stop, drop and ROLLLLLLL

The countdown has begun. Only 3 more days until I am a girls camp counselor for a whole week. Oh heavens. I feel like I have been through every emotion leading up to this week. At first I was really excited, then nervous, then almost dreading the thought of having to pee in a bush to now-semi nervous but mostly excited! I am not going to lie, not looking forward to the over night hike but really looking forward to spending a week with the girls! I have the cutest nest of girls! Cross my fingers it will go well! So until then here are some pics of my pre-pack hike. We had to pack out overnighter packs to get approved.
PS. Exactly 2 weeks from tomorrow MELISSA will be here!!!

another reason to love california!

This past weekend I went to Half Moon Bay were two of my friends and we explored the tide pools. I had such a blast! It was warm and beautiful! It had been years since I had visited that spot! After exploring for about 30 minutes a memory popped into my head of when I was a small child. I remember thinking while at that very spot how much I wish I was born a mermaid. It's true and even to this day if I could be any creature I would be a mermaid. So to all the mermaids out there, I am truly jealous of your life! ANYWAYS on to the pictures of the day!

Going on a snake hunt....

From Febuary 11th to Febuary 20th my dad and I went on an adventure to South America. (I like to call it an adventure because it was not a vaction for sure) We started off in Guatemala were I was able to explore the city, visiting markets, museums, and taking a side trip to Tekal!
Tekal by far was one of the many highlights of my 10 day adventure. We woke up early early in the morning and took a tiny plane to the Mayan ruins. It was beautiful and green. We were able to climb stairs and stairs to the tops of temples.We also visited the old capital city Antigua where over a hundred years ago was covered by a volcanic eruption. They were able to still preserve the majority of the city but for safety reasons moved the capital to Guatemala City. We walked the cobble stone streets and took pictures of everything I saw. I felt like I was back in Spain just for a minute! After spending 4 days in Guatemala City we headed Ecuador-Quito to be exact. Once we arrived in the Quito we drove to the top to overlook the whole city. The whole city was asleep and all you could see were beautiful lights. At the top of the city lies the virgin Mary standing on top of the world-overlooking and protecting the city. It was beautiful. The next day we drove around the city-visiting cathedrals and old places where my dad had served his mission. We then drove a couple hours to the EQUATOR! I was standing both on the North and South part of the world!Sadly we were only in Ecuador for a day and continued our adventure onto Peru! HEAVENS I have never experienced such heat and humidity. It was disgusting :) I was able to meet some of the families who particiapted in Fundet and how there life has changed since. It was such a humbling experience and I fully enjoyed my time with the peruvian people. They are so kind and generous-such a change from the USA.
While in Peru we decided to take a side trip to Iquitos-THE AMAZON!!!! We flew in and went to the amazon zoo and rode on the back of motorcars to see the sunset. INCREDIBLE. The next day we took a boat ride down the Amazon stoping off on monkey and snake island and seeing some of the natives. Truly and experience! 500 pictures, 11 flights, 4 hotels, 50 infected bug bites up my legs, a million memories later I returned to real life. An experience I will never forget and always hold close to my heart.

seattle-the sleepy city!

So the trip this past weekend was SEATTLE! Can I just say love the city until about 9 at night and then realize that the only thing open is Starbucks-which is located on every block. It's rediculous. So I have come to except that perhaps Seattle will never be a city that I will live in seeing that Coffee is not a part of my life.

Although Kim and I often shut down early for the evening our days were busy busy!

Pike's Place Market-I am in love. I would love to visit the market daily and get fresh flowers, fruits and veggies. It was so fun and everything looked so delicious! We made it to the market everyday that we were there!Jack's Mannequin and Fun concert- HELLO! There is nothing that I love more than seeing my favorite band Jack's jamming out on his piano will singing to me! It was heaven-yet again for the third time! Seattle Underground Tour- Just a little history-in 1889 there was a huge fire in Seattle. Instead of rebuilding the city as it was before, they made two strategic decisions: that all new buildings must be of stone or brick, and to regrade the streets one to two stories higher than the original street grade. We were able to go under the old seattle and see what it would have been like after they had built the city up.Seattle Ferry- This was my grey's anatomy experience. I felt like Mcdreamy would walk onto the ferry with his coffee and lean over the ferry staring at Seattle. It was perfect!

Seattle Space Needle- This by far was one of my favorite things we did. It was so incredible to see all of Seattle at the top of this needle. The food was delicious and it was a perfect ending to our weekend!

The W Hotel- HEAVEN. The best word to descibe our hotel is Swanky. Enough Said.

It was an incredible weekend!

Up next Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru