10-09-09

One year already??? I can't believe a year ago today Joe and I got married!!!! It took forever for our wedding to happen and "poof" it's already been a year!! I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. I wish I could have frozen time and just stayed at that moment forever. I married my best friend that day and didn't think things could get any better, but they have!! I am so lucky to have Joe and he treats me like a queen!!! Today we are heading to Kauai and Oahu for ten days to celebrate our one year. As soon as we get to Kauai we are going to watch our wedding DVD!! I have been DYING to see it and can't believe I actually waited to watch it for the first time on our Anniversary!!! I am soo looking forward to just spending time with just Joe. We are going to do whatever we want and whenever we want!!! I can't wait to just lounge at the beach, snorkel, hike, explore and just be with Joe!! And of course, we don't have to go to work for two weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess I better get to bed, Lisa will be here at 7:30 am to pick us up!! I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve, not able to sleep because I'm so excited to go on our vacation!!! ALOHA!!!!!!

The Count Down Has Begun...

We can't think of a better place to spend our 1 Year Anniversary then these places...

Our first stop will be Kauai where we will be staying at our cousin's condo on Poipu for 7 days


We'll probably do some kayaking along the Na Pali Coast


Then off to stay at the Turtle Bay Resort on the North Shore of Oahu for 4 days


Hopefully we will see some BIG WAVES at PIPELINE!!!


Joe has never been to any of the Hawaiian islands so I can't wait to take him there!! I am looking forward to spending time with just Joe and I and NO WORK!!! I just have two rules for our trip...Joe will be leaving his work cell phone and work computer at home!!!! It will be 11 days of pure bliss and relaxation :) ALOHA!!!!

Headwinds???...WHATEVER!!!!!

On Thursday Emily came down to hang out with me for the day until she leaves for USU next Friday :( We decided to go for a bike ride down by the beach. Originally we were going to go from Newport to Huntington but I remembered about a trail from San Juan that you can take all the way to the San Clemente Pier. So we figured it would be an adventure since neither one of us had ever done it!! We were doing great, and first stopped when we got to Doheney to take a couple of pictures. We then headed through the Doheney campgrounds and to Capo Beach. Next we hopped onto PCH and it was nice because there was a wall between us and the traffic. We made a quick stop at North Beach (Pico) to get our tires pumped up...they were really flat but we were clueless how flat they were!! A nice man pumped them up for us and then asked us how long we were going to be riding because it would be getting dark in a few hours and we would have "headwinds" on the way back. Emily and I both looked at each other and laughed at "headwinds", whatever!!!







We then headed on a dirt trail along the train tracks and beach towards San Clemente Pier. We came to a bridge where we had to walk our bikes or we would get fined $100, so we chose to walk our bikes!! We stopped for a few pics since the views were amazing!! As we came to the pier, there was a free concert getting set up!



We went to the pier and had some dinner on the pier. As we were sitting there, we noticed the flags moving more and more due to the wind picking up. Emily and I both looked at each other and said "the headwinds" and laughed!!! After we ate, we took a couple more pics on the pier and then headed back.







It started to get a little chilly and once we got back on to PCH we experienced THE HEADWINDS!!! They were so strong and all we could do was laugh because it took everything in us to pedal against them!! Remember, we are on beach cruisers with NO GEARS!! We noticed the sun starting to go down and figured we better hurry before it gets dark. We spent the rest of the ride laughing at each other trying to pedal against the winds!!!

We finally made it back to my car and that's when the next adventure began, trying to get those dumb, bulky bikes back in my 4Runner!!! We had no issues putting them in the car on the way down, but now we couldn't figure out how to get them to fit. Having no strength from our "headwind" adventure didn't help either!! After 20 minutes and taking them in and out at least 5 times, we finally got them in the car. All we could do was laugh!!!!



Afterwards we stopped at "Sno on the Go" to get some shaved ice. Emily had never been before and she was quite overwhelmed with all the options to choose from and the fact that you could put ice cream in the middle of it was hard for her to understand. I told her to trust me and sure enough, she is hooked!!

We went home and her and Joe played some Rock Band and then we went to bed. We had a blast and I am going to miss her when she goes away to school :(

Emily brought her camera, so most of these pictures are from that. I then used my app "camera +" from my iphone to change the effects and make them look pretty cool :)

Ahhh...The Good Life!!!

Today we hung out at the pool most of the day while Doug went to work. The pool was pretty sweet!!! There was a chairlift that went right over the pool! They had the coolest furniture at the pool and a few cabanas to lounge in too. My favorite thing at the pool was these huge mattresses that you could lay on. It was like you were laying on a bed :)













































After we swam and Doug was done with work we headed back out to Aspen again. We walked around, played at a park witha playground, went into a few stores and had an awesome dinner at ...McDONALD'S!!! We (except for Shauna) are probably the only people that came to Aspen and ate at McDonald's!!! Doug was excited to go to the Marmot store (there are only two in the US)!! It was a gorgeous day out again and nice and warm. It started raining just a bit while enjoying our delicious meal at the park. We were sitting under a tree, so we didn't get wet at all. It was pretty neat watching the rain come down through the sunny ski against the majestic mountains :)

Parked our cars in front of our Hotel..mine is silver, Shauna's is yellow and Doug's is red!!!!


I am sad that we are leaving this HEAVENLY place tomorrow :( But I am excited for the drive home because Doug is taking us another way that is said to be one of the most beautiful sceneries you will see!!!