Hawaii

Jared and I celebrated our 10th anniversary a little early this year since we'll have a 1 month old baby in December for our real anniversary. The stars aligned for our trip to Hawaii; we got bumped to first class for our flight from San Francisco to Honolulu because the flight was full and then upgraded to a convertible for only $10 more a day. It was pretty nice.

Here's Jared in the fancy car:


The view from our hotel in Waikiki (notice the dog surfing):


On the ferry to the Atlantis submarine (it was fun, but Jared saw more when snorkeling):


And, of course, the fire eater at the Polynesian Cultural Center:


We had a great time. A million thanks to Mom for watching the kids for the week. I'm sure it was tiring, especially since Jacob accidentally slammed the door on her toe the first day and she was in a walking cast the whole week. Yet, the house was still cleaner when we got home than when we left. Amazing, Mom. Thank you, thank you.

CUL-DE-SAC OF FIRE!!

Music! Pyrotechnics! Third degree burns!



The first year we lived in our house, our neighbors invited us out for "cul-de-sac of fire" on the Fourth of July. Since then, we have been contributing fireworks and man-power to this annual event, and inviting more of our neighbors over. It has gotten to be a pretty big deal around here. And a pretty impressive fireworks display. No, we haven't had any burn victims and hope to keep it that way.

We may not have Blue Man Group or Miley Cyrus like Stadium of Fire, but we do have free popsicles. Come visit us for the Fourth sometime; it's much better in person. In the meantime, I'll see if I can make the video of the finale a little smaller so I can upload it.