I Left My Heart....

In San Francisco. Oh boy do I love that city! Wish I could have spent a little more time. Okay, so this is how the story begins....

My mom and Sarah had mentioned that I should come along to San Francisco to take Sarah back to art school. I thought, well sure! But, I really didn't know I was going until the night before. Pack-pack-pack, but it couldn't be too much because all of Sarah's stuff was going to be jammed into my moms car and I would be driving a rental car packed with more stuff. What was I thinking driving 12 hours (mixed in with my mom driving) with a 18 month old? Whew, that was a long drive both ways. Thankfully we dropped the rental off and I was with my parents on the way home. The drive was worth having a few really fun days and being able to get Sarah settled in. It was fun helping her put away and organize all the kitchen stuff. You should see her itty bitty studio apartment. I thought my house was small!


View from Sarah's Apartment.

Getting Organized.

Looking up from the street level. 4th floor!

Jenni and Sarah.

Baker Beach and Golden Gate Bridge.

Felix was so sad. It was cold and he was shivering!!!




Monterey Bay Aquarium. So amazing!


Great White Shark!


View from the Leaton's home in the hills of Monterey. This is where we stayed. Pretty nice I guess, j/k!

Dr. Mike Leaton playing Ancient Ruin Warrior in the back yard. My idea.

Hiking at Point Lobos. So gorgeous, I could stay for hours.






The Leaton's in home Aviary. Yes, an aviary.

1 of 5 exotic birds, this is The Count.

Sisters

With a lot of begging and pleading I FINALLY got all my sisters to get together for a little photo shoot. The Bernhisel girls have not done a photo of just us for SO many years. I found some old shots in my parents room, ya know the ones in all matching plaid or denim. Ha! I thought it would be fun to do something a little more current. Matt came up with a good idea of us all being in denim overalls but we nixed that idea. I asked everyone to wear just what ever they would be regularly wearing but a little jazzed up. I wanted us to look like ourselves, not really planned or matching. I love the results. We hired the talented Molly Jones of (Molly Jones Photography). She was so amazing. Molly suggested we head out the the Great Salt Lake for our shoot. We all loved the idea! She knew all the good spots and I really think she captured the essence of all of us. Can't wait to get some of these images framed. I think my Dad is going to love these...

Randoms

These are some funny random pictures that I stole from Sarah's Facebook page!

A sweet little picture we took so Ben could hang his Aunties in his locker at Hillside! Somehow I really need to sneak it into school...


Lake Powell




Heber hooping!

Henry and Heber found a stray set of glasses and decided to be "nerds". I would have to say they look very nerdy indeed!

Brighton

We were lucky enough to have Matt's parents come into town a few weeks ago. We seriously wish they lived closer so we could play more often. Anyhoo, it was a great weekend full of fun activities. These photos are from our hike up in Brighton. Wow, what a gorgeous spot. The weather was perfect, nice and cool instead of 100 degree heat in the city. It really got me in the mood for ski season. Must get on the slopes this year!

Buddies

Felix is so lucky to have all sorts of little boys to play with. Let's see we have Carter, Jack, Colter, Finn, Aksel, Steven, Zane, & Sam. A never ending supply of friends. We have had fun this summer getting together for little play dates. I love watching Felix grow and develop, and he truly gets a kick by having other little's around.
Felix & Jack rocking out at the cabin.

Felix & Cater playing in the rivers at Liberty Park.





Matt being silly underwater!

Felix & Steve



Felix & Aksel at Liberty Park playing in the fountains.

Introducing....

Dr. Ashlie Bernhisel!!! Well, almost.

I was so honored to see Ashlie receive her first "white coat" and stethoscope at the University of Utah medical school white coat ceremony. It was actually really quite interesting. They asked all the students to stand, along with other physicians in the audience to recite the Hippocratic oath. Very cool. Ashlie even had her picture in the paper with her putting on her new white coat. She is like famous now. I just want to wish Ashlie the best of luck this first year in medical school. I know she will do great and every day will be a new adventure. Cute boys in her class have already asked her out.... he-he-he.

Heading Out....

I decided to join my parents while driving Sarah back to school in San Francisco!! Road Trip! I hope Felix does ok. We went and bought a dvd player for the car. Maybe that will allow for a little more quite time. For now, I'm outta here! I'll post pictures when I get back.