San Francisco Weekend

Since we are out here we decided that we would go into San Francisco for a weekend (before God knocks it into the ocean).

First stop Wicked
<--------- and since they pay me the big bucks out here we got ourselves dang good seats. It is actually pretty sweet.




Next stop was Fisherman's Wharf
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We checked out Alcatraz, walked around the pier, and ate some super good clam chowder

After that we checked out some of the old boats there that they let you walk around.
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Then we went to the place that makes San Francisco, San Francisco- the Golden Gate Bridge

It was sweet


Perhaps a little too much for me to handle, so we called the crisis hotline because there is hope if you make the call, afterall the consequences of jumping from a few thousand foot bridge are fatal. oh and tragic.

Zumba!

My blog would not be complete without blogging about one of the highlights of our extended stay here in California- Zumba. Zumba was something I had not even heard of until I came out here and my sister convinced me to go to a class with her, but after that one class I was hooked. Three times a week I enjoy one hour of as the instructor puts it 'a party workout'. So here are the top 5 things I love about Zumba:

1. The 80 year old woman in the front of the room who is probably better than I am and doesn't hold back on shaking it at all

2. Quality bonding time with my sister.

3. It's the first time I have ever worked out without looking at the clock and wondering how much longer I still have. Time flies when zumbaing (I know thats not a word, but it should be).

4. Margot. That is the name of our instructor. She has got to be about 55 and is in way better shape than I am, not to mention she makes fabulous eyes at herself in the mirror while zumbaing. If you were to look up the word awesome in the dictionary, Margot's name would be right by it as the definition.

5. I leave class feeling good about myself. It must be all those endorphins.

Wedding Pictures

Here are some pictures from our wedding. Enjoy!

Don't watch it for too long, there are a ton of pictures.

4th of July weekend

So far California has been treating us great and believe it or not- we are loving it out here. Shocker right? I mean, who would love California? Kyle's internship is going well and we are loving being able to spend time with family who normally we don't get to see nearly as much as we would like to. Anyway last weekend was the 4th and since it fell on a Saturday this year, Kyle got Friday off. So we headed down south to Monterey with my sister Shara and her family as well as Kyle's brother Tres and his baby. Needless to say we had a good time. Our first stop was the "Dennis the Menace Park". It was a pretty awesome park, if I were about 10 years younger I would have been in heaven. The kids had a great time playing there while we adults talked and chased them around.

Kaya and Brad on the climbing wall

Kaya and Ashlyn playing

Next stop was downtown Monterey to ride bikes along the coast. We figured it would be cheaper for a few of us to rent a surrey (a bicycle built for more than two?) and ride together. So Kyle, me, Tres and his baby Evan loaded up and off we went in this beauty.

Saturday we had a laid back day of mostly just swimming and eating. That night we had a family barbeque, played some football and headed over to the park to watch fireworks.

Hopefully everyone had a great holiday weekend! Till next time..