Post Vacation Blues and Pictures to share too!

Ok maybe not so much on the blues part... but this pile of laundry did not help me transition back to reality well. I spent a whole day doing laundry only to realize that I will still have more to do tomorrow.

Since I am still thinking about our vacation and have been going through pictures today, I thought I would share a few pictures of our trip to Hawaii. Well at least the Maui portion of the trip, as I still haven't waded my way through the Kauai pictures yet.

Our first day, on the island, we went to see the sunrise from the top of Haleakala Cater in Haleakala National Park at the summit.

The terrain looks almost alien.

Especially as the sun is just rising and you can hardly see the green as the colors just start to pop in to sight.

Then we did a 4 mile round trip hike up to Waimoku Falls. It is also located in the Haleakala National Park. However, the hike is on the way other side of the island.

On the way up to the waterfall there are some pretty interesting sites.

I really liked the bamboo forest. The sounds in there were just amazing.

And this totally cool tree.

Oh and I was super excited when it started raining halfway up. I was so hot by then. My hair tie broke in the first 1/2 mile of the hike. Plus it is not an easy hike up the hill either.

I also went snorkeling for the first time... took my "water proof" camera with me.

How fun is that!

I wish we could have done more snorkeling during this trip. We had planned on it, but it just didn't happen.

However, the most important event during this trip for us was Paul and Nicole's wedding.

Nicole made such a beautiful bride. You can just see the happiness in her eyes.

Plus, it was a beautiful venue.

Randall and I enjoyed watching his sister get married. We had a great time at the wedding and we are so happy for them.

Also everyone signed the quilt blocks that I made for their wedding quilt. I can't wait to get those together and make them a wonderful quilt full of lots of memories and a whole bunch of kind words from people who love them very much.

See I did sneak quilting into this post :)

These are just few of the many pictures. I have many more pictures on flickr of the hike and our other random adventures if you are really interested in seeing them.