Thursday Date Night

Last Thursday, Craiger and I went on a hot date to do some Mini Golfin! By the end of the night, we were both saying that this was the best date we had ever been on :) I love when we get to spend time together just doing things that we love. We filled the night with tons and tons of laughs and seriously had the best time together.
I look forward to these types of dates that our little girl will get to tag along on :) Goodness, am I really ready for this summer to be over??

  After mini golfin', I told Craig that we should get some little tokens to play some arcade games before we left...we almost decided not to because we didn't really want to spend anymore money...but! Right as I was walking out of the bathroom (#pregobladder) I saw Craig buying $10 WORTH OF TOKENS!! ha!!  I was so dang excited! So we played and played and played to our hearts desires :)   I beat Craig at Mini Golf, but I swear...he is so good at arcade games... Lets just say we won 200 tickets on Deal or No Deal and 350 tickets on Wheel of Fortune!  Ha :)   Craig ended the night by spoiling me (again) with a little mini Concrete Mixer from Culver's. Gosh, I love this man and all he does for me.   No one else could probably handle me, but some how he does. All while still loving me :)   So- here is to the best date night ever and to the best husband ever also <3  

We Do It ALL

By far the best day of our vacation :)

 Here is a little story before we start though!

The night before, Craig had finished his conference and we headed out to dinner with his professor and a bunch of other professors that were interested in his presentation for his research!

I was worried out of my freakin mind. HA! 

All of these little smarty people were going to be asking a bunch of questions...and I knew it. 

WELL, I was a little bit right. 

They would say- "OH! And is this another one of your students Emily?"

And I would just jump in with a, "HA! No, I am just this handsome fella's wife!"

Gosh.

But, we went to this DELICIOUS restaurant and had a lot of fun chatting :)

So...this was our first time drinking!!

Well, not really, but we joke that it was :)

Everyone there was like 30-60 and we were just like- Oh hey...we are 20 somethin. 

Heck, I am not even old enough to drink! 

But everyone got their beers and we got a Dr. Pepper and some yummy fruit drink!

Ha!

Pretty sure I broke like a drinking law...

I took a sip or two of my drink before we did the "clink click" the glass toast thing!

Ah. I was so embarrassed! 

Craig and I were talking about it later that night and joked about how we just drank with people our parents age :) haha!! 

Too good :)

 We snapped this picture in the morning on our way to pick up our car.

Gotta remember "the first time we went drinking" right??

 Now for the good stuff!!

Oh- and prepare yourself for PICTURE OVERLOAD

 When Craig and I decided that it would be a great idea for him to go to this conference, I immediately said- "WE HAVE TO GO TO SAN FRAN!"

I went to San Fran in high school with my Art History class and had the best trip of my life :)

I had flown in later than everyone because of the UVU Dance Team Tryouts so I missed out on some of the good stuff. I enjoyed everyone minute I had there, but still wanted to take time (sometime) to go back and re-live it again and see all of the things I didn't get time to see before!

 So, we rented a cute little car (more on him later)

and we drove to San Fran!!

 Craig searched the newspaper at our hotel and found the crossword and made it a goal that we would finish it before we got to San Fran. 

...

Well, we didn't :)

HA! We both got too frustrated and gave up after about 20 guesses on stupid words!

Maybe next time.

 This was my first time seeing the Golden Gate Bridge! 

I seriously was amazed by how beautiful it is!!

 This is about the only picture of houses I got in San Fran- too bad because honestly- THE HOUSES/APARTMENTS/WHATEVER THEY ARE- KILL ME! 

I know it expensive to live there- but it honestly would be a dream.

 First stop was Fisherman's Wharf. I know this is super touristy, but I couldn't pass it up. I L O V E the atmosphere here.

 

 Oh, BOUDIN. I dream about you. 

Big beautiful Boudin. 

Your sourdough bread bowls and clam chowder warm my soul. 

(I am drooling right now)

 

 This is what Craigers was most excited for :)

He got so giddy- it was cute :)

The stench was AWFUL, but man- they totally had us laughing :)

 Craig thought I was ridiculous for having to stop and get a crepe right after we had a whole bowl of chowder, but I couldn't pass up this little crepe on Pier 39!

 

 

 LOMBARD STREET

1st Timer right here :)

LOVED IT! 

So freakin busy, but the view was incredible!!

 I think I will have those flowers growing up my house one day too...

Nice idea man :)

 This cute couple with french accents asked us to take their picture- so we did a little swap with them :)

I love meeting nice NEW people!!

 Ok, quick pause :)

This was our rental car for the day!

But, it is rude to call it that- because he has a name!!

I named him FILBERT :)

Couldn't be more perfect. 

We referred to him as Filbert the entire day. 

It made for some great laughs :)

We actually really love him...a lot...and I thought about crying at the end of the day when we dropped him off. 

I am serious. 

You can't tell me he isn't the cutest thing ever!!

Ok- thanks for letting me shpill :)

 Onto the next site! 

Coit Tower...little did we know that you have to pay to go up into it!

So, we decided we were good with staying on the hill :)

 Then back to ground level we went! 

It took us a little while to find parking...let's just say that Craig gets a little tad upset with busy cities...and parking...<3

 We relaxed and took a 20 minute nap in the warm sun. AH. It was so beautiful.

 Do you see what I see??

 MMMM. You betcha!

 This was my last to-do on my eats list :)

Chowder

Crepe

Ghirardelli Shake!!

 Craiger got a Strawberry one and I got the Chocolate one...But really I think I ate more of his Strawberry one than I did the Chocolate :)

 I think I would call this a sugar hiiiigh...

 Bye Bye Square...I hope to see you soon...:(

 OK!

Guys...DOG WALKERS ARE REAL!

I always thought that was like a movie thing or something...but IT'S NOT!!

Craig thought I was crazy for snapping a picture of him, but guys...THEY ARE REAL!

 One more of Filbert because he is so dang cute :)

 Painted Ladies folks!

(another thing I missed from my first trip to San Fran)

 They are located right beyond this gorgeous park. Everyone just sits and faces them...

I am not going to lie...for some reason I was let down! It is almost like I expected them to do something...but no, they just sit there :)

Obviously I had my little girl moment of giddiness because of Full House, but then it was over :) 

Glad I went though- they are beautiful houses non the less!

 

 Gosh...I mean I love our mountains in Utah- I really do.

But, I seriously would love to live on the coast...

 

 The real deal :)

 This is my best friend :)

And... I LOVE HIM

We got so much done that day. We had such a blast exploring together :) Holding hands on the boardwalks. Running across the cross walks. Eating our weight in foodies. People watching together. Taking naps on the grass. And jammin' out in Filbert :)

 Bye Filbert.  Bye San Fran. Don't worry- I left a little piece of my heart there too :)