old friends and fun times

Last week I went up to Idaho for the teacher career fair.  It was a good experience with lots of interviews and it was fun to be back in Idaho where I ran into some old friends.  The only part that was kind of a bummer was that Juan and I have the same birthday and instead of spending it together...we had to spend it apart (since I was in Idaho and he was back in California).  After my 3 days in Idaho, I drove back with our friends Brittney and Danny Mortensen.  Brittney and I were roommates at school two different times...one of which we were both engaged and planning out weddings (Brittney and Danny got married the day before Juan and me).  They were coming out to California to spend a few days in the bay area and then go to her cousins wedding.  It was a lot of fun to spend time with old friends (since Juan and I really don't have any friends to hang out with in California).  We got to take them to see the redwoods, went to Santa Cruz beach boardwalk, and the city (which included pier 39, fishermans warf and the boudin sourdough factory, china town and the fortune cookie factory, ghiradelli square, and fort point).  We had lots of fun and got some pretty good pictures too!!!  Thanks Brittney and Danny for spending some time with us!!!

Standing inside a redwood tree

Juan "peeping" at us

Can you see the "M" for Mortensen

Laying on a tree

inside a tree

inside ANOTHER tree

Santa Cruz

yay for the beach

entering pier 39

spray paintings...one of the highlights of san francisco

fortune cookie factory

golden gate@fort point

ghiradelli square