Thanksgiving 2013 - Maui, Hawaii

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so thankful for our AMAZING Family & Friends as always, but even more so this year as we have started on this new and exciting journey and would not have had as much courage to take this risk if it were not for all the Love, Encouragement, and Support we have received from each and everyone of you. We're also thankful for the new opportunities and experiences here on Maui and for all the Amazing NEW FRIENDS we have made here in such a short time (Morgaine & Natalie). We love you all, both old & new friends. Thanks for blessing our lives!

With that said, we hope everyone had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving this year because we most certainly did. We started our Thanksgiving day getting up at 3:30am to get up to Haleakala Crater to watch the sunrise with Mo & Natalie. It was freezing cold...like winter cold....but every moment was worth the wait.

 View of West Maui from Haleakala Crater

Although James had to work after we watched the sunrise, we got to enjoy feeding the goats & playing with the dogs at the Surfing Goat Dairy, and we ended the evening with a delicious Thanksgiving dinner cooked for us by Thomas (James' boss). 

 James's Surfing Goat Dairy Family

From California to Maui....

Sorry, updating the blog is long over due. However, it's been a little...a lot...chaotic (the good kind) with this journey and all the transitions we have to deal with so far, but it's also been a huge blessing for us. We made AMAZING new friends while at the workshop in Hesperia and got to see family all along the west coast as we made our way up to Seattle, WA to fly out for our year long adventure in Maui.

We were blessed to meet the newest addition to our family and got to hang out with most of the nieces and nephews while visiting family in Hanford, Antelope, and San Francisco, California. Once we were done in CA, it was another 8 hours drive north to Eugene, Oregon to visit the lovely grandparents for a day. Then off to Seattle, WA where we went to stay and visit with May & Luke before we flew out to Maui. It was great seeing family but also sad at the same time since the short amount of time we did have to visit flew by too fast.

We finally flew out to Maui, Hawaii early Wednesday morning on October 30th. Luckily enough, our car was already there waiting for us to pick up the following day as we were expected at Hawaii Sustainable Farms to begin our work exchange week prior to James starting at the Surfing Goat Dairy. We got to work quickly that first week (and have been quite busy since then) but were able to take a little time to enjoy a secluded tidal pool along the West shores of Maui (and many more beaches since then).