Weekend in San Francisco

In September, we spent a fun weekend in San Francisco celebrating my Mom's birthday. It was such a treat! For my Mom's birthday dinner, we went to a quaint little Thai restaurant; the food was delicious. Our five-year-old nephew, Alexander, took full advantage of eating at a restaurant in the vicinity of the ocean, and insisted he have crab.

During our little trip, we spent nearly an entire day perusing the shops in Chinatown, (I thought I'd be all Chinatown'd out after Singapore - not the case though) there were so many neat things. We also wandered down to Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39 where we ate yummy clam chowder and watched the sea lions. We did a little sightseeing and lots of walking, which was fine because we definitely ate to our heart’s content! I loved the trip, it was very fun!

Thailand

I'm finally getting around to posting our pictures from Thailand (this was from our trip in August).

During our trip to Singapore we went to Patong Beach, which is in Phuket, Thailand (it’s only about a two-hour plane ride from Singapore). Although we both would have liked to venture out and see other areas in Thailand, we decided that since it was such a short visit, we'd just enjoy everything in Patong. And there was so much to enjoy! The beaches were beautiful, the food from the little shorefront restaurants was amazing, and the shopping did not disappoint. Definitely a little taste of paradise...someday I hope we'll make it back.

Singapore

Jared and I recently returned from our trip to Singapore. It was amazing! Jared served his mission in Southeast Asia and for about six months of his mission he lived in Singapore. He's wanted to go back to visit for as long as I've known him, and we finally made it there this August. We spent about two weeks in Singapore and four days in Thailand (I'll post Thailand pictures later).

Singapore was beautiful. The trip was perfect. We were fortunate to be able to stay with friends from Jared's mission; they were incredibly generous and accommodating. We packed as many activities as we possibly could into each day. We went to several different museums and parks, attended the 2010 Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Rehearsal (Singapore was hosting the summer games), visited some of the beautiful Hindu and Buddhist temples, toured the President's House (we happened to be there on their Independence Day), shopped in Chinatown and Little India, and ate delicious local cuisine. It was my first experience in Asia and I loved it!

We took a million pictures...it was all so interesting we couldn't resist.:)

Botanic Gardens

National Museum

President's House

Dinner at the Tan's house

Marina Bay Sands Skypark

Science Discovery Museum

Chinese Gardens and Live Turtle Museum

Sentosa Island

Little India

Night Safari

Little India and Raffles Hotel/Museum


Singapore Zoo


Korean BBQ

Jurong Bird Park

Seafood

Chinatown

Clark Quay and Boat Quay

Asian Civilization Museum

2010 Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Rehearsal

The LDS Church and Mission Office