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. 
The beginning of June Matt and I went for a drive/off roading near Utah Lake. We live right next to it but had never dipped our toes in it. We skipped rocks until we decided it wasn't a good idea because people were fishing right next to us. (oops sorry people)
Matt started a garden with strawberries, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, tomatoes and peas. Its just a small garden for now but he wanted to see what would grow so next year we can make it even bigger.
I made bows for the month of July and sold them at my friends hair saloon. I am going to make more for summer/fall. I hope to start sewing more too so I can make a lot of purses to sell.
We had our Pickett family reunion in St. George with all the extended family. We hiked Orderville Canyon in Zions. It was amazing and way fun.
