May 15, Tuesday Morning and day

We parked at the Beach Parking again this morning, had our usual coffee at Starbucks (just Aaron & I) and then ran from there to the Papakea, dropped off Aaron, and I ran back to the parking lot to retrieve the car. It was a hot morning and my 5 mile run felt more like a 10 mile run by the end. I had hoped to do 7 miles today, but running here, it feels ALOT hotter and frankly, when vacationing, it is really hard to get motivated to do really long runs.... So, I hope my body will feel ready to do the half marathon weekend after next....... we are winding down the days here in Maui... I love the lazy days we've been having .. tomorrow we get to go on a glass bottom boat... The kids earned some money to be able to do it so I hope it'll be worth it! We went to Foodland today after coffee at Maui Grown Coffee, got some tuna onigiri, some sushi and other random things we need for the next 3-4 days that we are here. I am so amazed at how much food our family consumes! We have some growing boys and it seems we are constantly running out of things like bread and milk. Thankfully, Noah has been still pretty happy to get the kids' meals at the restaurants, even though I think technically, he is not allowed to. Next year, I am sure the kids' meals just won't be enough and he'll look WAY too big for it.

dipping my feet in the ocean after my morning run! It's the best feeling when you are feeling very hot

The girls in front of the Maui Grown Coffee Co.

Anna looking slightly irritated that she is having to pose in front of the sign

Relaxing while at Maui Grown Coffee... Calvin had his own coffee, but forgot to order decaf

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