Spring Break with the Williams

We had so much fun with the Williams Family over Easter Weekend! They drove out from Utah and spent 4 days with us that went entirely way too fast. While they were here we went and explored the Jelly Belly Factory, Old Town Sacramento & San Francisco. 

San Fran was by far the highlight of the trip. Our first stop was the Golden Gate Bridge. Kinley had been talking for months about how she wanted to see and drive over the Golden Gate Bridge, it was so fun to see her face light up as she saw it for the first time! We explored Pier 39 most of the day and ended the day at Crissy Field Beach. It was a bit chilly but the kids had so much fun. I could have stayed and taken pictures of Kaden playing in the Ocean all day long. He was so dang cute! 

It was so fun to be able to celebrate Easter with the Williams before they went home. Holiday's are much more exciting with kids and family around! Emily and I cooked a big Easter dinner Sunday night...our Mom would have been so proud of us. And Shalece ended the trip with a Bang when she found a tick in her ear. Soooo Gross. haha Poor Girl. It was such a fun weekend with them and you bet I started crying as they pulled away. We are hoping more of our family get to come out and visit this summer, cause we sure miss having them around!

Our little snow girl & lake tahoe.

A few weeks ago we decided to venture out to Lake Tahoe and go exploring. It was a perfect day and it made me so excited to go back this summer! I'm so glad Kevin was able to convince me to get out of my warm pj's to go on an adventure in the snow. haha If you know me, I don't particularly love winter...but this little day trip was definitely one for the books.

Also, that little snowman hat...it kills me. So dang cute.

Christmas & New Years Eve

This year we were planning on staying in Sacramento for Christmas because Kevin was pretty positive he wouldn't be able to get work off. I was pretty darn sad but decided I would just make the best of it, and try to come up with some fun things we could do to make it special. 

The Monday before Christmas Kev made me open a present early. The present ended up being snow boots....and he surprised me by saying "you are going to need these for our White Christmas in Utah!" I couldn't believe it, I thought he was joking. haha We were both so excited to go Home and see our families. We have both been pretty home sick lately. 

So, Christmas Eve I picked up Kevin around Noon at work and we were off!! It didn't take long until we realized we were in for an adventure. 1/3 of the way through the Canyon between Sacramento and Reno it had started snowing, and soon after there were traffic signs everywhere saying you couldn't go through unless you had 4 wheel drive & snow tires or chains for your car. Luckily, we have 4 wheel drive and were able to keep going....but it was a bit scary! It took us about 15 hours to get home to Utah, when it normally takes 9 hours....it snowed the entire way and it was miserable! Ha. But we finally made it to Kev's Parents House at 4 AM and it was entirely worth it. 

The next 3 days we just hung out with both of our families and it was so much fun! Kev got to go snowboarding, we visited our old ward, and we also got to talk to my parents through Skype on Christmas, it was so nice to be home! Since moving away, we both have realized how much we love and miss Utah. It was so fun to have a snowy Christmas....Ellie loved it too. She was in Heaven playing in the snow.

Our lovely Christmas Eve Dinner at El Pollo Loco. We were lucky it was open, cause not much else was!

 We didn't do much for New Years Eve because Kev had work the next day....and we also don't know anyone. haha So, we had a fun night at home and made Steak Dinners and we I watched the Live 1989 Taylor Swift Concert. Both Kate and Kev were asleep before midnight....so it was a pretty exciting night. :)