Sunday, December 28, 2008

Our awesome trip!

Here are pictures from our trip to Kauai. Since there are so many pictures I will let them do the talking instead of typing a huge long explanation! I hope you enjoy and I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas.


On the first day in Kauai we went to a grocery store called "Big Save." Well as you can see from the price of milk this was anything but a big save. I will never never complain about the price of milk in Utah EVER again.


The whole time we were in Kauai it rained. I think there were a total of two days that we didn't get rained on and the governor declared us in a disaster area. But it was still amazing! This is a picture of the condo below us. I am glad we were on the second floor.


My mom turned 50 while we were in Kauai so my dad had 50 roses sent to our condo. They died in a couple days because its not really the climate for roses but they were still beautiful!


This was the sign at these falls we went too. I guess a lot of people have died so they feel the need to warn everyone.


This is a picture of some amazing water falls. This is really two waterfalls but when it rains it turns into one big water fall. There have been many movies and tv shows filmed here.


Us at the above falls. All though it rained it was still warm enough to wear shorts.


This is a Monk Seal. They are extinct in Hawaii and the beach at our time share was the one they liked to lay on. They would lay on the beach days at a time and you can't get witihn 150 feet of them. Its crazy.


This is a thing called spouting horn! The water gets trapped under the corral reef and then blows out the holes. We saw sea turtles while we were here but they were a little camera shy.


Ansley, Taeler and I after buying some local stuff at a market at spouting horn.


In Kauai they have a glass beach. The whole beach is little pieces of glass. It was so pretty. Right next to glass beach is black sand beach. It was crazy that these were the only two beaches like this in all of Kauai.




The above pictures are of our resort. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. The pictures don't do it justice.


This is our beach. Don't let this pictures deceive you. It may look sunny but the clouds changed very fast.


Our resort had hula dancers come and perform one night. They were so cute and the singer in the band had the most beautiful voice.


The snails were huge. We named this one smiley.




The flowers and colors in Hawaii are amazing. You just don't see stuff like this in Utah.






We saw some interestin animals in Kauai. At our resort there was a swan, a couple of cats and lots of chickens. In fact there are chickens EVERY WHERE in Kauai. We even saw them at the top of a canyon... how did they get up there? There were also lots of frogs and lizards. I think I saw more dead frogs than live ones though. This one in the picture had a broken leg. It was so sad.


Taeler, me and Nicole attempting to lay out. Yes we even did this in the rain.




Kauai is home to the oldest light house in the United States and one of the only churches with the original pane glass windows.



All the food and restaurants we ate at were amazing. I didn't have one bad meal the entire time! Dukes has the best seafood. Nicole I love your face in this picture! ha ha I think I caught everyone at the wrong time.

Monday, December 22, 2008

December Birthdays!

This post is long over due. In December there are a total of six birthdays in our families. Lets just say that December takes up all of our money with birthdays and Christmas and I am planning my children right so we don't have any born in December. Anyway, we love all of you and hope your birthdays were the greatest!


Happy fiftieth this year Mom!!
Mom you are the best mom anyone could ask for and you don't look anywhere near fifty!


Happy Birthday Nicole!
Thanks for being such a great sister in law and wife to Nate! Oh and happy late birthday Monroe. We love you too.


Happy Birthday to Ae's brother BJ.
Your a great brother and brother in law.


Happy birthday to my Uncle Kurt!
Happy birthday you big turd! Your the best uncle. We love you.


Happy Birthday to my cousin Adam!
You and Bonnie make a great team and I have always loved having you as a cousin. Good luck in Key West! We will miss you.


Sorry ED this is the only picture I could find but happy birthday to AE's dad!
Your a great dad and father in law. We love you and hope you had a great birthday.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Wow what a semester!

So we are back from Kauai and let me tell you.... It was a much, much, much needed vacation! 8 days in the warmth can really do justice to the most stressful semester of my life! I will post about our trip later and over the next few days I will catch this blog up but for now I have to tell you all about the semester I had cause it was eventful!

This semester was by far my most rewarding yet stressful semester yet. I took fifteen credit hours but it really felt like 30. I was constantly up until 2 in the morning most nights doing homework and planning lessons for my little preschoolers. There were many days I felt like giving up (especially in my math class which I barely passed) but yet I pushed myself to continue. Well it paid off and as of May 2009 I will be graduating with my bachelors degree from this lovely University and life couldn't be better! Oh and by the way, GO UTES in the Sugar Bowl!! 12 - 0 baby!



The reason this semester was so rewarding was because of my preschool class I taught (which I wasn't getting paid for but that didn't matter to me) and for my little girl that I tutored in reading. My little girl I tutored moved up two levels in the time I tutored her and now she doesn't need a tutor anymore. I cried when she got on level and I have never seen anyone so proud to be good at reading.

My little preschool class was the best. I worked with the most amazing teachers and met some of the cutest kids in my whole life. I would have taken most of them home with me.

Now I am on to my last semester and I can only hope it is as rewarding as this last one.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

I am back

Well, this semester slmost killed me (more about that later) but as of today I am officially done! HOLLA! I really need to update this blog but that will have to wait because for the next 8 days this lovely place will be my vacation spot.


KAUAI HAWAII!!!!

Don't get too cold while I am gone. See you in 8 days!