San Fransisco: Day 4

So, for our last day all together we decided we would take a little drive to the beach, which had an amusement park attached to the boarwalk, it was soooo fun!!! The beach of course was a little cold for us Florida people, so there really wasn't any swimming, but it felt great!!!!

Carson loves his Aunt Jenny, or "ja..ja.."


What a good aunt!!!

Did I mention Kate is the cutest? What a smiler!!!

No, Carson is not taking the picture......


Carson had fun building this enormous sand castle.... (okay, not really, he was just ruining one that had been previously built)

Then the games began!!! The whole group, minus me, Carson and my mom and Kate went on a big roller coaster and another fun adult ride



Later on at the end of the night the three of us went on the ferris wheel, I'm not sure what Carson thought, he was very serious the whole ride, but then again it was 9:30 California time, which meant it was after midnight Florida time!!!

An uncle times two at the age of 15!!! What fun!!

While the grownups went on the big kid rides, mom and I took the babies on the train!!! The funny part was that the train operator wouldn't let my mom hold six month old kate in her lap during the ride, she had to sit next to her because it was "safer...."

Dad was like a little kid in a candy store the whole night, what a daredevil!!!

Rick was jealous that I got to take Carson on a kiddie ride, so they went on the dragon!!
On the way home our car, consisting of me, Rick, Nicole, Ryan and sleeping Carson decided to make an eleven o'clock In and Out run, mom thought we were crazy, and rightfully so since they were leaving bright and early the next morning for an eleven hour drive home!!!

San Fransisco: Day 3

Okay, so apparently I"m not good at this blogging thing, I downloaded the pictures in reverse order for this day, so nighttime is first, morning last, oops!!!!

Anyways, we ventured into the city of San Fran on day three and ended it up at Pier 39 Hard Rock for dinner where we met my cousin Kristina and her husband Kevin for dinner, it was so great to see them and even better because Rick and my mom were awesome at watching Carson for me so I could chat!!!!

After Alcatraz we hiked (yes those streets there can be pretty steep, especially for a preggie girl such as myself....) to Ghieridelli Square for sundaes, which were way worth the hike!!!

Carson was most excited about our leftover hot fudge at the bottom of our cup, that kept him busy for awhile while we recovered from the walk:)

We posed next to the trolley, didn't have time to ride one, maybe next time!

Carson loved the sea lions and was imitating them and barking, which was hilarious!!

Touring Alcatraz was so amazing, the ferry ride over was beautiful, and the tour was very interesting, definately Rick's favorite part of the trip, he loved it!!! Carson and Kate were very good also, they both passed out toward the end of the tour.

The first part of the day we went to the Golden Gate, which was pretty much not even visible until we got up really close, very crazy!!! We walked it though, or some of it, and had all kinds of fun on the way back violating every traffic law known to mankind (on accident of course....)

San Fransisco

Day 2: Oakland Temple







We were having so much fun taking pictures of the kids, and they were having fun too until Carson tried to get a little too cuddly with Kate and she was done!!!












What a beautiful temple!! Rick was having the time of his life wandering around taking tons of pictures!!!!

San Fransisco

Day 1- Muir Woods

I am finally blogging our trip, mostly because my sister has made some disparaging remarks about my lack of blogs.... I am trying to do better:)

Our first day in San Fran we drove and took a little bus, which Carson loved up to a beautiful area where there are lots of tall Redwood trees. It was gorgeous!!! We had fun hiking around, getting stalked by a random homeless man, and trying to entertain the kids.

After our fun day at Muir woods we (well Rick) had a mini reunion with some of his friends from freshman year at BYU. Jen and Tyson (left) and their twins happen to be friends of my sister and Chris in their ward there (small world). Ben traveled from Sacramento to see us, what a great time!!!

Five Years Today

Rick and I are celebrating our five year wedding anniversary today, isn't that crazy? I can't believe how fast life goes by! You may ask how we are celebrating our anniversary today.... well Rick is working and I am unpacking from our fun trip to San Fran and hanging out with Carson. I"m sure we will do something fun to celebrate tomorrow, but for today I wanted to post some pictures to celebrate our anniversary. I am so lucky to be married to such a wonderful guy, who knew? I was just greeted not to long ago by a man I didn't know at my door with a great suprise.....

Here's some anniversary pictures from previous years.......

The first year we were married Rick suprised me and kidnapped me away from work for a couple days and we went to the West coast of Florida to a resort on the beach, so fun!!! Who said that one year old wedding cake is tasty?

Year two Rick worked, and so this is year three when I was barely pregnant with Carson at Marco Island on the west coast of Florida again, are you noticing a theme? We love that place!!

Year four, and a new addition to the anniversary tradition, Carson!! Yes, once again we went to Naples, on the west coast, when you have a good thing going, why change it? Once we got home we dropped Carson off at the grandparents and went out for our favorite, fondue!!! Yumm....

So here we are this year, no west coast in the works for now, but by next year we will have a second new addition to bring with us to celebrate!! We are pregnant with baby two due on February 3rd!!! Who knows what this year will bring?

I hope five years brings you all the happiness it has brought us:)

Date Night

On Tuesday night Rick and I went to the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert with our friends Chris and Kim. It was so fun!! I have been waiting to see them in concert forever!!






Meanwhile Carson and Jada had a date of their own at our house, supervised of course by Grandma and Grandpa Tolbert. They had a blast!!!




What lucky kids!!!!