The Best Week Ever

Last week Tanner had a week off at the end of his quarter. It's crazy to think that one quarter is already done...where did the time go!? He is 1/12 a dentist, and that's kinda crazy. We chose this school because it was 3 years instead of 4, and sometimes we wish it was a lot longer, because time just moves so quickly! 

You know you're bad at blogging when you have to keep saying "I can't believe it's insert month" every post, but it's true! This is crazy that it's already October!!

We celebrated with our friends at Delarosa, a delicious Italian restaurant, and then headed to Super Duper for some shakes. The whole night we were still separated girls/boys, because I don't think we really knew how to talk to our spouses anymore, haha! The boys couldn't stop talking about their finals, but luckily by the end of the week it was better! :)

We had booked flights to Utah for a couple days, and I'm so glad we did! However, Tanner's Friday final got cancelled, and so did my work, so we could have left Thursday night! But, instead we headed to the beach for some relaxation, and were able to deep clean the house after a crazy week.

We arrived in SLC around midnight, and stopped at Krispy Kreme's for donuts with our friends, and then had a slumber party until about 2:30! It was crazy and we loved it.

We then went to good ole' Kneaders with our friends and family, and it was delicious of course! 

My next stop was Sodalicious with the girls and some shopping, while the boys played tennis, sold our scooter, and took a longgggg nap.

Then that evening we hit up Cafe Rio which made our hearts so happy. We ended the night with some s'mores, good music, and lots of laughs.

The next morning, Sunday, we attended church, and then went for a beautiful drive up the canyon before we headed to be with the Zylstra's. Unfortunately Utah was pretty hot while we were there, but the leaves had still changed and it was beautiful as ever!

We then went to Tanner's brother's new home they just built, and it was such a blast to spend a couple days with their family. 

We even had the best view of the blood moon!

On Monday we had a little spa day for an early anniversary celebration (I can't believe it's been another year almost!), went to the BYU bookstore, met up with some friends at Slab pizza, explored how much Provo has changed in 6 months, and drove by our old house! We then went to dinner with the Zylstra's and stayed up late eating ice cream and watching Netflix.

On Tuesday, we had a couple errands to run before we left, so back in Provo we met up with Shelley for lunch at Cafe Rio again, and then drove up to SLC for dinner with the fan before we left. 

It was a quick trip full of family time, and lots of food, but we are so happy we went!

When we got back to San Francisco, I had to work the rest of the week, but we still got to sleep in together and have fun in the evenings (which we had missed!). 

Wednesday night was a memorable evening of biking down the Embarcadero to the Giants vs. Dodgers game. We scored with a FREE bike valet (who knew there was such a thing!?), and great priced tickets! We devoured diet coke and garlic fries, and had such a good night with Chad and Melissa.

Isn't this sunset amaziiiing?

I had a "few" tears shed Sunday night and Monday morning realizing that our week of fun was suddenly over. This quarter is going to be even more rough, so already looking forward to the 2 days off at Thanksgiving!

Cheers to fun, and husbands!

The Rule of Seven

Last weekend we had our first Stake Conference in our new stake here in San Francisco. A "ward" is the individual church group we are in, a "stake" is a group of 5 or 6 "wards". We got to experience having half of our stake be Spanish wards, and some of the songs were sung in Spanish as well. It was an awesome experience. I also have never had to drive a far ways to get to my church buildings growing up in Arizona and Utah, so it's been pretty neat having to drive 45 minutes or so to our stake building for me. Our stake president (leader) is absolutely awesome, and during the adult session, he gave us some great marriage advice that he likes to call "The Rule of Seven". These rules look like this. 

-Every 7 days a date night 

-Every 7 weeks an overnighter

-Every 7 months a weekend getaway

-Every 7 years a second honeymoon

Does anyone else like the sound of this!!!?

He said that obviously we could change it to be different years to fit our needs and wants, but I like the 7, for the weekly date night, and that it's not all about getting to the 10's! I also like the idea that at year 7 we will be graduating dental school, and in much need of a trip! ;) 

He gave great advice to us married couples that it doesn't matter when or how, but just matters that we spend time together. As of right now, we can't afford a lot of weekenders, and don't really have time for it, but I just liked this idea and wanted to share it. It's all about just being together. 

For example: if I close at Gap, I get home after 10:30, and then Tanner and I maybe say two words to each other and then go to sleep. So, tonight since I got off at 6, I made some sandwiches, and met Tanner at school. We didn't even talk much since he was drilling, but it made me happy to just be sitting near him! :)

New Life

Wow. Where do I even begin! We are now living in San Francisco, and life is different. It's good but lots and lots of change. This is the first day that I haven't shed a tear yet, so let's hope it stays that way! Change is just hard no matter what it is, or how it comes about. It's a whole different world in the city, learning how to park on hills, D R I V E, finding a job, fitting in, and not seeing my husband like I used to. It's just different, but with time it will become normal, and I'm ready for that to happen any day now! But for now, here's some pictures of our first week in San Francisco!

Tanner's first day as a dental student! I'm SO proud of him. 

We had a family orientation on Saturday where we toured the school and it was lots of fun!

We had trouble looking at the camera together, but this is the lab where Tanner spends every day!

The front door to our new home!

We took a ferry over to Sausalito for the day and it was beautiful! The weather has been fantastic.

Sunday after church we walked to the Golden Gate Bridge with some friends, and it was super fun! I don't think I'll ever get sick of staring at the bridge. And just so I remember...our first Sunday dinner in San Francisco, was a bowl of Top Ramen, with canned chicken, canned corn, and green beans...we didn't get groceries beforehand, and used our canned food we brought from Utah! HA!

Beautiful sunsets every way you look!