I'm all grown up

Last weekend I was in charge of putting on an activity after stake temple day. Since when am I even old enough to do such a thing? I have a stake calling as a member of the stake activities committee. Didn't even know such a calling exists. Well, it does. And after everyone else in the committee, including the committee chairs, bailed two days before the event, it was up to me to put on the event. 150 mouths to feed, and 2 days to plan, buy, prepare and serve. So after a little panicking and a frazzled phone call to my mom, I recruited the lovely Jillian Ringer to help me. AND we got lucky and 2 people from the committee were able to show up to help. In a short day and a half we had everything ready to go. Surprisingly, everything went perfectly as planned. We had a great turn out and we had nearly the perfect amount of food. Not bad for my first go around. It was nothing fancy, but I was happy with how it turned out. I can only hope it didn't go too well... don't want to be stuck doing this forever :)

The family came to town

One of the many perks of living in a sweet city like San Fran is the many many visitors that come to see us. We love having visitors and hope that the visitors keep on coming. Something tells me that we wouldn't be quite as popular if we ended up in Buffalo, NY so I'm just going to soak all of this in while I live in this wonderful place. Anyways, this time it was Jordan's parents and sister Maren that came to town. We had such a blast! We did lots of shopping, eating out, sightseeing, and more shopping. Despite all of Jordan's studying and school work, he was still able to spend some time with us. Its always so fun to show family our fun little life here. I just wish they could have stayed longer!

Thanks for everything Doug, Cathi and Maren. We look forward to the next visit! :)

Our Visitors

My friends came to visit last week. It was a GREAT few days. I loved, loved, loved having them here with me. And I was sad to see them go. So basically, they should come back. I know you are reading this girls... come back! And the rest of you should come too. My tiny little apartment was certainly nothing fabulous, but we managed. Wish I would have taken a picture of the sleeping arangements... basically the whole living room was a big bed. I had a full day of clients lined up for Katie to do hair. I think everyone thought she was heaven sent. Nobody can find a stylist to do their hair for near the price that Katie does it for. Plus, she's awesome. So now half my ward has fresh, lovely hair. And I've already got a few added clients for next time :) Thanks again Kate, you are the best. Here are a few pics from the weekend...

The Beehive State

We were lucky enough to spend a solid 7 days in the great state of Utah last week. We had so much fun spending time with family and friends. Activities included:

• Eating at all of Utah's best (Cafe Rio, Hires, J dawgs, Hapa Grill, Barbacoa, Mountain West Burrito, Kneaders)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Watching movies... If you haven't seen the movie Warrior, do it. It's awesome
• Cheering the Coug's on to victory over the Aggie's
• A trip to Richfield... The Dairy included

• Lunch with the Girls

• Being woken up by my Lyla girl while sleeping in the Luekenga's living room

• Playing with baby Elle... She is getting too big!

• A little Nordstrom Rack run... Aren't these adorable? Thanks to the world's best mother in law, these are now in my closet :)

• Enjoying the unusually warm fall weather
• And most importantly, spending a lot of time with the family and friends that we miss so much

Wish I would have taken more pictures... I really need to be better about that. One day. Thanks everyone for making our trip such a success. I never knew how much I loved Utah until I left. It was good to be back for a bit. Luckily, we were welcomed home by Katie, Kristin, and Court... more on that adventure to come. :)

Last Weekend with Mom

Last weekend was a blast. We did so much in such a small time frame and I LOVED having my mom here to explore the city. We took quite a few pictures, so here ya go... Ashbash, these are for you :)

In front of the gate to our apartment

Ghirardelli chocolate banana sundae... Yum

Lombard Street... the windy one

Tacos from our most favorite dive Mexican restaurant, Ocean Taqueria

Oakland Temple

Mama's cafe for breakfast. If you are ever in San Francisco, you NEED to eat breakfast at Mama's... No matter how long the line, it is always worth the wait.

On the bridge with our sweet electric bikes. Amy was mortified that we rented electric bikes... I didn't complain.

Sausalito

And of course Nike town at Union Square in honor of my dad. As he would say, "Part of the celestial kingdom"... His words not mine

Thanks so much for everything mom. You are the best! We already miss you.

Obsessed

My latest obsession? Friday Night Lights. I know I'm a little late on this band wagon considering the series first aired in 2006, but better late than never. I just love the relationship between the coach and his wife, Matt and Landry, Tim and Lyla, etc, etc... Not to mention, I wish I was Lyla Garrity. Anyway, thank you netflix for this latest obsession. I'm not sure what I'm going to do in a few days when Tim Riggins isn't in my life :)

Momma's Coming to Town

This lovely lady is coming to town tomorrow. I can hardly wait :)

What's on the docket for this fun filled weekend you ask? Biking across the golden gate bridge, Oakland temple, alcatraz, shopping at Union Square, eating out, and anything else we happen to think up. Being excited is an understatement. Can't wait to see you momma!