A little bit of exploration!

We went and did a session at the oakland temple!  It was one of the neatest experience! It is such a gorgeous temple inside and outside. You can go up and walk around the top of the temple.  It was interesting because a lot of brides would just come take their pictures here at the oakland temple.  I guess even if your not LDS this is considered one of the best places to take wedding pictures! 

All the bark on this tree fell of in huge strips! Its pretty awesome! 

Chris is just such a cutie!  It was a fun day walking around the redwoods.
It was rainy out but we didn't get too wet because of the massive trees
blocking all of the rain. 

Driving in the City in Oakland they have an awesome lake in the middle.
We spent the afternoon here before we went to pick up Chris's cousin Alyssa
from the airport. Originally we walked around China Town thinking we would eat there.
After seeing all the raw fish swimming and dead everywhere in the markets we change our mind.
 We decided to venture into old Oakland and found a little burrito joint.  5 bucks for a massive
burrito. Doesn't get much better than that.  

We are inside a tree! How awesome! This tree is so big you could
bring a mat and sleep overnight inside. 

I just cant get over how cool this tree is. 

They had some of the oldest tallest trees. 

We went on a little off path hike that was kinda fun! 

Summer in California Begins

Chris had the idea to make a sand castle. Ha, I dont remember the last time I made one. We struggled for a little while trying to get the sand out.  It's a bit dorky, but we are proud of our dorky sand castle! 

As we were walking along the beach we noticed all of these
really big dead crabs.  We were sad they were all dead. Luckily we found
this little guy and named him crabtree. I carried him aroun with me for a
little while. 

Awe the beach, GORGEOUS

Richards friend has this magnificient house with his own lake in the
backyard. We walked around the lake and had a barbeque. I think I might
be a little bit alergic to something out there, because I broke out
all over.o

We look like fishies 

 

One sunday we walked around howarth park.  It is
this massive park with lakes everywhere. 

Ah we forgot our rings at church! No worries we have a pen. 

We both started work at the dentist office. Need to make
some money right? How the heck am I supposed to remember how
to set all this up.  This is for a filling. 

Uh... Creepy. We practiced putting these things on eachother. 

This was gerald our friend at the beach one day.
It was really windy so we hid inbetween rocks and
laid out.  This fellow decided to come hang out by
us.  He guarded his territory and wouldn't let any
other birds nearby. 

Chris loves dogs.  We went to a car show in Petaluma and
ran into him.  His skin is so flappy.  I don't know how he sees. 

I LOVE Sweet Baby Rays!  Chrises cousin Alyssa bought
me this massive jug! 

Sunday Hike. 

When we first got here I didn't really belive the hills all turned golden.