The Redwood Forest
Those tree were so HUGE. I really want to go back there and see more trees. We got there right at dusk so were didn't get to spend too much time there.
Later that night we went to Fishermans Wharf and walked the busy street. We stopped to hang out with Michael for a bit.
This was in the Rainforest Cafe...we didn't eat there but the place was pretty cool.
Carmel is such a cute little town I would love to go and stay there for a few days.
Dametra Cafe........see how little it was.
Chalyn's First time in San Francisco!!....that i remember
After we got done with our little nature walk we ate at this little Dametra cafe. The owner plays music and sings to everyone. Its just a little cafe but it was so much fun, he even grabbed me by the arm to get up and dance with him......oh and i don't dance...not even a little. (i even have video)
It started out by me wanting to ride the train somewhere. I looked on the internet to see where the train goes. I found that it goes to Reno but I didn't want to go on vaction there. It also goes to Canada, that would be kinda cool but too much money. So we decided to go to San Francisco, but when we went to book our tickets it was going to be more money then we thought and it was cheaper to just rent a car and drive. So that is what we did. Our good friends Brad & Stephanie came with us. (the picture is us at the salt flats)
It was a 13 hour drive to my cousins house in Los Altos (which in only 45 min away from San Fran). They were so so nice to let us stay there for the week. We drove all day Saturday to get there and on Sunday we relaxed and went to church with my cousins and aunt. After that drive we needed a day to rest for our busy tourist week ahead.
We fell in love with the city, it was so green and the houses their are big & beauiful. If I win some tv show and get lots of money I just might live there.
On Monday we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. 
The jellyfish we awesome. We even got in at half price, I love discounts.
my family came up for their summer vaction and we went and got sushi
this is my second favortie place in slc to get sushi
the next day we went to my work party at lagoon
the next day we all went to the zoo. i love when my family comes to visit me. we look forward to it whenever that can make it up.
Modeling my patriotic flower
The dirt isn't all that great but this is what it looked like when we were walking over to watch the fireworks. so pretty!! 
sooooo windy we weren't sure that we were even going to do the fireworks. and then when they did it was only about 8 minutes. 
matt didn't mind at all. he was just ready to go home and get to bed. 
i was playing with the panoramic setting on my camera and this is our backyard. umm... the tree is really wider but oops i guess i'll need to practice that setting more. 
