I will alway remember

I will always remember what happened on 9/11. Someday I will tell my children so that they can remember too. Thank you to all the men and women who serve our country, to protect our freedoms.

I left my heart in San Francisco

I don't really know where to start with our trip to San Francisco we did so much more than we have ever done, well discovered more. We didn't get a rental car for our entire trip which forced us to use public transportation, folks let me tell you that is the way to do it!

The first day we arrived we got straight off the plane and took a shuttle to the hotel, which sucked we had to drive all over town to drop off other people. Next time use the BART (subway). Then we headed to the BEST (I kid you not) chinese place about an hour east of SF called The Panda, not to be confused with panda express. After we ate we went to the Oakland Temple. So beautiful but of course I didn't get any pics there. We were so tired after traveling all day we went to bed at 5:30 and slept GREAT, mostly because we didn't have to wake up in the middle of the night! (thanks mom)

Friday night was the best in my opinion, Dave told me he had something planned and would not let me know what it was. All I know is we had to be at pier number 1 at 7:00. We walked around past the docks. Watched an old asian man catching fish.

even offered to give us one to take home for dinner! He was amazing catching a fish about every 2 mins. We walked past Pier number 3 where some dinner cruises were docked and I said that would be so much fun to do.... well low and behold after getting all the information and checking out the menus Dave let me in on his secret... we were going on that dinner cruise! Plus it had music and dancing! Dave is so amazing, Thanks honey for a great evening!

We've been to SF 4 times now and never been to china town. It's very busy but loads of interesting things to look at. We ate some chinese food we've never had before, watched old people play cards in the park, shopped for presents with the lowest prices in town, and admired the amazing architecture.

I wanted to look in every shop we passed but my traveling companion wasn't so keen on that idea! I did find a nice cheap knock off purse! I mean it's real... you can hardly tell the difference! The people in china town were so nice. I think after a while I would get sick of all the tourists but they are still kind.

Another place I'd never been was Boudin the sour dough bread company. I must have walked past the place 50 times before but never stopped. We still didn't go through the museum upstairs... just something for next time. I ate so much sour dough bread the past 5 days... and not sick of it yet. I even brought some home. I love this one shaped like a turtle! Couldn't resist bringing one of those home too.

I really feel like I should just post a travel log of purely FOOD, we ate so many good things. We had 4 or 5 different clam chowders, fish I've never tried before, chinese food, and most of all fresh crab and lots of it! We found a great place for breakfast, so good we went twice. The best place for clam chowder, so good we went there 3 times! We are a couple that loves good food. We were very adventurous on this trip and we reaped the rewards for doing so. We also found ferries we didn't know existed to get us to Oakland across the bay.

I love to call this "our" city as I'm sure do many others. There is just something about it that draws you in. It's been called a play ground for adults and they are right. We talked about "what if" we could live here, but we decided against it because then we wouldn't have as much fun as we do when we visit! (not to mention it's WAY out of our price range)

I could go on and on about all the things we did. About all the things we are going to do next time we go. This was our first "long" trip without our kids, and we missed them, but there were points when it was nice that they weren't there. Maybe next time they can go to. Thanks mom for watching Dallin and Sarah, we truly appreciate it! And most of all thanks to my wonderful husband for a great trip!

Check this out!

This is a unique bike to say the least! The bucket had a seat, thankfully with seat belts! If I didn't have to sell one of my kidneys to get one I might consider it! I haven't really ridden a bike since high school but I should get back in the habit! Im in luck, they are giving them away. Go check their website! Maybe me and all my friends will win one and we can go biking together! I can dream can't I?

Gamping!

ok ok so I know we went camping a month ago and no I did not spell camping wrong... I just typed it how Dallin says it! And he loved it as far as I could tell. For about a week before he kept saying it "gamping" because I had a box full of supplies which included a bag of marshmallows and I told him they were for camping. Along with the "pokey" sticks and chocolate covered cookies! He was excited to sleep in a tent, to have a chair to sit by the fire. Little did he know we would set up our tent on the rockiest campsite and not bring enough warm PJ's because it was freezing that night. Dave came up to the camp site for a couple of hours to sit around the fire and spend time with us. To bad he had to work in the morning or else I would have convinced him to stay over night with us on the lovely hard ground! Next year... air mattress, worth the investment! Both kids did so well during the night, better than I expected. Dallin only woke up once and Sarah Slept right by my side so she slept great. It was pretty cold so I was glad to have them both by my side. We didn't do anything really "adventerous" like go hiking or anything, I figure going out the the wilderness was good enough. I wasn't alone, this was the ward camp out and there was quite a few people there to help me out. The cutest 5 year old girl from our ward held Sarah so much. Too bad she's only five or I'd have a great babysitter on my hands! I had a blast overall! Dallin still "talks" about gamping when he sees our supplies in the garage! We will absolutely go "gamping" again!

My little babysitter!

Here mom have a marshmallow!

"mmmm" smores taste good

First thing in the morning

good morning sleepy head!

Boating and 24th of July left overs.

A few weeks ago we went boating with my grandpa's boat. This is only the 2nd time we've been out this summer. I remember when I was little we used to go every monday night after people got off work. Those were fun times. Now that I'm one of the adults it seems like that is a harder thing to accomplish, going that often. We had a really great time. This was Sarah's first time on the boat (of course I didn't take pics) she was sick last time we went. She loved it as far as I could tell.. she didn't cry that's what I mean!

We played on the shore (very rocky I might add, this is at jordanelle) This was just as much fun as going in the boat. Even though the water is freezing at first it's still fun to play! These are our cousins playing in the water with us. My brother has a wave runner that is finally fixed. I wasn't too sure about it at first but I went for a nice ride around the lake on it. I think I prefer the boat but I'm sure I'll ride again!

Since the then we celebrated the 24th of July, Pioneer Day, Only really a holiday in Utah I might add! Our ward has a breakfast and a children's "parade" we walk around the block with decorated bikes and strollers. The kids had their faces painted, and then we walked and walked like pioneer children. (Yes Dallin has a black eye, the trash can at Mc Donalds attacked him!)

Dave took the night off work so we could light the fireworks that we didn't get to on the 4th. Dallin was a little scared of them at first but after a while he thought they were pretty cool! Sarah like them, I could tell because she would kick her legs in excitement when she saw them. I think she enjoyed the licorice we gave her even more! We went to big fireworks on the 4th at Sugarhouse park and they both liked these too!

Dallin saying "again"! His favorite phrase!

Sparklers aren't my favorite type of firework, plus it was my fault we got the short ones and not the big huge long ones they make now. ( I think those would have been better) But I think you have to have sparklers, I always did! I hope we continue this tradition for a long time!