Lately plus an oldie

Mark and I carved pumpkins the week of Halloween. We then toasted the pumpkin seeds for a treat later.
Black cat and Smiley pumpkin

Mark and I on his birthday!

Mark and his sour cream bundt birthday cake that I made for him.

This is the oldie....Erika and I at her wedding in June.

Girls Trip Day 2

Outside the Parliament building.

Parliament building 2nd floor. We went on a free tour that was entertaining and informative.

Craigdarroch Castle. In Gaelic means Rocky, oak place.

Entrance into Craigdarroch Castle. A must see if going to Victoria!

Girls Trip Day 1

Nutella Calzone. YUM!

Butchart Gardens Carousel (under construction)

Entrance to all of the gardens

Port Angeles before we left for Victoria B.C.

In front of the Sunken Gardens

Scuba Diving

The sunken Carthaginian was an old whaling boat. We saw the rare brown frog fish on the mast.

On our first dive, we went to a turtle cleaning station and saw five turtles who were having algae cleaned off their shells by fish.

While we were diving at the Carthaginian a recreational viewing submarine also came by to look at the ship. I guess we became part of the attraction.

Our crew for our two dives.
Back at the dock with James, a V.P. for P.A.D.I.

Road to Hana the beginning - Maui

Mark and Melissa's waterfall, well at least that day.

Brrrrrrrrrrrr

On Saturday we did "The Road to Hana." Hana is a more isolated part of East Maui due to a mountainous windy road. The area has lots of waterfalls and even the roads often times have water flowing across. Mark and I hiked to several waterfalls and came to one that we had all to ourselves. The waterfall was very COLD!

Hawaii -Maui part I

We spent about 5 days in Kihei, Maui or south Maui. The first few days we just checked out a different beaches in the area Kamaole I, II, III, and big beach. Friday we went scuba diving and Saturday we did the road to Hana. More pictures to come!

Hawaii - Oahu

We arrived in Oahu and stayed for a night before heading to Maui. We walked along Waikiki, had dinner, massages, and left for Maui the next day. Our room was a "family room" with 3 beds but like goldilocks we found the one that was just right.

Friends in Town!

I know I am a very bad blogger but it is tax busy season and I have not been doing much other than well, taxes! Clark and Chelsie came to Las Vegas last week and Mark and I got to go to dinner with them on Thursday. I got to meet cute baby Jayne. Sorry no pictures of them only baby Jayne. She really likes her coasters! Thanks for the visit Chelsie and Clark. It was great to catch up!

2008 Year End Summary

We finally made it to Washington only to see that they had got their fair share of snow too. We built a snowman with the Jared Brown Family and were pretty lazy the rest of the trip. The whole family went on the Snowball Express to the North Pole and the train ride was fun but FREEZING. Mark and I came back to Vegas for New Years and spent it with his sisters and their husbands. Adios 2008!

Snow in Las Vegas (very late post)

It snowed the day we were supposed to leave for Washington. I say "were" because all of the flights were cancelled from Vegas and we had to leave the next day. It was the worst snowstorm in 30 years.