SCHOOL!

We are back to real life...and it's crazy! For one of my family classes I've been asked to create a blog so I can share the information that I learn with others!  This class is going to be great, learning about family relations and how to build strong families in this difficult world!  So check it out and share your  insights!! Here is the link http://www.olivia-family.blogspot.com/ 

One last Outing...

We had to go out with a bang...so what would be more perfect than spending the day in San Francisco!  Sheldon had the amazing idea to get tickets to a Giants game (baseball team...big deal I guess they were the champions last year for something...!) Sheldon almost had a cow when I asked what sport they played!! I can't keep all the teams straight we are rooting for!...

The day couldn't have been more perfect...

We started the day out by going to Twin Peaks (an overlook of the city)

The view was absolutely breath taking! From up here the city seemed peaceful and less intimidating, driving around the streets is always stressful and crazy but from up here it was beautiful.

After this we headed back into the madness to try to find parking for the game...this was the only part of the whole day that gave me an anxiety attack!  I don't think I've ever seen so many people in one area...and all of them were trying to park at the same time we were! Public parking is so expensive it's a joke...$30 for an evening...I don't think so!!  I also think it's funny that you have to have cash to pay...who carries that much cash...really! I guess we should have been a little more prepared...we only had $10 so I did something way out of my character....I don't like big cities, crowds of unfamiliar people, and scary stressful situations!

We were looking for an ATM (thank goodness for the GPS) but traffic was nuts...we were at a red light and Sheldon saw an ATM sign but we weren't sure how to get to it.  I got a burst of courage inside of me and I jumped out of the car to get cash!! I don't know what came over me...there were tons of people swarming the streets and I jumped right in the middle of them! Wow...when Sheldon was able find me..I was proud of my accomplishment! A minute later we found parking...for $10!! We didn't need the extra cash-oh well I feel like I overcame a few of my fears!

The game was amazing! They won..and it was overall an great way to end our California adventure!  We are now true Giants fans...FEAR THE BEARD! (my favorite chant of the night!)

Holy Cow!....Huge Tree's

There's no way we could live in California for three months without visiting the famous Redwood Forest! Talk about amazing...I don't think these pictures can portray how big these trees really are!  

To get to this park we had to climb the nauseatingly curvy Santa Cruz mountain roads.

The road was only big enough for one car to fit on the road, it was a crazy route but I would say it was well worth the upset stomach when we reached the end result!

If we were ever caught in the wilderness during a torrential down pour...I would want to be somewhere with these large hollow trees!  They would be the perfect place to wait out the store.

I'm really considering taking up a modeling career....haha! 

From the Big Basin Redwood Forest we traveled 40minutes down the the other side of the Santa Cruz mountains to......

 The Beach!

The Earth is truly an amazing place! One minute we are standing in a forest gazing up at the tallest trees ever, and then down the road we are sitting on the beach looking out at the horizon! When we first found out we were coming to California for Sheldon's internship I was really sad and scared to leave my home states! (Utah and Idaho)  I still miss them...but we've been able to find parts of California that we love! Gods creations are beautiful were ever you go....and I'm starting to realize that! I'm so grateful for the opportunity we've had to experience this part of the country. 

  

날짜는 맛있는 음식을

Sheldon has been working so hard and we think it may be slowing down a bit!! The other day he came home at 6:00pm!!! This is the earliest he's been home since the first week we got here.  The sun was still up so we went for a walk...and took out little friend (Tuxedo) with us!  It was fun walking with the dog...it made me want a little puppy of my own to walk with everyday! One day.... 

I know Sheldon secretly likes Tuxedo...he just doesn't want to admit it!

Because it was Friday we decided to go out to dinner for date night!  Sheldon has a friend at work (who is also an intern from BYU-I) who has been wanting to take us to eat Korean food! Kim (Sheldon's friend)  Is from Korea, he has only been in the U.S. for a few years and recently joined the Church!  He is a really nice guy, he taught us all about Korean culture and took us to the best restaurant to experience the food.

Kim at the Restaurant

The experience was amazing!! We were so glad Kim was there to speak Korean and tell us what to order...or it would have been quite the ordeal. We ordered this meat that was SO good!  And the part that was even cooler is that they cook it at your table!  You can see in the picture on the left bottom corner...thats the grill that is built into the table!  They brought out this huge slab or raw meat and cooked it right there...flames and all!  While it cooked they brought out 10 other dishes to keep us busy....

I'm not going to lie...a few of the dishes were pretty "Hardcore Korean"...as Kim would say!  Sheldon and I...we were only beginners!  There were some dishes that were sweet, some spicy, others fishy and the rest just vegetabley!!  I'd never seen so many different vegetables used in one dish before....some I knew I had never seen before!

These were are favorite of the night...Sheldon is holding the delicious meat...and i'm holding the rice and vegetable dish! It was a very fun date....we loved trying new foods and for the most part I thought we were pretty brave!

10 Months!

Yesterday we hit our 10 month anniversary! I can't believe it has already been 10 months since we've been married! At times it feels like we've been married forever and other times it feels like it was just yesterday!

Here are a few pictures to share a few of our favorite moments we've shared together! 

One Day Trip to Salt Lake for a Jazz Game

Ice Skating

Making our beautiful table and finding chairs that match perfectly!

Buying Our New Car!

Getting Married in The Logan Temple on May 21st 2010

Learning How to Rope!

Watching Sheldon's Basketball Games

Golfing/Good Rexburg Weather!

Camping at the Uintah's 

Shel Driving a School Bus!

Tubing With the Family

OH My!! There are so many memories I want to share...But there are So many to choose from!  These are just a few of the things that have made these past 10 months the most wonderful months!  We love being married and we grow closer and fall more in love everyday!! 

LOVE YOU SHEL!

Reaching New Heights!

This last week I did something I never thought I could do!! It may seem silly to others but to me this was a huge achievement...I flew on an airplane all by myself!  Flying is scary in the first place, but doing it all by myself was taking it to the next level! 

San Jose Airport

I was getting on this airplane to travel home to Utah to visit my family and be there for my cousin Kyle's homecoming!  I was excited to see my family, but Sheldon couldn't get work off so that meant leaving him behind!  In the 10 months that we have been married I have never been away from my husband! WOW! So I was sad to leave him. The flight to Utah was okay, I was on a smaller plane so there was turbulence and my stomach didn't appreciate that but we landed and I was good!

SLC Airport

When I got into the airport I headed out to meet my dad...but was stopped by a crowd of people all trying to get out of the airport.  The gates were closed and they weren't letting anyone in or out of the airport!  We found out there had been some kind of security breach and we were stuck there.  I had to wait for an hour before they let us leave...and it ended up that they guy they were looking for didn't even have what they thought he did!! Oh well..I didn't think I could go on a trip without some kind of incident!

It was a great trip, but I was so happy to come back to My Sheldon!! Being away just reminded me of how much I love him and need him...He told me I can't leave him ever again (I think he missed me too)!! Now it's back to California for 4 more weeks!

SHARKS!

Yes...San Jose is the home of the Sharks Hockey team.  We were able to get tickets through Sheldon's work and it was a really fun date night!  When I first think of hockey I think of mean, tough, scary, smelly, aggressive MEN!..My thoughts haven't changed!!  But I do have a greater appreciation for those that can make ice skating look like a piece of CAKE! They are able to skate like crazy while shoving others around and hitting a little black puck.  So even though I think they are still scary and way too mean....I THOUGHT IT WAS SWEET!

Sheldon is now convinced that he should be a hockey player...I think I'm okay with him just watching it!  It didn't take much for those hot headed men to start putting choke holds on people that get in their way and swinging their long sticks at each other, I'd rather keep my husband in one piece!!

It was pretty exciting to be apart of a crowd that was going CrAzY!  The Sharks played the Vancouver Canucks and they are ranked best in the league...so we really did see a great game.  Our Sharks played a hard game, tying it up with only a minute left in the game...holding out through overtime and then loosing in the shoot out! It was really exciting and I'm glad we had the opportunity to go out and experience a little of San Jose!  We will probably be Shark fans for the rest of our lives now....just because we saw them once, I'm going to get matching shirts so we can show our support! (haha)