California Here I Come!!

Things have been pretty busy here since I posted last.

My husband and I had the AMAZING opportunity to go to California ALONE. We went to CA two years ago and both fell in love with the place. We were so excited to get to go back again and this time without any children.

My parents came down and watch the boys the first few days and then Zack's parents came down and finished off the week. We were gone 7 whole days! The boys did great.

Boy is flying sure a breeze without children and SO relaxing too. I actually got to read and listen to music! I read an entire book and half another book and two magazines on that trip! I will tell you though, the two hour time change really got to me. I didn't really feel like I had adjusted to it until the day before we came back. I felt tired most of the trip, but that didn't stop me from making the most of it!

Zack was commissioned to write a piece for the Sacramento Youth Orchestra. A friend of ours from UT is a conductor/coach during the Orchestra's summer program. Since housing/car was provided for, I saved money here and there and tagged along.

We're nerds, so we wanted to see the state capitol. Actually, we really wanted to see Arnold...haha.

I don't especially like this picture of me, but I wanted you to at least be able to see a little bit of my new dress. My Mom knows I never get to buy new clothes, so she gave me a little money. Zack spent all day Thursday in rehearsal, so I went shopping. Armed with Zack's iPhone and our friend's car I was quite proud of my navigating abilities. I found a great mall where I got some cute sandals and then hit Nordstrom Rack where I got this dress. I love the ruffles. Any of you that know me, know that I extremely directionally challenged. I never would have been able to drive around Sacramento by myself without getting hopelessly lost and crying a few years ago.

Saturday the boys went golfing, so I set off for the Davis Farmer's Market. Davis is a mini-Austin. I would be perfectly content to live there. They are known for their year-round farmer's market. It was amazing. I had a warm sticky bun for breakfast and a latte from a local organic coffee place.

Here is my amazing husband conducting a rehearsal of his piece on Saturday evening.

The last concert was Sunday night. Monday we went to San Fransisco. Last time we went there we had a 6 mo old and a stroller. San Fransisco is not ideal for strollers=)

The pasta I had for lunch contained at least 2 sticks of butter...Julia Childs would have been proud. Here we are at the wharf. We ate so much. Since we are on the topic of food, I must report that I had sushi for the first time on this trip. I also frequented a bakery that had amazing pastries. One afternoon as I sat there eating a chocolate croissant, reading Julie and Julia there were two French women sitting behind me chatting away in French. Talk about perfect.

Since we had a stroller last time, we did not get to climb the famous Lombard Street. I needed to work off all the butter I had for lunch, so we headed over.

The crookedest street in the world!

Check out this house!

At last!

It was so worth it. Suck a treat to get to wear a sweater and scarf for the day!!=)

I hadn't climbed enough, so I found some steps leading up to a park and got a few pics with the Golden Gate Bridge int he background.

I want that dark green house. The picture doesn't do it justice.

How do they ever park?

It was so nice to get away and do something completely out of the ordinary. We haven't done something like this in years. After about 5 days I started missing the boys a little. I'm glad we could actually be gone long enough to start missing them and be excited to be with them again=)