Memorial Weekend

Jathan had half of Friday and Monday off for Memorial Day Weekend. Our new friends Adam and Joey (yay for friends) called us on Saturday and invited us to go to Muir Woods and to Stinson Beach. We had a great time! Muir Woods is absolutely beautiful, filled with redwoods and other amazing trees and plants. Everything was so green. There was moss and ferns growing everywhere. It looked like something straight out of a fairy tale. I half expected a cute little fairy to fly past us. Have any of you seen the Gnome-mobile? It reminded me of that as well.

Adam and Joey are from Utah as well. Adam was in the Construction Management program and got a job with Hensel Phelps (the company Jathan is working). They are also in our ward. The super crazy thing is that Adam served a mission in Charlotte North Carolina, the same place Jathan served. He got there shortly after Jathan left but they know a ton of the same people. Samll world!

Jathans new favorite little friend... the caterpillar. He was intrigued by this little bug and made me take a picture. He reminds me of a little kid, sometimes I feel like I am raising two... ha ha!

This is the only picture of Stinson Beach I took. It would have been fun to go on a sunny day, but WOW, it looked so beautiful with the overcast sky. We did not stay too long at the beach because Zanna was asleep. It will be fun to go back and watch Zanna play in the sand.

The A's Game

The other day Jathan's work took us to an Oakland A's game. It was so fun! We had box seats with all the hot dog's, hamburgers and Beer (we wished it was root beer) you can handle. (I know these are basically the same outfits we were wearing in San Fran... we do wear other clothes though!)

What is with my child and smashing her face into things? Jathan was laughing so hard when he was taking these pictures. He could hardly contain himself!

Zanna Chillin with her daddy.

Biking among the Jasmine

We just discovered this beautiful bike trail by our house the other day. It goes past the Ferry, over a bridge, follows a canal that cute little duckies swim on and almost the whole trail is lined with jasmine! Not only is it beautiful but smells so fabulous. Jathan pulled the chariot with the babe. I was so impressed with his skills, he was pulling Zanna and I still had a hard time keeping up with him. We just figured out that the shocks on the chariot are set for a 75 lbs... Zanna only weighs maybe 20lbs. Poor girl was bouncing everywhere. Jathan has since fixed that.

San Fran

The Saturday before Mothers Day we took a little day trip to San Francisco. We decided to take the Ferry which is about a five minute walk from our house. I love that we didn't have to drive at all to get there!

This is a picture of the San Quentin prison. The company that Jathan is interning for right now is putting in a health facility for the prison so this is where he resides for part of his days.

There were tons of vendors selling all sorts of Artsy things. Jathan bought me this sweet hat for mothers day. The woman who made it makes her hats from vintage 60's 70's and 80's materials. She was so talented and I wanted to buy like twelve of her hats!

These two cuties were standing in front of a pirate ship. Zanna's head is covering the pirate flag... oops!

(Modeling my sweet new hat) We walked to Fisherman's Wharf and got some scrumptious clam chowder. There were all sorts of interesting people there. It was really fun to people watch. There were also lots of people doing all sorts of random talents all along the piers. Singing, drawing, break dancing, balloon tying... the list goes on.

There were pigeons walking about all over the place, which of course Zanna was loving. She would bend over the side of her stroller and just stare. Jathan n the other hand was struggling with the Pigeons. He stepped on one on accident and ran over another two with the stroller. Bless his heart!

Zanna

Oh my little Zanna... how she is changing and growing! I love this little girl so much and love watching her learn and grow.

How funny is this picture?? She has been sleeping in a port-a-crib ever since we have been in California. The other night I put her down to bed.... she was not having it. She made all sorts of noises and pushed herself up against the crib netting in an attemp to get out. Luckily I had my camera close by becasue this picture is priceless! I die laughing everytime I see it! (I put her to bed in her diaper because it was SO hot here for a few days and we do not have AC. We have since purchased fans so I can fully cloth my baby again!)

She is such a little busy body. She is into everything! Jathan was organizing all of his reloading things and we could not keep her away! She wanted to be right there helping... or hindering :) I should have taken a picture of her when she was through with this puppy. There were boxes of bulletts and other little gadgets all over the livingroom and Jathan had to organize all over again.

Zanna learned to crawl the first week we were here and is now a pro. She is cruising all over the place. Within a week of her crawling she started to stand up to things. It shocked me the first time. While I was doing dishes I set her next to the bike because she likes to play with the bike peddel. I looked over to check on her and to my surprise she had pulled herself up to the bike (luckily she did not pull it down on top of her). Since then she is pulling herself up to EVERYThING and is starting to master getting back down.

Yes, she still adores Mason. She just loves him to death. She smiles so big everytime she sees him. She has started standing up to him as well. Sweet dog just sits there and lets her play all over him.

Zanna crawls to this screen door countless times a day because she can see Mason on the back porch. (she is standing up to the screen door as well).

Another new favorite place Zanna likes to hang out. She figured out how to crawl up under our TV stand and makes a big ol' mess of the DVD's. Sometimes she can get back out but usually needs our help. In the top pictures she is getting a little upset because she is stuck and wants out.

My little sweet heart! You can see her bottom two teeth in this picture. She now has three up top and another one just broke through the gums.... wow! (ha ha.. I made her the shirt she is wearing last night and it turned out a little bit dorky. I am going to have to do some major reconstructive surgery on it today!)

Yeah, it's a Cummins

We did it! We finally got rid of the white chev and purchased this lovely Champagne FOUR DOOR Dodge Cummins! Oo-da-lali we love it. Jathan finally feels complete as a man. He's got a wife, a daughter, a dog and a man's truck. What more could he want? This truck is Ideal for us in Uthah but we have learned it is not as ideal in Cali. We are the largest thing on the road! I feel like all the lanes here are so small and there is a lot of stop and go which is not as fun with a stick. It is also very rare to find diesel gas at a gas station but we still love and adore our new truck.

Zanna is just as thrilled as Jathan because now she gets the whole back seet to herself. Look closely at her legs... Jathan just put her pants on and put both her legs in the same pant hole. Ha ha, she looks like a little mermaid.

Sawyer Smith Latimer

Jared and Amanda welcomed little Sawyer into their home April 24. She went into labor at about 2:45 in the morning, had him two hours later, then left the hospital 7 hours after that. WOW. She is so amazing. And just look at her, that is not the face of someone who just had a baby... natural I might add.

(we just woke up and were still in our jamies)

I heart Fondue

Fondue party night at the Roberts Residence! We had a blast and I must say our Fondue turned out absolutely SCRUMPTIOUS. We had all sorts of meats in a broth fondue with fun sauces to dip them in. Veggies, bread and some fruits in a cheese fondue. And Melissa went all out for the desert... We had strawberries, cheese cakes, brownies, gummy bears, bananas, marshmallows etc... in a chocolate fondue!!! LOVE!
(These pics are like a month old but I had to post them)

Strawberry tounges.... I know it looks a little scary. As you can see Brad is a total homophobic... ha ha. Jathan and Joshua on the other hand...

This picture of Joshua kills me. It is so funny!

Once again. Brad The Homophobic.