San Francisco & San Luis Obispo

At the end of September, Whitley and I went on a very fun trip with my Mom & sister, Karli to California. Specifically, San Francisco (East Bay Area) & San Luis Obispo!

I forgot my camera {boo!} so I took photos using my iPhone. As some of you may know.. that iPhone got STOLEN. Thank goodness for instagram & posting them to FB or else some of these pics I would not have any longer. And thanks to Karli for giving me a copy of her photos from the trip.

Here is Whitley and I on her first plane ride ever! She did so well, no tears at all.

We stayed in San Fran in the city at my Uncle's apartment which was so nice - and he even had a car there for us to cruise around in. (He lives in Vegas so this is just one of his many houses)

Our goal for this trip was to meet our new niece, Maisy. My brother Tim's family moved here to the Bay area back in July after he got a promotion at work & got transferred. We miss them so much!

We spent a whole day in the city exploring Fisherman's Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, Lombard Street, Golden Gate Bridge, Pink Ladies, etc.

{Whitley was so good, she took the longest nap in the stroller. It was pretty cold that day so she is bundled up nice and warm}

{Emerie, Tim & Ava with Alcatraz in the background - Meg  & Maisy were at home}

 {We ate a yummy lunch on the Fisherman's Wharf - sourdough grilled cheese and tomato soup}

 {This is made of sourdough bread!}

{Ava & Em}

{We didn't want to wait in line to ride the trolley so we walked up an insanely steep hill to get up here to Lombard Street!}

{The Bay Bridge that we traveled on a lot to get to Tim's house from San Fran}

{The Golden Gate Bridge}

{Whitley & I}

{We walked to this cafe one morning in the city & ate these delicious pastries}

{Tim & Megan were sure to take us to some delicious places to eat}

{Our last day with Tim's family we took a drive to Santa Cruz to the Boardwalk. We went bowling & hung out before continuing our drive south to San Luis Obispo}

{Whitley was such a good girl in the car - we spent a lot of time in it & I couldn't resist snapping this pic of her sleeping like an angel cuddling her minky}

My mom's brother Randy lives in San Luis Obispo, along with 2 of his children's families. One of them, Ryan, has a ranch with a ton of land. Randy built this chicken coop on his land. That's right folks, that is a CHICKEN COOP.

{I'd live in there.. just sayin'}

{Adorable farmers market}

{We wanted to leave our mark in SLO - so we put some gum on the wall at "Bubble Gum Alley"}

After leaving SLO, we were headed back up to San Fran for one night to catch our flight home out of Oakland the next day. We decided to take the scenic drive up Highway 1 & I'm glad we did!

{We stopped to see the Elephant seals}

{...and of course to see Big Sur}

We were sad to leave CA & especially Tim's family but had a fun time & we are excited to see them at Christmas!

We flew into Vegas, then drove to St.George to meet Tyler, Chase, my Dad (we'll call him Grandpa Randy from now on), Devanee, and Aaron's family at my Grandma's.

That weekend, Aaron ran the St.George marathon & then immediately after we drove back to Vegas for the Harris family reunion!

It was great to see relatives that we hadn't been able to see in a long time. I am also very grateful that we were able to take this picture with my grandparents.