Hawaii!

I just got home from a WONDERFUl trip to Maui. I went with 3 other girlfriends, and stayed at my friend Marta's (who I've known since pre-school) parent's condo in Kihei, Maui. It was such a refreshing time for me to get away from my schedule, to-do list, and hustle and bustle of day to day life. I had some good time of reflecting on life in this past year, and was able to gain re-focus in my goals in life and purpose. Mostly I walked away with a re-focus of just feeling blessed for where God has put me, the job he has blessed me with, and the people he has surrounded me with. I have lost sight of that lately and have felt like I deserve these things rather than the truth of the matter that God has blessed me immensley with them. I love the verse in 2 cor. that say something like this, "what do you have that you did not receive". It's just a good reminder that all we have is from God! So, I came back to work with a different focus yesterday, and it was good! Here's some pics from the trip...

This is Paluea Beach in Wailea, beautiful scenery!

Here we are at the top of Haleakala Volcano to watch the sunrise. We were picked up at 3 am and drove to the top, where it was FREEZING, and watched the sunrise. It was truly breathtaking, there was a stillness up there that I can't quite put into words, one of the moments that brings you to awe of God's creation!
Here we are on a break from our 38 mile bike ride down the volcano. It was all downhill...YES!

Here we are out at Tommy Bahama restuarant. We went out for dinner only 2 nights, and made dinner at the condo the rest of the nights!

By complete coincidence, turns out one of my co-workers was in Maui the same exact dates as me! He was staying at the Hyatt (above) and was very nice to let us have pool privledges there!

This is our last night in Maui :( ...we were all so sad to leave! Definitely could have spent another week or two or three there!