Valentine's Day in Maui

One of the highlights of our trip was getting "married" on the beach. Hawaii is one of a few States that allows domestic partnerships, civil unions or other marriage equivalents for same-sex partners. We had a beautiful ceremony, at sunset on Valentine's Day. Vanessa's Mom and Dad were there and helped keep the children entertained, although Emmett did end up naked and in the waves by the time the sun was down :)

Emmett blessed our 5-year anniversary bands with his breath at the beginning of the ceremony and Harrison played in the sand. It was an evening we will never forget, such a beautiful and spiritual experience. Kirsten and I have known each other for 10 years and together have created such a wonderful, happy family and life. Maui on Valentine's Day was an ideal place to celebrate that together with those we love.

Maui is so awesome!

We took an amazing trip to Maui for two whole weeks. What a luxury to take an entire two week vacation in paradise! Grandma and Papa met us there and we stayed in their 3 bed 2 bath condo on the beach (thanks Grandma and Papa!) The kids loved the big waves and coarser sand that Maui had to offer. Emmett loved watching the surfers. We went to an authentic plantation luau and loved the food and the show. Mommy Vanessa and Papa had a SCUBA adventure and saw big sharks, sea turtles, eels, spiny lobsters, you name it. Papa, Mommy Vanessa and Mommy Kirsten took Emmett on a whale watching trip and we saw the most amazing whales swimming under our boat, jumping 10 feet away. It was so exciting! We definitely need to get back to Maui when Emmett and Harrison are old enough to do more fun activities with all of us. Huge thanks to Grandma and Papa for hanging out with the boys so the mommies could have some alone time and even play some tennis...