Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Our stay in Kaanapali Maui!

Kaanapali Maui is one of my favorite places!
I have very fond memories of that place after going for years with my family growing up.  It's truly a beautiful place :)

After a week of just the two of us on Kauai, TL and I invited our friends, Jess & Aaron with us to enjoy a few days in the sunshine on Maui.  We stayed at The Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas.

We tried a new Sushi restaurant called Sansei in Kapalua... and it is A-mazing!  If you are ever on Maui, it's a must go.  Their entire menu is 25% off until 6pm, and then starting at 9pm, they go to 50% off.  If you decide to go,  make sure you make a reservation at least a few days in advance.  There was a long line around the place to get in, and with out that reservation, we may not have gotten in before 6!

We also had our 2 year anniversary dinner at The Plantation House in Kapalau.  We went there last year when we were on Maui for our Anniversary.  The fish is delicious, although this year it wasn't as good as last!  It's a little pricey, but a fun place to go for a special occasion because the views are hard to beat!
{the beach right next to the pool at our hotel}
{that is all one large tree... called the Banyon tree in Lahaina}
{so cute with my pink bag ;) - we were pooped after a delayed flight home, but it was all worth it}

We had a wonderful time enjoying the pool & beach... we even picked up smash ball to play in the sand and it was really fun.  There were so many great fish to look at right off the shore of our hotel, we swam with a sea turtle on our last day there!

Happy Wednesday!!

24 comments:

C Mae said...

I LOVE your pink or is it peach dress!!!! And the picture of you and your hubs in front of that lil waterfall is TOTALLY Frame worthy!!!

Leslee said...

Gorgeous pictures Tracy!! Makes me miss Maui so much...

Sounds like you had a wonderful trip and a memorable anniversary!

Ashley said...

Your pictures are AMAZING! Makes me want to be there right now! Looks like a fabulous trip :)

Allison said...

Wow that's BEAUTIFUL! It's one place I have on my places to visits! So glad you had a wonderful anniversary trip

Lindsay @ la vita dolce said...

your hawaii photos are all gorgeous!!! Your trip looks amazing, like you had so much fun!!!
Totally jealous of it...but in a good way :)

Shelley said...

I looove the picture of you two in front of that little waterfall. Gorgeous!

Claire Kiefer said...

What an incredible trip! As usual, you look beautiful in all these pics. :) I've never been to Hawaii, which is funny since it seems to be the go-to vacation spot for Californians!

Kristin said...

Maui is seriously my favorite place on Earth! We stayed at the Westin for our honeymoon! **love**! Great pics!!

Nicole Marie said...

love that floral skirt! and the pink dress. want to go pack there so bad!

Lauren said...

Oh Kaanapali Beach how I miss you! And the Plantation House...we ate there for lunch after Hubby played golf. Seriously, one of our favorite places of the entire trip!

Anna said...

Wow, these photos are so beautiful! And I really love your hair cut!! :)

Happy anniversary!

Crazy Shenanigans-JMO said...

It looks AMAZING! Glad you had a great time!

Mrs EyeCanSee said...

That is ONE tree?? Crazy!!

Looks like a perfect end to your vacation! Welcome home!

Bobbi said...

Those pictures are incredible!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous pictures!! I love the Banyan trees...they're so tangled up!

The fancy anniversary dinner looks like it was amazing...

Allison said...

These pictures are GORGEOUS, Tracy! And yummm for half priced sushi - an unbeatable combination :) My Poppy had a house in Hawaii, and the Plantation House was his favorite restaurant - he would always rave about it, so it's so funny that you would have great memories there as well! I also ADORE your pink dress - you look stunning, and as always, you and Tim look so happy together. I'm so glad that while it was exhausting, you had such a perfect celebration of your anniversary. Welcome back! xo

Carolyn said...

OMG! This got me so excited! Any other tips for a Maui newbie?!?

Anonymous said...

Beautiful pictures!

You seem to get to travel a lot! I'm so jealous! haha.

-lauren

http://laurensweetnothings.blogspot.com/

Michelle said...

I love your pictures! Gorgeous! I'm jealous of your trips! Glad you had a great anniversary! xoxo

Crystal R said...

You have such a fun blog! love following you!

Jax said...

ha! I took my pink bag to Maui last year too! That's kinda hilarious! It has since broken (the wheels couldnt handle all my fabulous attire... haha.. right.). Loving these photos and makes me want to go back to Hawaii so badly! I LOVED our vacation.. LOVED.. and am so blessed and fortunate to get to go places decently regularly..but.. I kinda feel like we didnt get a "vacation" b/c we were so busy the whole time! I'm really hoping Eric and I can get away in early spring or even for a New Years trip/long weekend or something relaxing... TBD. :)

Holly said...

how funny, we were just there too!! went to that same tree park in lahaina too!

Hunter said...

OMG! This got me so excited! Any other tips for a Maui newbie?!?

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Unknown said...

I can't believe I didn't see this post until now. Such a fun time we had with you guys! Xoxo