Hello San Francisco!

Well loves, Husband and I are off on our adventure in the north country!

(Actually, we left yesterday, but because of my magical-blog-time-traveling skills, this is appearing now.)

We haven't taken a real vacation since our honeymoon. We are going to practice the art of being cheese snobs, try this pizza restaurant and listent to my uber talented friend Michelle sing with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. (I know, she's unreal. I bask in her glow.)

I am, how do you say... EXCITED.

Can't wait to tell you all about it next week! What fun things are you doing this weekend?

For Michelle

Suprise Ball

My dearest darling friend Michelle lives miles and miles away, but we manage to stay in tolerably good contact by talking on the phone, texting about random inside jokes and sending each other spontaneous and ridiculous mail.

So I used her birthday last week as an excuse to craft and send her silly things - so I made a surprise ball, inspired by this tutorial and it was oh-so-fun coming up with ridiculous items to wrap in yards of crepe paper. I found mariachi confetti, neon strechy dinosaurs and kitten stickers, and then fun just kept going...

Next time you're looking for a clever gift idea and have an evening to spare, this one is alot of fun.

Happy Birthday Mich!

Wedding Picturs - Bridesmaids

San Francisco

I'm running out of reasons not to spend every weekend in San Francisco...

HRH is moving there next week, Southwest has direct flights from Ontario to Oakland, and SF is like a mini NYC, so I get my metropolis fix! This plan is genius.

Michelle's 5 Things

Continuing our 5 things project: Michelle!

Here are the 5 things that Michelle wants to accomplish in this lifetime:

Explore all 7 continents
Marry in the temple and raise a righteous family
Speak 3 foreign languages fluently
Do something every day to draw closer to Christ
Be the kind of old woman that makes young women say, "I want to be like her when I'm old."

... Have I ever mentioned that Michelle is descended from pirates? And that her family TOTALLY celebrates "talk like a pirate" day? And that she has the coolest last name ever? Oh I did? Well good.

Avocado

I have a sentimental relationship with avocados.

For me they are more than a fruit... (vegetable?... nut?.... What are they exactly?)

Essentially, I don't care. I just think they are wonderful.

They are yummy. They make guacamole.

And once, when we were sophomores at BYU, Michelle brought a bag of avocados back from a visit to California, we made guacamole and sat around the kitchen table eating it and being very happy.

Avocados, for me, feel like summertime, California, barbecues, friends, family, relaxing, and that really beautiful color of afternoon sunshine.

Mmmm.