One day we decided to take Brandon's parents up country. Because they have been to Maui so many times, we thought we would show them some places they had not seen. Little did we know our trip to up -country would be such a long adventure! We began the day by stopping by the sugar cane museum....thinking it would be a free educational moment about Maui. Nope, our education cost $7 dollars per person to walk through three little rooms. But boy did we learn about Maui! We each walked out with a little packet of raw sugar like you get at Starbucks, hardly worth $7....pricey sugar uh? After the museum we headed on our way to up-country, but suddenly we were heard a really loud noise coming from under the car.... a flat tire! However, nothing would stop the Smiths! On the side of a country road, the boys replaced the flat with our spare and we were off once more! (I wish we had taken a photo of that!) In up-country we stopped at a cute store where we had elk buggers and hot dogs for lunch. (Brody's fav) It really is beautiful up there...another world. I think Brandon stopped the car every ten minutes and he and Laura got out to take photos. (Like mother like son...the whole photography thing runs in the family genes.) They got some great shots. I wish I had more room to post them here. We ended up going to the Lavender Farm were just Laura and I walked around the beautiful gardens, while the men stayed in the car with sleeping children. It was a nice quiet moment for us! The view was beautiful - we could see the other half of Maui. We ended the day,where else?, other then at good old Costco for new tires! There is nobody else we would have rather spent the day with, because we laugh so much when we are all together. Nana and Papa are such a joy to us! Beside, we love our adventures with them because we always end up having such funny stories to tell later!
Brooklyn's favorite friend (besides her big brother ) is Mikaela. Brookie calls her "Lala." She and her family live two doors down the street, so needless to say the kids play together often! People in Maui say that Aug., Sept. and sometime
s Oct. are the hottest
There is one thing I must explain about front yard BBQ's. When we first arrived in Maui Brandon and Puff noticed a 'local style' BBQ...ie: every party we saw seemed to be in the front yard! (On the main land we might call this behavior white trash...we here call it 'local style'!) Well, Uncle Puff was gone almost a month to CA and he is ALL about front yard BBQ's! So, when he returned, we had a little BBQ to welcome him home....but you all know when Brandon and Puff get their creative juices flowing there is always something to laugh at! We ended up with a BBQ pool party in the front yard!! I think we kept our 'pool' for 3 days! Ha! It was FUN!
amazing God story about our house. So these are photos of the house 
we are buying. We are excited to soon be in a home of our own again.
