travels: part 3

the last part of our trip landed us in:
maui!!!

it. was. amazing.

my first time ever to any hawaiian island, joe's first time to maui.

as i mentioned earlier, i planned this trip and kept all the details a surprise from joe.
this was the first picture i took of him in hawaii, waiting in line to get our rental car.
notice his nervous, forced smile?
he won't admit it, but he was a wreck all morning.
he hated having no control over our plans, and i know he was very nervous that something was going to go wrong. (ok, i was nervous about it too).
but everything worked out perfectly, even better than i had imagined!

we were blissed out the whole time.

we snorkled, body-surfed, shopped, slept in,

saw a turtle!
(no picture of course)

soaked up the sun, explored, played in the sand,

ate pina coladas every day and shaved ice every night

i'm ready for round two.

on our last day in maui we celebrated our one-year anniversary!

[we started off the celebration with breakfast at the gazebo restaurant. 

joe was in heaven with his pineapple pancakes and coconut syrup!]

i can't believe a year has already gone by.
being married has been the best thing ever.
the past year has brought a lot of changes and firsts
and joe has been so supportive through all of it.
i've learned so much about him, and maybe even more about myself.
i'm so thankful such a wonderful man chose to spend eternity with me.
i love my mister!