Saturday in LA

The San Diego temple was closed for two weeks so Aaron and I decided to go to the LA temple on our day off. We met two of my Santa Barbara friends for a session. The session was huge!! 190 people and it took almost 3 hours. Poor pregnant Lori was ready to be out of her seat. We had a great time and I can't wait to go back! Too bad it's located in LA.

I know the sun is not helping in this picutre, but a wedding party was hovering near by so we had to be quick.

We wanted to make the drive worthwhile and stay in LA all day, so we hit up the Getty. It stays open until 9pm on Saturdays and is free after 5 so we spent a few hours there in the evening. Aaron had never been to the Getty before so it was fun experiencing it with him. Hopefully we can do a full day in the future.

One of my favorite things about the Getty is all the impressionist art they have. I've always loved impressionism so that's my first stop. And the Getty lets you get close to the paintings! I got in trouble once at the Guggenheim because I was standing too close to a Van Gogh. Up close is the best part of a Van Gogh!

Monet's haystacks.

Van Gogh's Irises.

The bottom left corner of Irises. I zoomed in as close as I could get. I love the detail and the impasto technique!
Doesn't this look like a photograph? Unfortunately I forgot to note the artist. Anyone know?

Another great part of the Getty is all the furniture from the impressionist era. They had a beautiful panneled room set up from a sitting room in Europe. Can you imagine sleeping in this bed? All I could think about is how I got my sheets at Ross...

SDSU v. BYU

Our entry into the SDSU v. BYU game was gratis due to Sandys' sports connections at State. The arena was sold out that night, but we found some seats a few rows up and watched a great game.

Here is the student body supporting the missionary effort...

Even though I didn't go to either school, it's nice to see BYU win because State is always a wee bit uncalled for and humility is a good lesson!

hello Disney

We participated in Disney's Give a Day, Get a Day program by doing service for the San Diego Oceans Foundation. We stamped storm drains to help raise awareness that all storm drains in the county lead directly to the ocean. It was trial and error at first, but we got the hang of it and whipped out enough to go to Disneyland for free. We are excited every time we drive past 'our' storm drains. I enjoyed it and would do it again!

oh canada

Here are just a few pictures of our trip to Canada for Christmas.Two of Aaron's brothers greeted us at the airport with this sign they made. Since Aaron didn't have his camera ready when we were coming out of customs, his brothers kindly re-enacted the moment at home.

Christmas dinner in the barn at Gpa B's and Gma L's. Apologies for the blurriness. side note: ever think pictures don't look like you? i feel like this does not look like me. moving on...

Bundled up to go tobogganing (sleding in america). The trip was cut short due to an injury and the fact that we broke all our tubes. Obviously I wasn't taking any chances with the cold.

thanksgiving

A picture with some favorite folsom friends in St. George after an early morning temple session. The best part about driving to Utah is seeing the Staggs!
Gma is the best.

it's raining outside

and i forgot my umbrella.
and i wore a white shirt.
and i'm wearing my suede leopard print shoes.
dang it.