SO MUCH TO WRITE ABOUT. my goodness.
well lets do this thing in chronological order shall we?
first was vday and my bday. for valentines, ricks made steak and gnocchi with gorgonzola sauce and i made creme brulee. we exchanged some simple gifts: flowers, smores, and clay for me, snackies and an "i love you more than ___ loves ____" white board for the boy. then we watched the west wing. super romantic.
for my birthday we ate at plutos and went bowling. one of the girls on our bowling team had her birthday the same day so we ate cupcakes. by the way our team is currently ranked 5 out 12. we are the bomb.com. for my birthday, ricks made his first ever cake, from scratch, no less and with buttercream frosting! it was verrrry yummy. and then ricks went out of town that weekend for jrcls conference which he really enjoyed. i just partied in my pjs. it was awesome.
school school school.
weekend: this time it was yosemite. we left on friday with bobbiejane and dave in tow and headed south. we had 18 inch twizzlers and mountain dew to keep us happy on the drive as well as a little chipotle for dinner. we got to yosemite and immediately headed out to check out the stars sans light pollution. it was amazing!!!! that night we stayed in a cute little cabin that was so nice and warm and then woke up the next morning ready to hike to the top of upper yosemite falls. i dont even know what to say about the hike. first of all, it was beautiful. the falls were gorgeous and the weather was perfect (60s, no snow, no crowd.) but man, did that hike kill, but... at the same time, it really wasnt that bad. i dunno. i guess some parts were super hard and others were fine? it was fun either way and im way glad we did it because the view was gorgeous.
after the hike we wanted to catch horse tail falls on fire. there are a couple of weeks during the last part of february when the sun hits the falls just right so that the water looks like flames. it didnt really seem like the park was that crowded but i guess everyone that was in yosemite parked to see the fire waterfall because dang, was it crazy along the road in front of el cap. we waited and waited and not much happened to the waterfall but then we learned that the phenomenon isnt really visible to the naked eye. to really see it, you need to take a picture. so we took pictures and in the pics it looked a bit more fiery but still wasnt much. so we left beautiful yosemite without any super awesome fire watefall pics. we are so glad we went to yosemite and even gladder we went with the culbertsons. they definitely made the trip fun.
school, school, school.
weekend: this time around, it was san francisco. ricks had no school on friday and i didnt have any work and so we lounged around like it was going out of style. on saturday we woke up, had a slow morning, and then headed into the city. our goal was to scope out the mission district.
we landed on valencia street and wandered around from shop to shop. favorites included an absolutely killer video rental store with films arranged by director, genre, and subgenre. loved it. we also really enjoyed an italian shop with countless varieties of peppers and olives and a great pasta selection. we also found a mid-cen modern furniture shop. i wanted to move in then and there. everything was beautiful!
dinner was delfina. we had a prosciutto and arugula pizza and an olive sampler appetizer. YUM. we are definitely planning on going back. it was so very good. we were glad that we had a late lunch though because somehow we still had to wait to be seated at 3 in the afternoon. i cant imagine what it would be like at noon or 7. next door to delfina is tartine bakery on one side and birite creamery on the other. that day we chose tartine so that we could get it to go. you see, we werent exactly hungry after gorging ourselves at the pizza shop... tartine was already sold out of the pain au chocolate unfortunately and so instead we purchased bread pudding, a lemon tart, and a coconut tart. the coconut tart had a puff pastry shell with a layer of chocolate on the bottom. way yummy. the lemon tart was too tart for me but the bread pudding was to-die for. super good. i cant wait to go back and to try something more chocolatey!
we had a little time to kill before picking my parents up from the aiport and so we decided to drive to half moon bay. the drive to the bay was enchanting. all along the way was christmas tree farms. it was so fun to see all the christmas trees at various stages in their life. the bay was beautiful. we got there in time to watch the sunset. ricks and i felt pretty cliche but enjoyed the moment as we held hands and walked up and down the beach with all the beautiful "cliffs."
after half moon bay, it was time to see my mom and dad. my parents spent a couple of weeks in thailand and on their way home to utah, they had an overnight layover in san francisco. once we met them at the hotel, it was quickly decided that dinner was needed. we headed to the broadway grill and ordered meat all around! a couple of steaks, steak frites, and one meatloaf. my parents told us as much as they could about their trip before we headed to bed. the next morning we woke up bright and early so we could see as much of sf as possible before their flight. first, we of course went to mamas for breakfast. i tried the buttermilk pancakes. so very yummy and delicious but i think next time ill get my favorite chocolate and cinnamon french toast. i sure love anything with chocolate. after breakfast we found lombard street and took the 2 second drive down the winding road. the road was a lot smaller than what i had imagined but it was cute. the best part was the view of the rock at the bottom. most of the day was spent exploring the presidio. we stopped at a few really fabulous viewpoints, one of which included a naked guy enjoying the freezing ocean water. i guess you havent really seen sf until youve seen a naked person in sf. so... done and done! moving on. my favorite place that we stopped at was baker beach. it was a different view of the bridge than i was used to and it was also really fun to watch the psycho dogs running around. ricks was the designated driver all weekend (city driving = scary for lex). there were a couple of parking mishaps and i may have uttered a naughty word. i was pretty embarrassed that it popped out, especially in front of my parents! oops. but, as my dad said, it was nothing more than an archaic form of french. haha.
finally, it was time to say goodbye to my mom and dad. we dropped them off at the oakland airport and then drove back to davis. i promptly fell asleep in the car. i was worn out from a fun weekend.
last but certainly not least: today my sister gave birth to 3 beautiful babies! i am thrilled to go home this thursday to see the sweeties. i am so happy for my sister and her husband. they are going to be the cutest parents in the whole world. these are happy times for their family.
maybe someday i will load pics from my camera. but its not likely.
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