JAKE & LUCHELLE....OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER: CALI TRIP!!

Dad getting ready for our Cali trip, the Snugly came in handy since we did quite a bit of walking and we didn't have any room in our rented mini van for a stroller :)

We stopped in a cute little town that reminded me of Island Park by Donner's Pass in California. My Mom fixed us some sandwiches and we took a potty break then we headed off for another 4 hour drive to Santa Rosa.


2nd night in Santa Rosa: We played our favorite card game 31 (better yourself!) Jake and I of course had no cash to put in the pot so we just used pocket change which was a good thing cuz we ended up losing anyways!


Here is were we attended church. We learned about modesty using the head, shoulders, knees and toes rule: head:if you put your hands on your head there should be no mid drift. shoulders: You should be able to feel the sleeves on your shoulders. Knees: shorts and skirts should be long enough to cover your knees. Toes: If you touch your toes you shouldn't be able to see your tooshie :). She ended with her talk by going over the body parts again the only one i remember is when she got to the feet and how we should keep our feet planted firm in the gospel.

Last day in Santa Rosa: Birthday dinner to celebrate August birthdays...lot's of Filipino Food!

We stayed at my aunt Lochi's house the 1st 3 nights in Santa Rosa for my cousin Nessie's wedding. The Flu Bug Story : Little miss Ali caught the 24 hour flu just before she came on the trip, she then passed it on to my brother Chris then to my Sister in law Brittney which eventually came with us on the trip so my dad and mom both got it then the day of Nessie's wedding Jake and I both got it! oh boy we were both so sick, I have never seen my dad or Jake throw up till this trip. It was sad when my dad had it cuz we went to watch an A's baseball game and my dad threw up in a cup on our way to it.

The morning of the Wedding Jake wasn't feeling too hot,

I was able to attend the wedding ceremony but Jake was too sick so he just stayed in the van. We left early and on our way home we had to pull over so Jake could throw up. He asked after wards why none of us were laughing or taking pictures since he has always felt amused whenever someone pukes. I just felt too bad for him. Right when we got home I started throwing up so the rest of the night we layed in bed and watched the classic movie... what about Bob?

Luckily Roxy didn't catch the flu! She was the only one that didn't. Come to find out some of my relatives started to catch it tho!!...oops :)

SITE SEEING IN SAN FRANCISCO

(Jake's 1st time here- He loved it!)

ALCATRAZ

Yes it was pretty windy that day:)
We just walked around downtown, Surprisingly the only thing we bought was a bread bowl of their famous Clam Chowder Soup....yum!

We got these ribbons at my cousins wedding and I thought they would look good as a headband!

Roxy with Grandpa @ Pebble Beach

The Famous Pebble Beach: We visited the Pebble beach Golf course where many famous Golfers love to play. Jake went into one of the restrooms at the gift shop and they had personal lockers with fancy gold plated name tags for golfers such as Tiger Woods and Jack Nicholas. Jake wants to make it a goal to play there some day. It will cost $495 to golf 9 holes there so we will see if it happens! There were tons of deer just chill'in on the course, it was Gorgeous.

We had to pay a fee to get into pebble beach.. It was called 17 mile Trail, there were tons of ritzy houses we drove by. After we spent some time at the beach and golf gift shop we walked around a little town and I found the best shop ever! It was called Lush, they had all sorts of soaps, cleansers and masks for your body and face. What got me hooked was that they used mainly natural ingredients and essential oils in their products. I dragged my sister in law into the store and they gave us a scrub and lotion treatment for our hands, it was so nice! We both ended up buying a Face mask and Body scrub! Love it! I also got my mother in law a clay foot mask that has Cinnamon essential oil in it! I BELIEVE! :) My sister in law just told me they are gonna open up a LUSH story in Salt lake!!!...a miracle that is!!

Jake stacked the highest tower of pebbles on the Beach :)

-Cousins-

Alivia Luz loves playing with Baby Roxy, I'm sure they will be good buds

Seal Rock! one of my favorite site's on the trip. There seems to be more wild life in the Northern part of Cali. I assume it's cuz no one wants to swim were the ocean is colder so the dolphins and seals are able to swim closer to shore without being disturbed. It's cool, the best scuba diving I've ever done was with the Seals in Catalina Island. They are like hyper under water dogs!

Best Mexican Restaurant ever! Jake got the steak Fajitas and I decided to be brave and try the special of the day which was sword fish... it was delicious! We went back the next day with the Fam and got fresh fish tacos for only 3 bucks a taco!

Lovely Lola's 51st Birthday!! We surprised her with Balloons when she walked in to our hotel room!

More Site Seeing followed by a Beach day!


Funny story, we were driving over this bridge and my mom mentioned how it's a famous bridge and I thought to my self what's so cool about this bridge...It was only when we came back around and stopped and climbed down to actually see the bridge when I realized wow this is an awesome bridge! haha It was scary cuz were we are standing over looks a huge cliff and the ocean.

This is Roxy's 3rd Beach she's been to now! My dad and Jake went boogie boarding here. I was forced into the ice cold water by my sweet husband. It was by far the coldest ocean water I've ever swam in! Jake hoped he would be able to find a golf ball on the beach cuz part of the pebble beach golf course over looked this beach. Miss Alivia who also goes by Livers, Butoo, Ali, and Jake gave her the newest nickname Miss Gently had a blast playing in the sand with her sand buckets and shovels. I'm excited for next summer when Roxy can join her!

The Rose Fam Bam! We wish Alba Dog could be here, she would have loved playing on the beach. Grandma Joy is watching her up in Saint Anthony with the Rose Clan. Dani said she got Alba to love swimming in the river! Jake and I have tried to warm her up to liking the water but now she just loves it and will jump in without any hesitation! They said they found a big leach on Alba and Dani squished it of her, lots of blood came out!.. gross!

We ended Ma's night with a yummy ice cream cake!

On our way to Reno we stopped at the outlets in Sacramento then we went to my mom's cousin Lena's house and she fed us some more Filipino food. The purple stuff I have in my hand is this really good dessert called Ube Ice scream...yum! She had a grapefruit and Lemon tree so we did a little grocery shopping in her back yard!! I wish we had fruit trees like that!! Of course we were showered with gifts!

It's pretty cool with the Filipino culture they are always giving you gifts and money whenever you come to visit, this time we got lots of cute baby outfits for Roxy.

We ended our last night in Reno, Nevada. Then spent one night in Utah at Jake's Parents. Brit, my mom and I ran in the ward 5k and Brit and I took 2nd and 3rd place we finished in 24 minutes! We will be running our half marathon this Saturday!!! ah!! I'm sure we will do great!! Especially with all the training we have been doing. The 2nd day we got to Cali, We went on our long run (10 miles) with my cousin Kevin and he kicked our butts! We were going up the steepest rockiest hills that mostly horses or bikers only go on! We ran through 3 different parks, it was fun! I don't know if I could say how much fun it was during the run tho! lol but I'm glad we did it. We were both so sore the next day! Jake was able to find a good deal on gym passes where ever we went. It made him miss working out in bigger gyms since ours is just a tiny little underground gym. We like it tho cuz no one is usually there so it's like our own private gym. I really loved running in California, it was beautiful!