Sunday, August 17, 2008

August 2008

We celebrated our first anniversary on August 4th. Apparently my mom and some of her sisters ate the top layer of our original cake the day after our wedding. I'm glad someone got to enjoy it while it was still fresh! Janice Nicol, my friend from Orinda, sent us a cake from bake a wish. It was delicious as you can see because we almost ate the whole thing! It came on the day of our anniversary. The picture of the Salt Lake Temple was taken a few years ago when Janice came to visit. She is the greatest!


We had a tasty dinner!






After Maui Liz came here to visit for two weeks! We had a lot of fun visiting cousins and friends. We had Emily Young, Matt Moench and Elisa Barber over for dinner the night before we drove back to CA. Liz helped me start off my school year with my 3rd/4th split class. She spent many days helping me organizing centers and writing lesson plans. She is the best sister in the world. Marc took Liz for a little drive in his racing mustang. It goes super fast.



When we were in CA my mom bought us the exact same cake we had on top of our wedding cake. It was delicious! It was white of course, but the same insides.



The day we went back to UT my parents drove us to Muir Woods so we could see it and take advantage of our national parks pass before it expires next month. It is a beautiful place.
My new class (minue a few of the kids that have already moved!) I have great kids this year.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Maui with my sister









Iao Valley






The bamboo forest!










Makena Beach. I loved this place the most; Liz thought we were going to die.













Fake shave ice...I was very disappointed with my first bite. Thankfully I had the real stuff on the last day!








The Haleakala 3AM drive to see the sunrise turned out to be a wonderful view of the large amounts of fog rolling over the volcano. It was still pretty, but lots of driving to see a sunrise blocked by fog!













Black sand beach near Hana












We swam under a waterfall in water full of guppies and algae. It was gross at first, but I am glad I did it. I forced Liz to do it. She didn't enjoy it as much as I thought she would.















Me with the hotel we stayed at in Lahaina.






We saw some beautiful sunsets. It was a very fun trip and I had so much fun with my sister.