Hawaii two years in a row??

Yes, please!

Today Tim and I decided that we are going to celebrate our anniversary by going back to the Hawaiian island where we got married: Maui. Tickets are booked, hotel is booked. We are ready to go.

To us this means more to have a fun, somewhat sentimental trip than gifts or just doing something small to commemorate our wedding day. That day was so special to us and our anniversary means so much to us, that this seems the only appropriate way to really honor the day (you can see my post about our wedding day here). It truly was the best day ever and I can't wait to be there again with my husband, reminiscing about us, our journey, our wedding, our future.

We are staying at the same place we did last year on Maui- the Fairmont. I can't wait! We LOVED that place. Great beach, great location, right by the beach we got married, awesome service, all organic/natural food...it's just perfect for us. Last year we had a week on Maui where we got married and then we flew to Kauai for a week for a honeymoon of sorts, I guess.

This year we will just be in Hawaii for a week and staying on Maui the whole time. We have a few things on the list to do that we did last year and loved and also a few things that we didn't get to last year that we want to do. On our anniversary, I think we will follow a similar day to what we did last year- massages, relax at the beach, dinner from the same chef who prepared our oceanside dinner last year. And of course I'm sure we will enjoy another sunset on the beach we got married on, similar to the one we saw on our wedding day.

The one thing we are doing this year that I'm super excited for is we are going to fly to the big island for a day trip. I haven't been there since my trip to Hawaii in 2004 and I loved the big island. The volcanoes, in particular, were just astounding and unlike anything I have ever seen. Of course then we were able to get about 10 feet from the flowing lava. I'm hoping that Tim and I will be able to hike in and see some lava. Regardless, it will be a fun little adventure and a new island to explore for a day.

Now the hardest part is the waiting.... only about two months until we leave.... I can't wait!