Down the Coast of California

We stayed at a really cool hotel where the rooms opened up to the cliff and you had a beautiful view of the Ocean. There was a great restaurant there and Tucker treated us to an amazing meal. I had salmon with mango and macadamia nut. I am still thinking about it!
Tucker got the Cornish Game Hen. He had never tried it before, and seemed to like it despite the fact that it took him an hour to get through cause he doesn't like to get his hands dirty.
Us on the coast. We drove from San Fransisco Down to LA. I was amazed at how beatiful it was. I have always been partial to the Oregon Coast line, which I still think is amazing, but I have to say that California gives it a run for its money.

More San Fran

We went and got a Hot Fudge Sunday at Ghirardelli square. Up above where we got the sunday was this beautiful little fire pit on a balcony. We asked the girl if we could sit up there and she said that it wasn't part of Ghirardelli, but it was a hotel. So we were determined to get up there anyways. We found a doorway that said service personel only, we figured that we give a lot of service, so the door was meant for us. We followed it and we throught a couple different flights of stairs and doors until it opened up to the hotel and we walked right onto the deck and enjoyed our sunday in the heat of the fire pit. Beautiful! Tucker and I are bound to get ourselves in trouble one of these days, but for now, we will keep enjoying the adventures!
We went up to the Watch Tower just before sunset. It was a perfect time to catch the day light and night time views.
The Golden gate bridge with Ghirardelli in the foreground
San Fran City Sky Line
The Bay bridge
On Presidents day we planned to go into San Fran again, but we got side tracked playing with my cousins. We played all sorts of games and had lots of fun laughs. Thanks to the Davis family who let Tucker and I crash their place for a few days!

Valentine's Day

This dog guy suckerd us into taking a picture with his dogs, then asked Tucker for $10 after wards. Of course Tucker couldn't turn him down. His dogs were tired and starving. I sat down as well, and we took a picture, but that little dog in the middle kept growling at me like he was going to bite!
One of the cool street performers. He is walking on glass.
On the boat back, I wanted to stand on the front like in Titanic

Tucker's Photo skills at work on my little camera
Tucker checking out a photo op.
Going into the little alley way
Tucker was cracking me up

Tucker striking his favorite pose. He didn't think I could take the picture as quick as I did. His comment right after was, "oh great, your gonna put that on the blog aren't you?" So I had to keep my promise

Swinging on the cells
Goofy Head Set Couple, the audio tour was pretty good. I think I liked the old lady ranger story teller the best though.
View of San Fran from outside
Looking out the little widow from inside the prison
I think I went a little crazy in my two minutes in the cell
Tucker does a pretty good crazy expression, I think the head phones are a nice touch
Our view of Alcatraz coming in on the boat

For Valentines day, Tucker and I went to Alcatraz then spent the rest of the day walking around on the peer. Some have criticized Tucker for not being more romantic for Valentines day, but it was my best Valentines day ever. It was a beautiful day with a little rain, which I love!

Its Official!

Yesterday, Tucker and I got officially engaged. He proposed right after this video was taken. Really sweet. I am super excited and very thankful that I get to be with him. He picked this ring out without any insight from me, except that I didn't want a diamond. Love him.

Hot Pots, in Spanish Fork

One of the things on my list to do while tucker was in was to go to the warm springs in Spanish Fork. We planned on the hike being 2.5 miles each way. When we got there at 6pm the road was blocked off. There were a bunch of other people there who were deciding whether or not to make the trek. They said it added another 4 miles at least. It was probably around 5 or six more. So our 5 mile hike turned into a 14 mile + hike. Good thing we brought 1 nalgine, and halls caugh drops, and we hadn't eaten since breakfast. Made it super adventurous. We went with my cousin Aric, who Tucker stayed with while in town. It was well worth the hike!!

Last of the beard

This is the last day that Tucker had his beard. It was super handsome, but he had to visit his bishop the next day and since his bishop thinks you can't go to the temple if you have a beard, we thought the right thing to do would be to shave it off. He was going to have to shave it to go back to work anyway.