Happy Birthday!!

Today is Dan's birthday! I just want to say that I love you so much and I hope you had a good day, and the best of times in the year ahead of you! I love how our birthdays are so close, because then we can celebrate together! My birthday is a week and a half after Dan's! And we are 4 years apart...you do the math!

Christmas in San Francisco

Wow, I don't get out much! This Christmas I was invited to go to San Francisco with Dan and his family, and I gladly accepted it! We left Christmas day, at about 7:00pm so I was still able to spend some time with my family for Christmas. However, I got the flu on Christmas Eve :( It all of a sudden hit me and I felt like I was dead! Luckily Dan was with me to help me with things and to clean up after me. Yes, he IS the best boyfriend ever! He then drove me to Carstairs that night so that I could be with family, which was really nice of him to do that. Then Christmas morning he was supposed to come to my house but turns out, he woke up sick! Keep in mind, we were supposed to be LEAVING that day! Dan soon felt better that day, so we still went as planned, and my Dad drove me back into Calgary to drop me off at Dan's house. Then Amanda (my sister) took care of my bunny Gunther and my car while I was gone. Even though I didn't feel too good still, I still went to San Fran and had a blast there!! When we first got there, Dan's parents rented a car (which we had minor difficulties with) then we headed out to Dan's sister's place (Pam). That took longer than expected because we seemed to lose our way one too many times, so Dan and I got to sleep in the back of the car while his parent's found their way. When we finally arrived, we went straight to bed!

The next day, we drove to San Fran and went to the beach, took a few pictures and did a bit of shopping! Again, for most of the day, we spent trying to find our way around, but it was a fun adventure, because I have never been to California before, and it was good to see the sights! Dan and I then went on our own to go to Alcatraz! So cool! We went at night, but it didn't really make it spooky, it was just really interesting. It was also raining that day, so we got a bit wet, but it was all worth it! On our way back to the mainland on the ferry, we saw the city lights which were amazing! Then we went home to bed. Then Dan and I went to the city again and did a bit more shopping, and we also went to Pier 39 which was Fisherman's Warf. Here, there were a whole bunch of seals just lazing around on the docks! There were so many of them! Definitely a cool thing to see! There were also little shops around there too which we checked out as well. The street performers were something else there! We saw many live statues, dancers and whatnots, but there was one that stuck out to me in particular. There was this guy who would sit on a crate by the fence on a sidewalk right by the view of the harbor, and he had these bush branches that he would hid behind! He would peek through them as people were walking by, and when they got close enough he would scare them! This guy had an audience on the other side of the street and every time he got a good laugh out of everyone! What a good way to make money! I do want to go back to San Francisco, and when I do, I want to see this guy again! So since I was sick, I didn't really eat a lot while I was there. Which was fine to me because I never had to worry about stopping to eat! lol! So when Dan and I were about finished in the city, we went back home for supper and were planning on going to the outlet stores that Dan knew about! (By the way, this is where Dan served his mission too, so he knew quite a bit about the place) But this didn't really go according to plan. Since I never felt like eating, I just napped instead. I asked Dan to wake me up when he wanted to head out to the outlet stores. And he tried to wake me up 4 times but I wouldn't wake up!! I ended up sleeping through the night! 14 hours I slept! Lets just say, the next morning, I felt a lot better. But that didn't last too long, because then I started catching a cold from Dan's nephew.

The next day, however, we went to San Francisco again and did a bit more shopping. Dan and I went ourselves and we took the Bart. That night was his nephew Blake's 8th Birthday, and so he was going to get baptized! The whole thing went really well, and the chapel that we went to was right beside the Oakland Temple! And since it was just after Christmas, the Temple still had their Christmas lights up! It was so beautiful! You can't really see them in the pictures, but I still got some pretty sweet shots. The next day, which was Friday, was the day that Dan and I went home. We had to come home earlier than his parents because Dan was DJing the YSA New Years Dance that night. But it was definitely fun while it lasted! My thanks goes out to Dan and his family for such a great experience! I'll never forget it!

Starting Fresh

This is the beginning of my new website! My last one that I had was good, but I had a hard time keeping it updated, so hopefully I will be better at this one! And since I wasn't all that great at updating my last website, there's no need to switch over all of my stuff. Sure I'll get the pictures, but it's nice to start things fresh! I will get things started as soon as possible!

P.S.~ Yes that is me in the picture :)