It's Time for a Quadrimonthly Post

Yes, that is a real term.

Let's see... What's been going on in my life?

First off, Dave was called to be first counselor in the young men's, and then a week later I was called to be first counselor in young women's. It's been interesting, and our lives have become much busier. I miss my old calling (Laurels adviser). It was a pretty cush job. I basically only had to teach once a month, and show up to mutual. Now I actually have meetings and crud. Bummer.

That's all I can come up with, because my brain has basically been mush for the past 5 months. Mono will do that to you. Oh, by the way, in case you didn't know, I contracted mono this year, and it has been nothing short of awesome (insert loads and loads of sarcasm in that sentence). I can't seem to get over it, and it's really starting to get annoying. My immune system is completely shot because of it, and I've been getting all sorts of fun sicknesses/infections. I'm sure my doctor is tired of seeing me and trying to figure out my mystery illnesses. I'd like to think it keeps her on her toes. When I die, I'm going to have a serious discussion with the big guy about this whole experience. Enough complaining. Moving on!

I flew out to California last week to do family pictures for Jared and Jenni. It was tons of fun, but as usual, I forgot to bring warm clothes. I'm so used to the New Mexico heat, I forgot that San Francisco is windy and cold (like 62 degrees plus wind chill). Despite that, I loved it. We spent all day Saturday in the city taking pictures, enjoying pizza at Golden Boy, and trying to make Stella smile and look at the camera at the same time. Here are a few of my favorite pictures. 

Stella was extremely proud of herself at this moment. She pulled a weed out of a crack in the marble. And the she promptly tried to eat it.

If there's anything more difficult than getting Stella to look at the camera and smile at the same time, it's getting Scout to look at the camera while getting Stella to look at the camera and smile at the same time  :)

 

After we were done taking family pictures, we went to Ghirardelli Square for hot fudge sundaes. Mmmm. We then went up to twin peaks to take some night shots of the city.

We also went to an old Spanish mission called San Juan Bautista. It was a really cool place, and I got a couple of shots I liked. 

There was a really cool cemetery, but the gate was locked. I was pretty bummed because it would have been a really good shot, but this shot through the gate will just have to do. 

Apparently it is a cat-friendly church, because this guy was hanging out in the chapel.

 

That's all for now. Expect an update in another four months!