24th of July

this year the 24th of July was so great! I didn't have school or work all day! I really don't remember the last time I actually had a 'real' Saturday, it was so great! We slept in, went out for breakfast at Village Inn, and went grocery shopping together. Then later that night, we drove to Salt Lake to go to the Salt Lake Bee's game with our good friends the Davis'!

Alex has an internship as an Athletic Trainer with them for the season, so he was able to get us great tickets right behind home plate! He was in the dugout with the team the whole time, so Danielle and I just chatted, chatted, and chatted the whole time while Ryan watched the game...I don't think we watched one second of it! It was SO great to catch up with her, I've missed having her up in Logan SO much!

After the game, we went down under the stadium and met up with Alex, and then came out onto the field through the Bee's dugout, and watched the fireworks right next to it! It was such an awesome view, and a great fireworks show!

The whole night all together was so much fun! I loved spending time with Danielle and am so blessed to have her as such a close friend!

California

Our vacation started out in Capitola, CA. We stayed at Ryan's Granparents condo again, the same place we stayed for our honeymoon almost 3 years ago! It was just awesome! The views are GORGEOUS, the condo is right on a cliff looking over the ocean, and we'd go out and just watch all the boats, we had breakfast out on the benches overlooking, and just enjoyed the fun California breeze! It is also just the cutest, and most quaint little town I've ever been in, such fun and unique little restaurants to eat at, and little boutiques to walk around. I really just LOVE this little town and I'd move there in a heartbeat! We had such a great time there!

This is the view from the condo parking lot...talk about to die for right?

The first day we were there was Monday the 21st, we went to the grocery store to get some food for breakfasts and picnic lunches on the beach, then we headed down to Capitola Beach and layed out and played in the sand, it was so much fun!

Ryan helped me make a sand castle, but then the tide started to come in, so it got too mushy and wet, so we gave up and wrote our name :)

After the beach, we decided to go out to dinner and movie! We at a yummy place on the beach in Capitola, The Stockton Bridge Grill, and then after drove up to Santa Cruz and saw the movie Toy Story 3...so stinkin' cute, we loved it!!!

these were our delicious dinners from Stockton Bridge Grill, we ate like kings and queens for the whole trip! mmm!

Tuesday Ryan took me to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and it was so much fun! We bought tickets and then rode tons of rides! We rode on the Sky Coaster, the Ferris Wheel, the Swings, the Double Shot, the Roller Coaster...so much fun! After we ran out tickets, we got some yummy fair food for lunch, and walked from the Boardwalk right down to the beach behind it, and just layed out all day. We saw a bunch of sea lions out in the water playing even!

After a day at the Boardwalk, we were pretty tuckered out, so we just went back to the condo, and Ryan grilled us up some yummy kabobs on the grill, and we watched the movies Valentine's Day, and Sherlock Holmes, then off to bed!

Wednesday, we were planning on going back to the Santa Cruz beach, but didn't want to pay to park again, so we ended up going to a beach right between Capitola and Santa Cruz called Twin Lakes and it actually ended up being our favorite beach of them all! We stayed there almost all day and had a yummy picnic on the beach of some fruit and cheese and crackers, we took a couple naps in the warm sun, and actually got in the water here...but it was so COLD, so we got out and warmed up in the sun again! We saw more sea lions here too, they were so cute!

Thursday we were just a bit sunburned, so we decided to just hang out in the condo, and watched the Giants game, then headed up to Santa Clara to a huge mall and did some shopping....more than we expected actually! We found a store called the Giants Dugout, and ended up buying some hats....and some shirts....and maybe more tickets to the last game of the series against the Red Sox! haha! We actually got a free MLB beach towel for spending over a certain amount, sheesh! So after that store, we decided to be done shopping, and got some yummy dinner at California Pizza Kitchen, and then went back to the condo, and rented another movie to watch, The Informant, then off to bed again!

Friday morning, we woke up earlier and got all packed up, and then drove up to San Francisco...and holy cow! We WEREN'T in Logan anymore! That city is so so so busy and crowded! So many cars, backed up traffic, people walking everywhere, huge buildings, cars honking! It was too crazy! We finally made it to our hotel, got checked in, and then we walked down to get lunch at Chipolte, and then walked down to Fisherman's Wharf, some candy shops, saw Lombard Street, the trollies, so many classic San Francisco sights!

Lombard Street

The Salt Water Taffy store, yumm-O!

The fishing boats at Fisherman's Wharf

That night we went to the first game in the Giants vs. Red Sox series. Our ticket were great! We were on the front row, in right field! It was definitely a classic San Francisco night, the breeze didn't let up, and there was a mist from off the ocean hovering over the field during the whole game. So we ended up getting a big and comfy Giants blanket to keep up cozy! That night we had some yummy hot dogs and garlic fries for dinner...such a fun night of baseball!

Saturday morning we headed down to Ghirardelli Square and walked around more little shops, got some more delicious lunch at a cute Italian place, saw Alcatraz off in the distance...beautiful day!

The game that day started earlier, so it wasn't nearly as cold, it was actually perfect weather that night! We had seats in right field again, and on the front row again, just in a different section. They had a special ceremony before the game to retire the number 20 from the Giants organization. It was for Montey Irvin, he played way back in the day, and now his number is retired! It was so cool to watch and listen to the speakers, and then they had some little boys from the Boys and Girls Club unviel his number, and had a balloon release!

After the game that night, we went to a fun little restaurant called Delancy Street. It was fun to eat there because all the proceeds of it go to the Delancy Street Foundation which helps people who are less fortunate get back on their feet, and find jobs, homes, etc. So we ate for a good cause!

Our last day in San Francisco was Sunday, we went to the last game of the series to see Tim Lincecum pitch, Ryan's favorite pitcher. It was a HOT game! We had seats about 20 rows up on the 3rd baseline.

This was taken after the game, we were super hot, and they had just lost, so we weren't the happiest at this point.

We took off for home right after the game, and saw the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge on our way out. We really had SUCH a great time, and are sad that it's over! We've been looking forward to this trip since January, and we couldn't have planned it better...well, the Giants could have won all 3 games, and that is the only thing that could have made it better! We're happy to be home safe and sound now though!

Sophia Rose Derrick!

Today I went down to Bountiful to see my friends Ashley and Alyssa. They are just the funnest and cutest girls! I was roommates with Alyssa my freshman year at USU and we both worked with Ashley at good old Great Harvest up here in Logan. The three of us were so lucky to hit it off and were instantly best friends! It's crazy to see where life has taken us all now. Lyssa just graduated from USU in Accounting and she is getting married the end of this month, and Ash just had her first baby, Sophia, 4 weeks ago, and she and her cute husband Dan bought a cute house last year and are in the middle of remodeling it now. It was so much fun to get to see these cute girls and catch up on what's going on now in our lives, and reminisce about old times together! Sophia is such a lucky baby to have such amazing parents, she is just beautiful!!!

mothers are beauty.

she is beautiful.
Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing mom's out there. I hope you all were able to celebrate with the ones that you love and that you're day was perfect!

Happy Mother's Day especially to my mom. She is the prime example of what I want to be. I love her so much and her example she is to me. Love you mom!

Peerless Beauty Supply SPring Show 2010

This past weekend, I went to my first hair show with a group of some fun friends from school. We had SUCH a great time! We left Sunday morning, and went to the show all day on Sunday, stayed the night and then went again on Monday for day 2! There were so many amazing stylists there, and fun new products to play with, and use, amazing education on the stages with famous artists instructing us with new techniques that they've been using.

I wanted to get my hair cut so so badly, but I'm way to scared to do it...but...these stage artists were just so amazing! We were at the Sexy Hair stage watching Faye Judson and Rod Sickler, and after their first show, they asked if there were any volunteers to get their hair cut for the next show, so I decided to volunteer and see what they came up with. I went backstage with a bunch of other girls and the two artists looked at all of us and were quick to decide, Rod asked what I wanted with my hair, and I told him I wanted something funky and new, short layers, but KEEP MY LENGTH!!!! haha I honestly made him pinky promise me that he wouldn't cut it off, and he did. So the show started, and I waited in back until it was my turn to go on stage. I was seriously so stinkin' nervous! I don't know why...I guess I just thought he wouldn't end up keeping his promise and he'd chop it all off. Finally it was my turn to go up on stage, and he got started...and yes, he kept his promise. He just cut in one center section of my head, and then busted out the CLIPPERS! I about freaked out when he got those out, I had bad images of having a shaved head for a second! But, he just framed in my face, and then was throwing up random pieces and cutting them with the clippers to give it a really piecey, choppy look, and it worked!

this is me, just panicking a bit before I went up on the stage.

the finished product. You can't tell that much of a difference from the front, but there are a bunch more layers, and I can do more styles with it now, I finally have a 'style' and not just hanging long hair. :) so happy, and such a fun experience!

After the show that first day, we went to check in at the hotel, and then headed out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, I'd never been there before and it did not disappoint, it was such yummy food! Loved it!

me, Bo, and Jules

Melanee's friend Kenzi met us there, Mel, and Shayli

That night we went back to the hotel with our slices of cheesecake and hit up the hot tub, it was amazing! So nice to sit in a hot tub and relax with friends, and of course talk about what we all love...hair :)

The next day we went to the show again and watched some more amazing stage artists. These two are from Joico, Sue Pemberton a colorist, and Damien Carney, a specialist in haircutting.

Then on the way home, Mel and I jammed out in the front, while Jules, Shayli and Bo took a nice snooze in the back :) so funny!

I had such a fun weekend, and I can't wait for the next show coming up in a couple weeks!