January 4-10 School Starts

This week school started for Seth. It was a stressful week, but we are still so blessed to have each other! And be married! Here are some highlights:

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Dinner! I made a soup mix that we got for our wedding from a couple of my sisters. It was delish. I also made bread! It turned out great and was sooo delicious with butter and homemade raspberry jam.

Here is the bread, I got the recipe from allrecipes.com. It's called Amish White Bread

http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/6788/amish-white-bread/

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Friday! Yay for Fridaayyyyssss. We went downtown and tried a place called 22 Café or something and it was interesting but good!  Below is chicken and waffles... Which neither of us have never tried before this! Interesting but good :) The chairs were mixed and matched, and they served our water in mason jars. After dinner, we got a red box and had a night in :)

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Saturday was a long day but good! Seth is an angel for driving the whole way to Green River and back. We went up in the  morning and saw this beauty.

My sister-in-law Lily got baptized on Saturday and became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. What a special day for her! We were glad we could be there for it!

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We left Green River after Marsha generously got some cheap gas for us (thank you!), and headed to Evanston. We wanted to visit some family. Allie and them are moving to Washington. It was so good to hang out with them! Grandpa came to dinner too. We hope the Hoopes love it over there!!! 

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Oh, and did I mention that Seth stopped at Mile Marker 39 on the way home from GR? Well, he did. It was our 7 month anniversary.

Our first kiss was here.

And this was also where he asked me to marry him <3 I LOVE you!

Xoxo

-t&s

December 28-January 3: Green River

We left for Green River. It was pretty in the canyon. It was also snowy.

This is what Seth's truck looked like after California!! 

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The family made a music video and I took part. Michelle and Jeremy are still working on it; you'll have to see it when it's done!

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Watching the popcorn pop on the oven.

Cake batter cookies:)

On New Year's Eve, Seth and I helped make dinner (shrimp! Yum!) and we added jalapeño popper dip and BBQ sliders:) Then there were minute to win-it games, a movie and a countdown.

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Found some gems of Sethy. He was and is so so so cute!!! It makes me wonder what our kids will look like someday :)

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And movies and Grey's :)

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On Friday a few of us went swimming, and on Saturday it was Marsha's birthday! Yay! We had herbal tea and English muffins for breakfast, and blts and cannibal sandwiches for lunch. On a cannibal sandwich, you get rye bread and put raw ground beef, salt, pepper, and onions on it. And there were presents and more fun :) We're so thankful for you Mom Harris!!!

Another highlight of the week: A proposal <3 Mark and Ashley are getting married May 2nd in the Manti Utah temple :) Congrats you two.

And back to Provo it was.

Xoxo

-t&s 

December 21-27: San Francisco

Sitting at the airport sleeping, sitting, and getting delayed. And writing about this trip :)

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This year for Christmas, our family decided to take a trip to San Francisco. Everyone except Caitlin and the other Seth were able to make it. My cousins Eli and Livey (and aunt and uncle Sherie and Mark) came too! We stayed in a house in Pacifica close to the ocean. It was magical. The drive up to our house was on a steep hill which made me nervous pretty much every time we went up it. Then the driveway twisted around up to the house. We had 4 cars in the driveway which made parking kind of tricky, but we didn't have to drive. But that's just the driveway...inside the house turned out to be a complete wacky jigsaw puzzle. It was awesome though. 

There were enough beds for all the couples and then the teenagers/kids got twin beds or couch cushions :) but the house was very interesting... There were 2 spiral staircases, and a roof that separated two parts of the house. Seth and I's little bungalow had a door to the roof and we had to climb up two little ladders to get up to our bed. The window facing the front of the house that we had by our bed gave us a nice view including the ocean!!! Ahh I just love the ocean. There was a hobbit hole with a secret passage in the ceiling which led to 2 floors up - right beneath where Seth and I slept. There was a real kitchen and then on te other side of the house there was a smaller kitchen. Hardwood floors... Buttons for lights and fans... A keyboard. Lots of stairs in the front. One of the rooms was a loft which the spiral stairs led to. And secret doors and a huge pile of cement. Let's just say we explored and found some cool stuff ;)

I liked the neighborhood and area we lived in-- so close to the ocean and some stores around- plus the nicest Taco Bell in the world. Wooden and right on the beach with even a window for those to order with sandy feet. It was awesome and I went twice :)

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Each day, we went out and did something, saw things, ate good food. :)

The first night we were there, Seth and the boys went to a football game and Seth had a blast!!

And in the meantime the ladies went out to eat. Mom and I tried little baby octopii (is that right?)

And the next morning...taking a walk down to the beach.

Our house was up on a hill. You had to go up a pretty steep road to get up there!

Chinatown- - - 

We walked around a ton and saw things and went out to eat at the best Chinese food I've ever had.

*Downtown sights*

Up there on the hill is Lombard Street.

Pier 39.

Santa Cruz

Biking day- we got to bike across the Golden Gate Bridge!

Sausalito- and taking a ferry boat <3 Derek Shepherd loves ferry boats.

The beautiful sunset. This is Alcatraz.

And another bridge...

Christmas Eve! (spent the day with Allie's fam) This is at a French bakery (Tartine)

At the big ferry building where we ate delicious cheese and bread...

Bi-rite ice cream

Exploratorium

...and a bunch of appetizers for dinner!

Christmas Day- going to Muir Woods

One day Seth and I spent it wandering together... :)

And going to the Nutcracker ballet :)

Our last day~ best brunch ever~ Mosaic steps~ Haight and Ashbury street

We were grateful to see everyone and spend time with family!! Love you guys! Thank you Mom and Dad for all you guys provided for this vacation. Love you both.

Xoxo

-t&s