San Francisco

Clark had a work conference in San Francisco last week and he invited me to come with him. A week long date in California? How could I refuse? We left Sunday morning, drove to Salt Lake City, took a plane to Long Beach, CA and then another plane to San Francisco. These pictures are out of order so I'll just explain them as I go. On our flight to San Francisco we watched "The Best Thing You Ever Ate: Bacon". We were pleasantly surprised that two of the favorite bacon entrees came from San Francisco so we thought we had to try them out while we were there. The first was "Dynamo Donuts" Maple Bacon Donut. It's a local shop which makes all it's dough by hand and includes bacon and apples in the dough. Then after the donut gets fried, it's topped with a maple glaze and bacon bits. It was tasty, although it was $3 a piece! The other entree was at a store called "Boccalone" where they serve sliced meat in a cone. Clark got a few different varities of pork, but we weren't too impressed with it. There was a cupcake shop just down the road from our hotel. It was the cutest shop I had ever seen. The walls were painted brown with pink polka dots. There were 40 different cupcakes to choose from. They were also $3 each.

Clark's conference was Monday through Thursday so it left us Friday to do most of our sightseeing. We went to Alcatraz Friday morning. We were surprised with all the history that happened on the little island. It was a military prison, federal penitentary, home to a thousand American Indians in 1969, and now it's a national park.

Here we are on a ship on our way to Sausalito. It's a small island about a few miles from San Francisco. We enjoyed a nice dinner there with Clark's co-workers.

We took the cable car a few times for the experience. We found it was more expensive than a bus or a taxi. We went to the Cable Car Museum which described how they run and how they are repaired. In the 70's they tried to rid the city of them because they aren't very efficient, but the townspeople fought them and they got to keep their cable cars.

We also walked up Lombard Street, the crookedest street in America. We took a picture of it, but it didn't do the street justice. It is a one-way street with 8 very sharp turns, all down hill.

Our last night in San Francisco we went to the beach. There was a Safeway across the road where we got french bread, turkey, cheese, and chips. We had a picnic and watched the sunset. It was a wonderful trip. Towards the end, we both got quite home sick and antsy to see our kids again, but I'm so glad we got to spend the week together.

Finally a new post

Where to begin? We moved into a house and LOVE it! It is an older home so there are lots of projects that will keep us busy. We visited Laramie last weekend to see Steph & Ryan and their family, my family and some good friends. While we were there we went bowling. I had to laugh because it seems like the same guys have worked at the bowling alley since I first went there 20 years ago! There was a ramp the kids could put their balls on and then push them down the lane.

Will, being the competitive boy that he was kept asking, "Who has the high score?" Unfortunately, he did not, but he still had a good time. Our brother-in-law Ryan tore it up with a 186!

Here is Will and Porter playing on Sunday.

Since we have moved to Mountain View we have loved having so many relatives nearby. Rosie has a cousin Delaney who is her same age and they are so cute together. They love playing dress-ups. Luckily I had the same dress, in two different colors that they wore. Sometimes a fight will break out if I don't have two of the same thing. Girls!

This last picture is mostly for my sister Carolyn. I told her I was much bigger with this 3rd child and here's the pic to prove it. I was 22 weeks here. I am now almost 24 weeks, but who is counting right? I went to the doctor and he said everything looks great. We wanted to be surprised with the gender and fortunately during our ultrasound, our little baby was all curled up and we couldn't see any "parts". Looks like we'll be surprised when it comes.

Oh and I have to mention the color of the wall. I took this picture in our bedroom and I love the walls! The previous tenants painted them a deep red with the walls on the opposite sides a light brown. I never would have thought to do that, but I love it!

We're making it an uneven number

I'm sorry to say there are no pictures on this post. All of our stuff is still in storage, including our camera battery. I haven't been able to take pictures for two months now. However, this is an exciting post because we are having a baby! I am due July 10th. We are all very excited and feel very blessed that we can have another child.

New job!

We have been to 2 UW Cowboy football games. Both ending in losses, but we had fun anyway.

Clark carved this. If you don't know who it is, I'll give you a hint . . . "The Office"

Here we are at a Halloween party.

Well hello! I have been debating for a while now whether to keep up my blog and I decided I will, even though I can't promise I will post very often. I am posting today because Clark got a job!!!! I am so proud of him. He will be working as a Process Engineer at FMC. He had to interview with 6 different managers, but minutes after his last interview, the HR lady came into the room and offered him the job on the spot. We feel ready for this new phase of life. He starts the first week in January so we will be moving sometime next month!

Catch Up Time

I am bad at this blogging stuff. I forgot to add the pictures until the end. Look below for the details.

Steph, Clark's sister, had her baby. Allie Elizabeth. 8 lb 21 inches and straight from heaven.

This is Clark and I on the sailboat.

Here we are at Joe's Crab Shack. Clark has a crawfish hanging out of his mouth.

Here's my sister, Lainey, Evie, and I in front of the lighthouse.

A lot has happened in the past month. First, I got to see my sister, Carolyn. She lives in Boston with her husband and two daughters. I felt pretty adventurous yet nervous about going. I had never flown by myself before, I am terrible with directions, and I was worried that Clark and the kids would be alright. Everything turned out great! Since my trip was quick, we spent most of the time talking and hanging out. We did however see a lighthouse, eat at "Five Guys" (which I couldn't remember the name, I called it, "Five Brothers" and "The Big Five"), and Carolyn treated me to Coldstone . . .my favorite ice cream store in the world!! It was so nice to see my sister and nieces. They are all such beautiful and adorable gals.

Clark and I also celebrated our 5th Anniversary. Woo-hoo, the Big Five :) Betsy and Eric were kind enough to watch our kids for the weekend while Clark and I went to Denver. We stayed the night at a hotel (with a free breakfast). Unfortunately the pool didn't open until the day we left, but we still had fun. We went sailing at the Cherry Creek Reservoir. The man at the dock asked if we had sailed before and Clark said, "Oh sure." When in reality, he had only been on a guy's sailboat one time. You could say I was a bit nervous getting into that sailboat. It was a 14 foot dinghey for any of you that know much about sailboats. Clark managed to get us out of the harbor and into the open sea (so to speak). He did fantastic! We never tipped, though two times we came REAL close. It was wonderful to spend time together and remember what brought us together in the first place. Here's to many more years to come!