1 Year Anniversary

I can't believe it has been one year already! Jeff and I decided to spend a few days in San Francisco for our anniversary. We stayed in Union Square at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Jeff had them decorate the room with rose petals and also had a chilled bottle of sparkling cider by the bed. Our room overlooked Union Square and we were able to watch the annual"lighting of the christmas tree" right from our window.


















Here is the huge tree in Union Square that they trucked down from Mount Shasta.

It was a little foggy (as usual for SF) but the next day we drove down the bay about 20 minutes to Jeff's favorite surf spot in Pacifica, (Lindamar) and the weather was gorgeous.

The VERY first thing we did when we got into the city was go to Jeff's favorite food spot near his dental school, UCSF. I wanted to go to our favorite Thai restaurant and Jeff was willing to take me there but unfortunately it was only open for dinner that day. It was so hard for him to hide his enthusiasm upon that discovery.

The weather was perfect in Lindamar, however the surf was terrible. Poor Jeff had been dying to go surfing since we moved away from the beach in July, and it was so sad to see him struggle to paddle all the way out there and then come back 20 minutes later. The waves were coming one after the other and according to him they were closed out which makes it hard to paddle out and get a long ride.

Jeff's gift from me was a new wedding band. He picked out the original one but which we ordered online but it has always been a little tight and was really getting on his nerves. So I decided to relieve his frustrations and picked out an even more handsome ring. You can see the old one in the picture below.

The very best part of anniversary was cutting into that year old top layer of cake! Actually, I didn't even want to save it because as a gift to us the place that made our cake gives a complimentary one on your first anniversary. The frozen one wasn't bad, we had to taste it...but the fresh one was so much better!

Thanksgiving and my birthday

My birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year so the day started with breakfast in bed which Jeff so lovingly made for me. He made an omlet, sausage, hasbrown and served it with grapes and O.J. I especially liked the smiley line of ketchup. We then went to my sister Jackie's new apartment where she made us lunch which was panini's and tomato soup. It was so yummy. Unusual meal for Thanksgiving you say? Yes, well read on...

So since my birthday was on Thanksgiving, I did not want to spend it in the kitchen. We celebrated the Sunday before with Jackie, Eric and the nephews. My parents were out of town this year so I decided to attemp my first Turkey. The meal turned out really good if I say so myself.

Baby bump

Here is a picture of the baby bump a few weeks ago. I get bigger every day it seems like and I can't believe I have less than 8 weeks to go! Ugh, what happened to my toned arms?

Trip to Idaho Falls

My sisters and I took a trip to Idaho Falls to see our other sister Stefanie. It was pretty crazy with 7 kids running around, but we had fun together.

Here is Tucker and Taylor on a calf at a friends farm.

We also went to a baby shower for my cousin April. She is due about a week before me. We got a great picture of all my sisters and the girl cousins from my mom's brother Don. (April is in the very front)

And here is all the kids after church on Suday.

Trip to St. George

Jeff and I were able to go to St. George in October to visit his parents. We went to Zions National Park, Snow Canyon, and saw a play at the Tuachan theatre.