After all that eating and boating and golfing, we felt like we deserved a little relaxation and were thankful to get it poolside!

We then went on a little drive to have lunch at Mama’s Fish House. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it was way neater than I thought it was going to be! The food was delicious and I’m so glad we went.

The beach by the restaurant had several enormous turtles on it. We were checking them out and someone politely informed us we were to stay 10 feet away from the turtles…oops!

We got back to the resort and enjoyed sunset on the beach! Absolutely cannot beat that golden hour!

That night we just grabbed a pizza from Ferraro’s and took it easy. Best day.

The kids are living the life!

Doesn’t get better than that…but a day on a boat is a close second! We were supposed to go to an area great for snorkeling but it was too windy so we switched it up and looked for whales instead.

It was a great boat with a really nice first mate and captain – who Robert discovered graduated from Hampden Sydney as well! Robert then spent a large portion of the boat ride chatting it up with him about the good ole days! ha!

Living the life!

We even spotted some whales! It was hard to get photos but I did get a great video of a mom and baby whale that came up right next to the boat! So cool!

They also provided lunch on the boat…

The best boat day! We then headed back to the resort and hit up the pool…

At sunset we met Scott for some family photos.

That night we had my favorite dinner of the trip at Ferraro’s at the resort. Best calamari ever…and of course POG juice and mai-tais!!

Hawaii is the best.

After breakfast, the boys headed out for golf…

while the girls enjoyed the pool…

and some ice cream!

That night we put on our Hawaiian best…

and headed over to the Andaz resort for a luau!

It was really neat….and really, really windy and cold!

More pog juice please!

Robert caught the eye of the mistress of ceremonies! ha!

We all enjoyed the hula dancers and entertainment…

A very Hawaiian evening!

We then hit up the pool despite the clouds…

That night we hit up the beach for the late afternoon golden hour….

and ended up getting room service. We were tired!

We spent the night in the airport hotel and then because our flight was later in the day, we didn’t have to get to the airport at the crack of dawn to catch our flight and deal with the hours long TSA lines. We still arrived plenty early but had no issues getting through security in the international terminal. The trip was also looking up that morning when I got a notice that all 6 of us had been upgraded to Delta One! Woohoo! That also meant we could spend those hours in the airport hanging out in the Delta Sky Lounge. Not too shabby! I didn’t tell the kids we got upgraded until we got on the plane and they were pretty excited…as was I!

Samantha even took a little trip to the cockpit!

About 10 hours later we arrived at the Four Seasons!

We got some food in the lobby restaurant but we were all pretty tired. I was also a little cranky when I got to our room and saw this as our “mountain view”. Hmmm…not what I was expecting.

I politely asked the desk if there were any other rooms available and they worked their magic and promised to move us both into much better rooms the next day! hooray! Sunday started off pretty great when Robert and Maxwell went to the gym at 6am (thanks jetlag) and found Jason Kelce working out in there too! Whoa! He and his whole family were at the resort all week. Maxwell even got up the nerve to ask for a pic!

We then hit up our first of many delightful breakfast buffets! I thoroughly enjoyed the french press coffee each morning!

It was a drizzly, rainy day so the kids checked out the makeshift game room…

The sky cleared just a little and we explored the resort and the beach!

We then got to move into our new rooms and the view was MUCH better!

We then went over to the Shops of Wailea for a little retail therapy before getting lunch at the Lahaina Brewing Company…

That afternoon the kids braved the weather for the pool and football…

That night we watched the sunset…

I spy a mama Kelce!

and met Scott the sunset photographer who has family in Mountain Brook! Small world!

then had dinner at Duo…where some of us did a better job keeping our eyes open than others! ha! A very fun and very full first day!

Hawaii was a dream and jet lag is real. See you tomorrow!

Make it a great weekend!

Love those babies – and thankful to still be taking bigger and better adventures with them now!

Fun at school!

Tough.