3rd Honeymoon!

We joke that every big trip we take is just like another honeymoon. They have all been so wonderful. This time, we headed to the 3rd most romantic city in the United States. San Francisco! We had THE BEST time celebrating our 1 year anniversary. We stayed in a beautiful hotel and spent the entire time walking and walking and WALKING some more around the entire city. We saw amazing things, and loved every minute of it.

view from our hotel room, we stayed right on the bay! It was beautiful.

Down on Pier 39, with the city in the background.

Stephen found his peeps in the Lefty's store. They had the coolest pen that was designed so they wouldn't smear the pen as they wrote! It was pretty cool. And $25 so sorry Stephen, learn to deal.

Ahh, the Wharf. The best food and entertainment anyone could ask for.

Couldnt go to the wharf without a good crab feast! HA! He is so cute.

Nor could we come home without a picture with the infamous bridge. It was breathtaking. We crossed the bridge and took a hike up to this hill and were literally SO CLOSE to it. Seriously gorgeous.


This place was COLD. It didn't get above 67 the entire time we were there, and the breeze down by the bay didnt help much. It would start out in the morning cloudy and cold, then around noon it was like a cartoon as we watched the cloud cover burn off and turn into a beautiful sunny day! then around 6 the clouds would roll in again and it was time to be inside! We learned after a couple days to live like locals and carry our sweatshirts around.

Our sweet rental car we used to cross the bridges into Oakland! We looked pretty hilarious getting in and out of that thing.
Next was the Oakland Temple!

This was my only request for the trip. I LOVE this temple. It sits on a hill in Oakland and the grounds overlook the entire bay. From the temple terrace, you can see both the Bay and Golden Gate bridges. AMAZING view. If I were to do it all over again, I would get married here. It is so gorgeous. You can see from the picture, There is a huge fountain behind me and the water runs from this fountain down the stream to another fountain at the bottom of the hill. With two bridges that go over the stream! Its amazing. There are even speakers around playing church music as you walk through the courtyard. So gorgeous. This was the best part of the trip. We were able to do a session here also, what a beautiful experience. You can see its obvious outward beauty, just imagine the beauty inside!

What a way to end the trip. We had so much fun and were so happy to spend the week with each other, Summer was crazy and we barely saw each other but we made it through and now our reward is a lazy winter FULL of time together! I cant wait. It was a wonderful 1 year anniversary.
I love you baby.