SISTERS WEEKEND

My wonderful sisters came into town last weekend, it was so great to see them!! We had such a blast seeing the sites, eating great food, and of course SHOPPING! Neither of my sisters believed how cold it was coming from places where their summers are actually HOT (Vermont and Las Vegas), and packed shorts and capris, boy were they in for a surprise when they got here! Luckily San Francisco has great places to shop so we could get the girls some appropriate San Fran summer clothing. Here are a few pictures of the fun things we did: Ariane and Ashley on their way to the airport

Seeing the girls for the first time at the airport!! Let the party begin!

Eating at our favorite San Francisco Chinese Place, Nan King Bistro, it was tasty

Visiting the hear no, speak no, see no evil monkeys on our way to China Town

In China Town!!

Getting some sweet knock off shades from China Town, so cheap, and so great!!

And last but not least showing the spoils of our great adventure at the mall, boy did we clean up!!

Thanks girls for coming and visiting me, I can not wait until Mexico 2009, bring on the sun!!!!!

Monterey

I know that you can not see this picture well, but that is Alton Brown, he was having a book signing.

Ben's mom and aunt came into town this weekend, and we had the opportunity to go down to Monterey and Carmel to see the aquarium, which is the #1 aquarium in the world!! It was so amazing, it totally beats the Echo Aquarium in Vermont!! My favorite part were the Jellie fish, they were so colorful, and I love the way that they move. After this we went on the 17 mile drive and saw the Pebble beach golf course, beautiful beaches, and some of the largest homes I have ever seen!! It was such a beautiful drive, a little foggy, but that was okay. Then we ended our trip at a beach in Carmel and watched the sunset!! It was such a beautiful and warm day!! Thank you Mom Ellsworth and Aunt Kayla for visiting us, we had such a blast!!!

Sorry for the picture overload, but it was such a nice day, and so many things to see it was too hard to choose my favorite pics, so I just chose them all!! Also, I want to please Ashley, I know she likes pictures!

Relaxing Sunday

This evening Ben and I invited Kyle, Bekah, and Brian over for Sunday dinner. Dinner was consisted of fajitas, vegetarian alfredo (Brian is vegan), caesar salad, and brownies... it was DELICIOUS!! However, after dinner is when the party started, Ben busted out the guitar and sang a great song that he wrote with some of his friends about BYU and dating (it is pretty funny), and I of course was the back-up dancer. Here are just a couple of pictures of the evening, I did not take a lot because I was busy dancing!!

Vermont and Vegas

At the aqurium, it does not look like much, but it was a blast!!
I love Ashley's face here!!

Last shot with my beautiful sisters (and Noah)

So I had the opportunity a couple of weeks ago to go to Vermont and have a sisters week, and let me tell you it was so much fun!! It has been a while since we were able to get together and just PARTY!! We went to the aquarium, had some fresh cider, went shopping, ate, and most importantly we went to the Ben and Jerry's factory and had free ice cream!! I, unfortunately did not take a lot of pics in Vermont because I thought I forgot my camera until the day before we left I found out I had put it in my bag... my bad. After Vermont we traveled to Vegas to spend some quality time with our parents and enjoy the warmth, let me tell ya we needed to defrost, Vermont was absolutely FREEZING!! My sister Ariane was able to fly back with us with her two sons (her husband is in Medical School and doing a rotation in a different city), they were pretty good on the flight, but I never want to repeat the experience again, it was the longest flight of my life!! We had a 3 hour car ride from Burlington, VT to New Hampshire, then a 3 hour plane ride to Chicago, and 2 hour layover in Chicago, and then a 4 hour flight to Vegas...it was the longest day of my life, sleep would have been nice, but with a 3 year old and a one year old that was out of the question!! Vegas was a blast, and did not disappoint, it was soooo warm!! I loved being able to go outside in just a shirt and shorts and be warm!! It was so much fun to spend time with my family, they are so great, it was sad to leave, but I missed my sweet hubby and now I am back in good old San Fran!! But, no worries, next weekend I will be back in Vegas to go to the Logandale fair, I am so excited!! Don't feel bad for Ben I am not just abandoning him again, he has a scuba diving trip planned with some dental school buddies, and I did not want to be left alone, and who can resist funnel cakes!!!

No worries, I have tons more pics that I will post later!!

Pictures

So a few weeks ago Ben and I went to the Exploratorium with our friends Seth and Coren. It was so much fun, and can you guess what my favorite picture was?!! The next day, we went out with Mark and Lisa to China town and Fisherman's Warf. I did not take a lot of pictures, I must have been having to much fun, but there is on of Ben and I at the Pier... ENJOY!!

TAGGED

Okay, I have been tagged. Now, I said that I would never do one of these things, but my husband is studying and I am super bored, so I thought that I would make my sister happy....so here we go:

10 years ago: I was making the big step from elementary school to junior high!! I really did not have a best friend, or any friends really for that matter, because I was quite mean ( but that soon changed, no worries I am not mean anymore)!!

Snacks I enjoy: Donuts, oreo cookies, brownies, and cheesy puffs!

5 Things on my to-do-list:
1. Read my scriptures (I am trying to do the Hinckley challenge)
2. Prepare for my primary lesson
3. Go to the grocery store
4. Take a shower
5. Spend time with my husband

Things I Would do if I were a billionaire:
1. First and most importantly, 10% goes to the man upstairs!
2. I would pay off Ben's school loans
3. Shop, shop, and shop some more
4. Travel
5. Give some to my family
6. Invest (that one is for Justin)

3 of my bad habits:
1. I am a hypochondriac, if I hear about a disease I have it, even if there is no way I could possibly have it ( I think that it runs in the family, ex: Ariane thinking she has an enlarged prostate)
2. I am OCD (it also runs in the family). Everything has to be clean, if it is not I can not sleep, I just lay in bed and think about everything that is dirty, it drives Ben nuts!!
3. Now I do not think this last one is bad, but Ben sure hates it, I have a habit of being very sarcastic. When we first started dating Ben almost broke up with me because he could not handle all of the sarcasm, but I think that he is learning to love it!

5 Places that I have lived:
1. Las Vegas, NV
2. Cedar City, UT
3. Provo, UT
4. Henderson, NV
5. San Fransisco, CA

Jobs I have had:
1. File clerk at the federal building in Vegas
2. Nanny
3. Accounting assistant
4. Admissions at a rec center
5. Doctors assistant

Things people do not know about me:
1. I love to watch Gems TV. I never knew this channel existed until I came to San Francisco, but now I am obsessed, one day I will actually purchase something form this show!
2. I also love Judge Judy!! I do not know what it is about her, but every night at 7:30pm her show comes on, and I totally look forward to it.
3. I really only wear the colors brown, blue, white, and occasionally black. I have a really hard time wearing anything outside these colors. I buy different color clothing with the intention of breaking out of my ways, but they always end up collecting dust at the back of my closet, I really need to change this, perfectly good clothes are going to waste!
4. I am a perfectionist. I have a hard time starting a project, or any other thing because if it does not turn out perfect it will just ruin my day. This is probably why I am not as crafty as I wish I were, I need perfection!!
5. I love to read other people's blogs, I think that it is just so much fun, I can spend so much time just looking at blogs!! This is a side note, but I love how this blog world is becoming such a trend with the Peterson side of the family, I am getting caught up with so many people!!

Okay, now I hope that you are happy Ariane!
I was not going to tag anyone, but I figure if I had to do it, why shouldn't others, so I tag Bekah, Diana, Rachel, and Jen. Have Fun!!!

Mocktail Party!!

Doing delicious non alcoholic jello shots!!!

We had the opportunity this past Saturday to go to Kyle and Bekah's apt. for a Mocktail party... and as you can tell it was such a blast!!! There was so much good food, great friends, and of course tons of non-alcoholic beverages which included jello shots, margaritas, and pinia coladas. Thanks to Bekah and Sarah for helping throw such a great party, and thanks to all who came it was great seeing and talking with everyone!!