San Francisco (Part 2)

Sunday

On Saturday night we passed by a chapel on our drive back to the hotel. Conveniently that building just happened to house the nearest singles ward so Sunday morning we got ready for church and headed back to the chapel we discovered the night before for the 9:00 meeting. After sitting down Tommy, from our ward in Provo, showed up. His father was in the bishopric and Tommy was visiting home for the weekend so we had to get a picture. 

I realized after the picture how short I really am... ;)

After church we went back to the hotel to make a lunch and plan the rest of the day. We decided that we would go to the Jelly Belly Factory (because tours stopped at 4:00) and then to the Oakland Temple. While doing some research of the area near the Temple Jessica found a park area that looked like fun so we decided to go there after the temple. 

At the Jelly Belly Factory we were able to go on a tour of the factory (there were videos because the factory wasn't running at the time). We were able to learn a lot about the creation of Jelly Beans and even 'test' Jelly Beans from different parts of the process. I saved mine to get a picture. The Yellow one is the inside Jelly part. The orange one has the shell but has not been polished and the red one has been polished and has the stamp on it.

I love the flying Jelly Bean in the background

There were cute welcome signs
near the entrance 

After the Jelly Belly Factory we headed to the Oakland Temple. It was beautiful. We were told in Church that morning that you are able to walk around the Temple terrace and that it was a beautiful view of the city. Unfortunately the temple was under construction so we weren't able to go on the terrace but we still saw quite the view from the hill of the temple. We also walked into the visitors center and talked to one of the Senior Missionaries about our trip. She helped us come up with some ideas for what to do with the rest of our trip.

The temple grounds were gorgeous.

One view of the city from the Temple.

I love the area of light!

Inside the visitors center they had a lovely
Family Proclamation area

 As soon as we finished exploring the Temple grounds we headed for the park area. We were really excited about was a fairytale park. Apparently they take different stories and create images from them. Sadly it was closed but we found some fun things outside and around to take a pictures of. The other area we went to explore was a Japanese Garden. It was taken care of by volunteers but would have been much lovelier with constant care but it was a fun find and a nice little stop for our Sunday afternoon.

By the happily ever after sign :)

The fairytale park.

The little old woman's shoe!

The fun little notes were outside too...

Cool fake leaf...

I thought this leaf was kind of awesome

And these cool doors :)

San Francisco (Part 1)

So last Friday Jessica and I left Provo for California and it was so much fun! We got a late start Friday and decided to stay in Winnemucca to break up our drive. Saturday morning we got ready and left. We decided to take the scenic route and visit Lake Tahoe on our way to San Francisco. It was lovely, so lovely in fact that we stopped for lunch and ended up getting in the water but sadly not too far in, we still had a drive ahead of us. 

After arriving at our hotel in Concord we decided to head to Pier 39 to walk around. After hitting traffic and a bit of a freakout about in the city driving we had a great time although the sea lions weren't out...

 

I took this picture on the drive... I love the light!

So...

I struggle with this keeping up the blog thing but I figure anything is better than nothing and a lot has happened since February...

-I worked my last big catering event with this lovely lady...













-I went on a trip to Vegas and LA with Meagan. While in Vegas my car was injured in an accident but nobody got hurt so it was all right! 

My poor car!

In California I got to go to the beach, the temple, the Griffith 

At the volleyball game

observatory, the Cupcake ATM, the BYU volleyball game, and adventuring with Alicia and Zach!

The lovely LA temple

The Perfect pineapple tree, or
palm tree for you traditional folks.

We were super excited to start our adventuring

I won a prize at the Midway at
Circus Circus

Jumping for joy at the beach

The delicious Cupcake ATM

-I went to my first concert... 
Andy Grammer and it was great!

Not bad for a five dollar concert!

-I went with Melissa to take pictures for graduation announcements and apparently I have a natural smile for pictures. :)

-I walked across the stage to get an empty diploma! ;) A woman from my parent's ward made me some lei's to wear and Grandma and Grandpa came up to celebrate. After convocation we went to the Tulip Festival.

This lovely lady was graduating too!

I rather love this picture...

-I went to a wedding. :)

-I got a job (I will be at the same school next year)! I am so excited!!!
-I celebrated national donut day with old roommates! 

-I officially finished my first year of teaching!!!!

Taken on my way out
of the school on the last day!

-I've been playing more Ukulele...
-I've been adventuring (Details forthcoming, I promise)