My New Friend.....

 This is my new friend Tuxedo! She is a little chiwawa who LOVES to play with Sheldon and I!!  I kind of like her because she doesn't bark all the time, and she is kind of cute!

In the  morning when she wakes up she comes and sits in front of our bedroom door with her nose to the floor trying to find us...and then she starts scratching on the door and wimpering...thats when I give in.  She love to lick EVERYTHING!  Sheldon likes to tease her to death by sticking his tongue out at her...and then she trys to grab it.

It's kind of nice having someone to play with during the day while Sheldon is gone....One day I will convince Sheldon to get e a puppy!!

Sheldon is working hard and is loving it! I think the company like's him too...because they keep him there really late!  They keep giving him more projects to do which is good because he is getting all the experience wanted!!  I don't get to see him a lot, but I get him for eternity!!!

Santa Cruz!

Sheldon took me on a fabulous date to Santa Cruz!  It's about 45 minutes away from where we are staying, we went down Friday night and stayed in a hotel right across from the beach!  We got up early and went for a walk on the beach and watched the surfers that were getting an early start on the waves!  We wondered what it would be like to live here and go for a run along the beach everyday...AMAZING!

Later we went for a walk on the Wharf to look at all the little shops and we found......

.....Some very noisy sea lions!  They were so funny, basking in the sun, pushing each other in the water, and barking up a storm!  It was fun to watch them for a little bit.  

This is a cute little light house, and at the point is were all the surfers go to catch the best waves.  We had to go over there to check it out for ourselves!

These are all of the surfers waiting in the water for the next big wave! There were so many of them out there, I had to keep Sheldon from jumping out there!...He thought he was a pro after watching them for 10 minutes

It was a great day to explore the area and the beauties of the ocean!  I miss our amazing mountain's in Utah...but the ocean is something!  

We decided we needed to go on these little adventures now before Sheldon gets so busy with work and he won't get any free time!  I'm so glad I get to go on these adventures with my best friend, everything is so much more fun when he is there!

Price Waterhouse and Coopers

PWC is the company Sheldon is working for in San Jose.  They are a big accounting firm that has offices all over the world!  So far Sheldon is loving it, he loves being apart of a large office, dressing up for work everyday, and riding the elevator to the 15th floor to his personal cubical! 

This is the PWC building in down town San Jose

Sheldon has been working for two weeks...and he is already getting busy!  I take him to the light rail station at 7:30 in the morning and then I go pick him up any were between 6 to 8....depending on how busy he is.  They already asked him to work this coming Saturday (I'm not to excited for that) but Sheldon is enjoying the work.  He is going to gain a lot or really good experience while we are here for the next three months!  It's crazy to think that he is almost done with school, and then he can get started with his career!!  We are so grateful for the opportunity we've had to come out here!

The Oakland Temple

What a beautiful temple!  Our new goal is to visit all of the different temples in the world.  It is amazing how each of them are so different and unique in their own way, but bring the same peace and comfort!  The Oakland temple is an hour drive away from where we are staying, so it isn't to far. After talking to some of the  members of the church around here we feel very blessed to be able to see the Rexburg temple light up the night sky from our kitchen window!

This is the view from the temple grounds. This is downtown Oakland city, and in the far distance is San Francisco!  I saw my first ever blimp in real life flying around the city! (I didn't really considered myself a country girl...until I came here!)

The water was so beautiful you almost wanted to jump in it! It was 70 degrees that day....I thought about jumping in the water!  Sheldon and I think it's SO warm...and it's fun to see Californians wearing huge winter coats and boots!

I was a great temple trip! We hope to make a few more trips there before we leave.  It's amazing how going to the temple makes you feel like you're at home again!

San Francisco

 We made it to California!! We have actually been here for a week, I've been slow at blogging it! So far everything is going pretty well.  My mom came out with us for a few days to help us get settled, and then flew back to take care of her motherly duties!  It was nice having her out here for a few days, before Sheldon started work we went and explored San Francisco.  This city is like nothing we have ever seen before!  I can't even imagine how they fit so many people, and cars, and houses so close together.  The Golden Gate bridge is absolutely amazing.  While we were there it was really hazy so couldn't see much but the bridge.  

While we were there taking pictures we were amazed at all the different people that were there.  Sheldon heard a family speaking German...so for a few minutes we followed them around so Sheldon could here the beautiful language!  After this we headed back across the bridge toward the steep hills of San Fran.  These roads are NUTS! and they are a bad idea with a stick shift, Sheldon was nervous, but he conquered those hills like a true Californian. 

Another addition to our family!!

......A NEW CAR!! Yes it's true, we finally gave in and bought a used (but new to us) car!  We decided we didn't want to kill our beloved Holly on the drive to California so we began the search for a new car.  We shopped mostly on KSL.  This web site is great because you can put in options that you want, such as price range, mileage, model, and make and it only shows you those cars!  It was getting close to our departure day to California and we still hadn't found anything and we were getting kind of nervous.  And that's when we found her!  Our new 05 ford focus!

She's kind of dirty in this picture....she was all shiny and then it snowed!....But she has been a good car so far and she got us to California safe and sound so I'm proud of her!  We wanted to name the car Gunther, to go with Holly, but I keep calling it a her...So I'm trying to come up with a good girl name! If you have any suggestions let me know

The Holidays in Utah!

It has been to much fun to spend a couple of weeks with my family in Utah! We have had so much fun playing Ticket to Ride, sledding down the driveway at midnight, watching Chronicles of Narnia, watching Zac wrestle, and just being together! New years day we went up Spanish Fork canyon and found the perfect sledding hill.  It was the kind of hill that had you breathing so hard by the time you got to the top, you had to take a break so your heart didn't jump out of your chest! When you were ready to go down the hill one glance to the bottom made you so nervous you might consider walking down the hill just to save your life!  Petrified with fear you finally inch your way down until the sled sends you flying down the hill, it takes your breath away on the descent and you hope you make it to the bottom without eating too much snow!  So this may sound kind of dramatic but this hill was scary! Sheldon and Zac thought it would be fun to make a huge jump...here are some of their pictures. 

I'm not as graceful when I sled....

But I did take Sheldon out!...

   I'm sad the break is over...we had such an enjoyable time.  It just makes us more excited for the next holidays to come around!  Now it's off to San Jose! Wish us luck and keep us in your prayers!