School started again..

It has a way of doing that before you're ready. i don't like it but at the same time that graduation thing doesn't happen outta no where.

Kids i hope i teach you the Work Hard, Play Hard concept in life. Please don't idle your time away and if you do prepare yourself for a kick to the butt. 

Also i had a goal (what the..?) that i wanted the kitchen pantry cleaned out before school started and let me tell you - that thing looks great! Mission accomplished. So much easier and i'm loving the open and organized space.

Also before school started - we made it count!

Fondue night with the ladies

And hiked through Muir Woods 

Matty is protecting our camera from the rain. 

Who doesn't want a creme brûlée as big as your face??

Beautiful beach day with friends

Now it's full speed ahead - chemistry, anatomy, and political science till mid May..

Holladay Time

We found the perfect tree for our apartment and for half the price!

Some of the neighbors go all out on the lights and it was fun to drive by every night

Matty is becoming quite the pizza maker! We loved the deep dish he made for Christmas Day lunch. 

To make the pizza making easier

We went to the BYU bowl game at AT&T park

And found an empty Cable Car

And the Oakland temple Saturday morning

Then it was Happy Birthday Time Matty!

Maybe one more time

One of our favorite restaurants in the city 

And a Cable Car kiss on top of Lombard Street

TWO Years!

i love how time seems to stand still in regards to some feelings and times and at others rushes by so speedily it's over before the blink even has a chance

i love you Matty

Update

Another day, another dollar.. I got a new job! I started onMonday night as a kitchen assistant at Sur la Table cooking classes! I'm really excited

We also had another day in the City yesterday and it was so warm! I could not believe it. Matty found a good place to eat for dinner in North Beach that was really good. I didn't want to be one of those people so I didn't take any pictures but good thing plenty of people on Yelp shamelessly do. The wait was about an hour so we walked around. The House was good and i liked what i got (and really liked what Matty got, as usual) but with so many places to eat in SF i probably wouldn't vote to go back there any time soon.

I also waited in line for a half hour for this. Breakfast from Tartine

Really good bread pudding and amazing tarts

I always leave San Francisco thinking we need to get up here more often, but I'm grateful for where we live and that we enjoy so much of our surroundings 

Mexicoooo

Señor Matty and I flew in on Saturday night and we have had a lovely time so far! Thankfully we didn't take the bus like (someone) thought we should. When we got to the hotel we walked around the pool(s) and sat on a wall overlooking the ocean and talked for a few hours and then had the pleasant surprise of a firework show. Yesterday looked a lot like this

                              

And this

                            

Plenty of this

The sand here is not nearly as fine as Hawaii was or even most beaches in CA which is nice because it doesn't stick as much but was not fun to walk on for more than 20 feet. Now we're waiting for Ian & Lauren to come pick us up and head to the house

Excited for - wave runners - eating - scuba diving - glass blowing - Mexican blanket - body surfing

Catching Up

Another Giants game for us! This one was a little colder but so much fun! We went with Matty's coworker who had never been to the City before so after the game we drove all around and got Ghirardelli sundays

And just a reminder

it was a hard weekend last week at work so i'm hoping Troy's wedding this weekend brings life back to an "up"

Life Lesson 1

Matty beat me to the bathroom this morning, which isn't a big deal at all. He was getting the final things ready for his NY trip and was busy so when I got to the bathroom, and more specifically the toilet (t.m.i.?) my thought was "Come on Matty.." When there wasn't any toilet paper left on the roll. Again, not a big deal but it's not pleasant doing the awkward reach first thing in the a.m. Fast forward about 7 hours 

"Come on me.." Little did I know (or notice) he had indeed gotten another roll out. I was the oblivious one.

- Here's to taking time to notice, not jumping to conclusions, and not expecting the worst in people. - I'm glad I didn't get all bent outta shape over it, which is easy for me to do the first 20 minutes of  consciousness in the morning 

This was a small reminder that a) Matty looks out for me b) I'm a terrible person before 10:00am c) misunderstandings are so stupid and easily avoided if we take the time to act and not react. I'll work on being better at this each day