Summer Lovin'

Do you know the top three reasons people are teachers? June, July, and August. Ok, not for August around here, but I LOVE SUMMER. I have been a slacker, and it has been glorious. My accompishments look something like this:
-slept in (several days in a row)
-went to the pool (several times)
-improved my tan
-read several books
-stayed away from my classroom
-stayed away from teenagers and their parents
-met my mom and sister in Flagstaff for some shopping
-shopped a little more (only a little, honey!)
-went to Vegas for the weekend (without losing any money!)
-cleaned the laundry room
-met my husband for lunch (it felt like we were on a secret date)
-hung out with my sister-in-law and the cutest nephews a girl could have
-taught a few piano lessons
-cooked a few scrumptious dinners (well, that's what she said)

I still haven't finished going through my closet or cleaned out kitchen cupboards or inventoried our food storage or hung the pictures in our bedroom or cleaned out my filing cabinet (ICK!) or gone to the dentist...but I feel like a new woman. Bring on July.

Adios Reality

I have been on summer vacation, and I've taken a vacation from being around teenagers, doing laundry, getting up early, grading papers, and blogging! The week before school let out, Sam and I went to Maui with his company, Infusionsoft. Every year his company takes a reward trip, and we were able to go for the second time. It was wonderful, and I'm thankful for all of Sam's hard work that enabled me to enjoy almost 5 days in Maui. We spent our time on the beach (me = reading and laying out, Sam = surfing). We went snorkelling and saw some gnarly sea turtles. We went on a sunset dinner cruise and consumed more than our share of pina colladas, minus the alcohol of course. We went on a zipline. And on our last day, the first day of the season, we went parasailing. The parasailing was my favorite thing. It was fun being lifted off the boat and into the air and surprisingly relaxing floating along looking at some of the beauty of the island. I have included some videos below of our trip. We forgot our camera charger, so most of this trip is documented via video.