Flashback Friday 3/4/2011

Nine years ago I woke up to this....

Room service breakfast served on our private patio.

And this.....

View of Kapalua Bay from hotel lobby.   

This week David and I celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary so for this Friday's Flashback it seemed appropriate to share some pictures from our honeymoon in Maui. We were blessed with an amazing wedding and honeymoon. Our honeymoon was mostly funded by frequent flier miles and hotel reward points.

At the time David was a consultant and traveled every single week Monday-Friday. Meaning every Sunday night David flew out the Atlanta airport, stayed in a modest hotel all week, then returned back to Atlanta Thursday or Friday evening... He did this for 3 years. He saved all those "points" and cashed them in to take me on an amazing honeymoon in Maui. We stayed in Kapalua, went whale watching, took a helicopter tour, drove to Hana, and spent a lot of time relaxing at the beach...like I said it was amazing.

Well shortly after we were married we realized that his travel schedule was not going to work for us. That was one of the reasons he decided to go back to school. And here we are a law degree, two law licences, two kids, and a dog later... I'll admit that sometimes we miss those frequent flier miles but neither one of us would trade what we have now for all those "points."

The "Newlyweds" at the Maui Hyatt Luau