more pics from San Francisco

view of the Bay Bridge from the Ferry Building Pier

Farmer's Market at the Port of San Francisco

view of the Port of San Francisco from our hotel

San Francisco streets

weekend in San Francisco

Sorry it's been a while since my last post! A few weekends ago Coleman and I drove up to San Francisco. We explored the city and took advantage of some great food and amazing weather! We stayed in a different hotel Friday and Saturday night which was fun since they were in different parts of the city. The first night we were at the Hyatt Embarcadero in the Financial District of the city and near the Ferry Building. Saturday morning we walked across the street from our hotel to the Ferry Building where they were having an AMAZING farmers market....so much fresh produce, flowers, wine, seafood...Definitely worth a visit if you are in the city!

View of Lombard Street (the crooked street- kinda hard to see in the pic,

it's at the top of the hill)

View from our room at the Hyatt Embarcadero- Ferry Building and Ports

Saturday afternoon we walked around Fisherman's Wharf and caught some football in between, of course. It was a fall Saturday afterall :) There is so much to do in San Francisco....I think it is certainly becoming one of my favorite cities. Someone even said it's the NYC of the West Coast...I can see that..We rode the streetcar to get around when we didn't walk, a must-have experience in the city.

Saturday night we stayed at a boutique hotel in the Nob Hill area....it's not far from Chinatown or the Italian district. More of a residential area with older, historic hotels. San Francisco has so many cool neighborhoods....That night we had a wonderful dinner with our friends, Henry and Jane McCaslin visiting from Mississippi. We had a great time visiting with them and their friends and family.

View of the Bay Bridge

Overall, a great road trip that was only about 3 hours away from Fresno! I am hoping our next trip will be to Napa or Paso Robles, an up and coming wine region of CA...

On another note, I am excited to say that my mom is coming to visit in 2 weeks! We hope to plan a day trip to Yosemite! Can't wait for you to get here mom! And, Coleman's parents are visiting in November! We are happy that you all are coming!

fun pics from our wedding weekend

I wanted to share some pics that friends and family took the weekend of our wedding..I've had some time to look back at all of our pictures and remember such a great weekend! Coleman and I are so fortunuate to have the most amazing family and friends.

Ben caught the garter...

Mom must have been telling me something important...I look so focused! This was minutes before walking down the isle

The Oxford crew....miss you guys!

First Dance: Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" the girls and me at the rehearsal dinner
exiting the church and all the rice! bridal luncheon on Friday

high school best friends.. all bridesmaidsMaid and Matron of Honor
Coleman's sister, Brooke, caught the bouquet and is now engaged!
the happy couple

Homecoming and the Big Fresno Fair

We had a great time last weekend visiting family and friends in Kentucky. Coleman was in the wedding of Steve and Carly Clem in Bardstown. It was a beautiful and sweet wedding and we wish Steve and Carly best wishes on their new life together.

We are back in the swing of things in Fresno....Homecoming is this weekend so it will be a busy week.....The Lakers are playing an exhibition game in Fresno Thursday night that we are probably going to...Also, I guess it's fair season everwhere....the BIG Fresno Fair has started....Randy Travis is playing at the fair Friday night and I think we are going...I always loved fairs and had good times at the fair in Jackson..the rides, games, food, you can't beat the fair!

pics from our weekend in LA

What a great weekend! We had a wonderful time in LA and for such a short trip, we did a lot! We drove up Friday and stayed in the Pasadena area that night. We went out in Old Town Pasadena and had a great time. The game was at 12:30 Saturday in the Rose Bowl...Fresno State fans travelled well and we came out with a big win...I think we are 21 in the polls this week. Coleman and I enjoyed our first experience in the Rose Bowl although it was so hot!!! People were passing out. But it was worth it as the Bulldogs came out with the win.

After the game, we drove to Hollywood and stayed in a great Hyatt hotel (thanks Priceline) near Beverly Hills and Century City. We were pretty tired that night so we drove out to Santa Monica where we had reservations at a great seafood place, the Lobster. After some much needed rest Sat. night, we tooled around the city Sunday afternoon...Mann's Chinese Theater, Bel Air, Rodeo Drive...we saw most of it....we decided to tour UCLA's campus in Westwood...they have a beautiful campus in a really nice area.

Oh, and we just want to say that we are REALLY enjoying the Garmin navigator Coleman got for his birthday! It came in so handy in LA and we got around so easily...it really saves time and we were able to get around and see things we were interested in so much easier....

Paul Newman's star on the walk

Fresno players waving the "W" for Win after the game


Harry Potter stars prints outside Mann's Theater


the Rose Bowl- about 73,000 fans in attendance

a close one...

Fresno State pulled out a win last night in double overtime! We were very excited and glad it went our way. The game was in Toledo, OH, and Coleman didn't make the trip....we had a nice enjoyable weekend at home...we were able to get some things done and made a new addition to our living room and rearranged a little....see below....

We are excited to head to L.A. this next weekend to play UCLA at the Rose Bowl...it will be my first trip to L.A. and the stadium...I'll definitely have to follow up after the weekend!

living room view from above

our new chair and a half and ottoman

living room and Coleman on the computer

more house pics

The backyard...large compared to some of the homes we looked at...our rent includes gardening so we don't have to worry about that which is nice. We have a sprinkler system that waters the lawn 3x a week at 5am and 10pm. It NEVER rains here (or at least it hasn't since we've been here....but we hear it does rain some in the winter months) We're working on some patio furniture...

TV and media area below stairs...the house came with a built in speaker system inside and out so we have enjoyed that...there are hardwood floors throughout the downstairs...a built in area rug (green carpet) covers part of the living room area..

entry way table at front door....the hanging frame is our wedding invitation....my mom gave it to us after the wedding...part of the matting is lace from her wedding dress.......what a cool idea...thanks mom!