know that Maddie had a "turtle head" inside of that swimsuit when I took it off later that night. He - he)




Whenever you ask Maddie what she wants to do at the beach, she is guaranteed to say: Make sand castles! Well, she got her wish!



Maddie loved the slides at the hotel.



Josh & Rod enjoying their room service breakfast/tea party.

13 comments:

Candace said...

Ugh. I am so jealous. You guys did some fun stuff. Maybe we can make it next time. Please say there will be a next time and soon =)

Aaron and Celina said...

That looked like so much fun!! I love the picture of maddie in the helicopter with her thumbs up! Too Cute! What island did you go to?

Jenny said...

"Lucky"! I do miss Maui. That was on fun trip for us as well...3.5 years ago..too long ago. I love the turtle head picture on her "manny"!

Anonymous said...

Yea for some Hawaii family pictures.Candace, don't be too sad. I was here stuck in Vernal. :) We will hopefully do another Stucki family trip where WE all can go. Everyone looks great and happy. Thanks for the pictures!

Brian Stucki said...

Nice pictures Roach. I've heard about the downhill bike ride. It seems like it would be really fun.

Kels said...

Rach- did you purchase some red lipstick???

Rodney said...

Love these!!! My all time favorite picture- the one of Maddie flyin down the slide!! Poor little thing kept doing it even though it looked like she was going to fling off any second. I miss the beautiful ocean already. Thanks for helping make it a great trip Roach & Josh!

-Jamie

Amy Rindy said...

That's really not fair of you to post these pictures when I am suffering through a Utah winter. Looks absolutely wonderful there and I can't believe all the fun things you guys did - you definitely know how to do a vacation!
p.s. I noticed the red lipstick too - hot mama! :)

Katie Mills said...

I too am jealous, I need a vacation... alone or with my man! That looks so nice to be at the beach. Maybe we should plan another girls weekend for this summer!!!

I love Maddie's picture of the mermaid, I did that with Ava last summer! Little Lucy looks so cute with her Auntie Rachel!

Anonymous said...

My favorite is the "proper" tea party boys!!!

Jayci said...

awesome trip! You stole all the whales - we saw one. And it wasn't a Humpback. :D haha Looks like you all had a TON of fun. Nice tan!

Valerie said...

Wow, looks like you guys had a great time. Love the picture of Maddie as a mermaid. We're just excited that it's going to be above freezing this weekend. Gotta love Minnesota!

Heather Bell said...

That looks like the most fun vacation ever!!!! It's great that you guys get to do some awesome family traveling.