Second grade is over!

Yesterday was Mack's last day of second grade. It was bittersweet for both of us--no more dragging him out of bed in the morning for me, but no more seeing Mrs Hall and his friends for 2 months for Mack. I have loved watching Mack blossom this year. From his funny new sayings (like, Mom!), to the friendships he has developed, it has been so fun. I would love to bottle eight years old forever.



My neighbor, Amanda, and I made these candy bar posters for our kids the night before the last day of school. I had never made a candy bar poster before, so wasn't sure how I would put it together. But, it ended up being a blast. Mack LOVED his candy bar poster, and I am so excited to continue this new, fun tradition for the last day of school. I ended up having enough treats to also make one for Shane that turned out really cute. Thanks Amanda for this fun idea! Love ya!



Last night to celebrate, we went to go to Ratatouille. I guess South Jordan (we went to the District) didn't do their city planning so well as the power went out twice during the movie. After the second outage, we were offered refunds and left. The first twenty minutes was really good though! I totally love Top Chef and the Food Network, so it was kind of like an animated version of that:)

Well, off to the pool today at Ashley's apartment--can't wait!

I left my heart in San Francisco...

I am so excited my first post gets to be about one of my favorite places in the country:) Not only does it generate lots of wonderful childhood memories (thanks Grandma), but it is just truly such a spectacular place! The weather, culture, shopping, food, family--just love it all!

We had a wonderful time last weekend spending time in the city and with family to celebrate Paul and Sherri's sealing. Here are some of my fave memories of the trip:

Our day trip into the city:

I forced everyone to go to the Cheesecake Factory in the Macy's building downtown. Luckily, everyone ended up loving it--even though Mel called it a tourist trap! This is a shot of me on the terrace the restaurant. If you ever visit San Francisco and want to go there really easily, take BART to the Powell Street exit and just head up to Macy's past the huge Apple store. After that yummy lunch, we trolled my favorite clothing store I have to hit every time I am out of Utah--H&M. It was just massive--three floors of crazy and cool goodies. Some of it is just way too out there, even for me, but if you dig around, you can find some real treasures. I found a super cute black dress that ties on the side, a yellow and striped linen skirt, and lots of fun summery shirts. We then took Muni down to the wharf--which is always a requisite of any trip to San Francisco. The weather again was just perfect. Always a perpetual spring there.

Our day at the temple:

Oakland was insanely freezing! Other than the low temps, the day was really wonderful. There was an amazing spirit at Paul and Sherri's sealing, and I loved seeing all the support from their ward family there. We spent the rest of the afternoon at Paul and Sherri's laughing and reliving old memories. Lots of fun.

Can't wait to go back soon! Thanks Karla A TON for keeping Macker for me all weekend. So nice to get away with no kids sometimes:)