Ashley's Birthday/Sewing/Sister's Trip!!

September 19th Ashley turned 21! Because I

wouldn't be home for that day, we all went into

Salt Lake and met for lunch. Ashley admitted

to me that she was a little disappointed that

I wouldn't be home for her birthday, especially

because it was a "Sunday birthday". She told

me that on Sunday birthdays you are suppose

to go your families and have dinner for sure!

Well thanks to Cortney, she had everyone

over to celebrate! The day after Dave took

her shopping and literally bought her every

item in Buckle. I think she made out just fine!

A couple of weeks ago Isaac came over and he

wanted to sew something. I had some material

and he said he wanted to make a pillow for Sarah.

He sewed this on the sewing machine all by

himself, (well with a little help!) Please keep

in mind, Isaac is an X man on his football

team and loves the sport! Shoooooo!

He was so proud of his pillow!

Let the Sister trip begin! The plane

ride to Oakland!

I got to sit inbetween Jack and Paula. We had
the most obnoxious guys sitting all around us
on the plane ride over. They were heading to
the Raider's game. A little too much to drink.
When we got there Paula drove us to San Francisco.
She took us down the famous Lombard street!

We then drove to Carmel and met LeAnne

at Brooke's house. She took us down to the

Warf to eat. As we walked up and down

they handed out little samples of clam

chowder. They wanted you to try theirs

so you would come and eat at their

restaurant.

On Sunday morning we went to church then

we went home and took a drive to where

Brooke used to live. We got out and walked

around. The houses were so fun to look at.

We got to walk through one that was for sale.

Trying to pose for another sister photo.

Didn't quite happen.

On our way home there was a live Brass Band.

It was pretty fun to listen to.

The next day was Monday. We got up and

Paula, LeAnne and I would go on our little

workout sessions. We walked/jogged around

Brooke's neighborhood. I could have done

that everyday. The houses were amazing to

look at. Each morning we would come home

and Jack would be up waiting for us. This

day we went to lunch at a Thai place that

Mike and Brooke love. It was good.

It's too bad we didn't have a photographer

follow us around so we could be in pictures

together!

When we were done we looked around at a

couple of stores. We then went down to Canary

Row and Paula found her favorite store. We

looked at possibly renting bikes but decided

not to do it.

We went home and played a fun game that

LeAnne taught us. This is the famous picture

that we got made fun of. I took a picture with

my camera because I thought it was fun to

see how all our hands looked so similar. Well

everyone else sent texts pictures to see if

their kids could tell who's who.

Tuesday morning we got up and went on a

little hike. It was by the ocean. It was

beautiful. I still would have to say that

the neighborhood walk, with all the houses,

was definitely my favorite!

Somebody did take our picture.

On the trip I found out a little about each

one of my sisters. LeAnne can kicked

anyone's butt at walking. She literally flys!

Jacki writes children's books and she also

hates to shop! Now come on, the words Jack

and shop should be in the same sentence but

it has to have the word bargain in there also.

But the big $30 bucks I spent was purchasing

everything that was on sale.

Paula is quite the traveler because she goes

somewhere at least once a month with Bill

and was quite the guide and lovely model!

On Tuesday we drove on 17 mile drive. We went

to Pebble Beach. It was beautiful. Guess I didn't

take any pictures. On the way back we drove

along the beach. We got out and had a photo

session. A guy took our pictures but I was

told by my sisters not to put any of those

on here. After, we went to the little cute

shops right down from Brooke's house. They

had local artists and some of the nicest shops.

I guess we stayed for 2 hours! This

was us, once again attempting to pose

for another sister's photo.

Tuesday night we made dinner and then

left the dishes and drove down quickly to

see the sun set.

Our last morning we got up and walked along the

beach. Paula was just telling me not to take

a picture of her butt. Oops! LeAnne and

Paula took their shoes off but because I'm

a cripple I kept mine on. It was beautiful.

We tried to get Jack to come down with

us but she didn't want to.

While I was waiting for them to rinse their

feet off I took this picture. I wish I would have

taken more. These are like the houses all over

there. I loved them!

After we made lunch we played our

game again and then packed up and

headed for the Oakland airport. We

wanted to make sure we missed the

traffic so we were a little early and

decided to go see the Oakland temple.

Some sister missionaries took us on a

tour. There was a lot to learn about

the outside of the Oakland temple.

We got in late on Wednesday night.

We had a lot of fun. When asking

everyone if they would do it again

everyone agreed. Although Jack

said that she would have to do the

itinerary next time. Sounds good to me.

Thank you so much Brooke and Mike,

for your beautiful home and letting

us stay there. Also thank you Le Anne

for planning it for us. Thank you to

all my sisters for a great time! I love you!

Look what I got to come home to!

This was actually the next day. They

came over to see me after I had some

mouth surgery. Aren't they the cutest!