From January 28 to February 2, we headed off to Maui to visit Grandma and Bob at the Four Seasons. It was a long-awaited trip for us and for Grandma, who finally got to meet Sara and play with Anri for the first time in over a year.



At long last, Anri got to play on the beach, both with Mommy...(below)



...and with Grandma...



The unusually rough waves made swimming a bit too much of a risk, so Anri's beach time was limited to wading and trying to stay up against the strong undertow. She quickly got into the routine of picking up clumps of recently moistened sand in her hands, waiting for the wave to come in, dropping the sand in the water and then sitting down while the undertow brought everything back out to sea.

Anri also got to make a sand castle. Her first, although Daddy helped out.



We were "blessed" with a week's worth of Kona winds, which meant that our flight to Maui from Honolulu passed over the beautiful north coast of Molokai, but also meant that there was rain at some point almost every day. But that didn't at all spoil our fun. Anri was so happy to be with Grandma, the two of them actually got on the bed and started jumping together!



It was a great trip, and we were so happy to be able to see Grandma and Bob again. We are already thinking of going to CT for Christmas.



We took a lot of photos from this trip. To see them, click here.