Wee-cation to Forks

My volleyball team had a tournament in Bremerton last weekend and that's about an hour and a half away from Forks, so Scott and I took a Wee-cation to Forks on Saturday. The weather was so beautiful and warm, perfect for the drive, but of course that meant we didn't see any vampires...here are some of the things we did see...I think my parents called this Lake Crescent. it was so pretty we stopped three or four times to take pictures and look at the scenery. But Forks was our goal so we pressed on....



We saw Bella's house and the high school and even had lunch with Bella and Edward...In the afternoon we went to First Beach and it was so pretty!!!It was such a fun day!!! The weather was perfect and it was fun to see things that I've been reading about for so long. Even Scott had a good time! haha

Free cupcakes!!

Tonight after our dinner (which was 10 bucks for both us thanks to a
super coupon) we went trophy cupcakes hoping to have their delicious
snickerdoodle cupcakes. As it turns out, snickerdoodle cupcake days
are only Monday and Friday so we a bit sad. But the girl told us since
we had driven all the way out there just for their amazing
snickerdoodle cupcakes, she would let us have our cupcakes for
free!!!!!! It made our night!!! Scott picked vanilla vanilla and I
had chocolate hazelnut. Soooooooo good!!!! These are the best
cupcakes I've ever had. And they tasted even better because they were
for freeeeee!!

Fun times in SoCal!

A Christmas Carol

I was so happy to see everyone at A Christmas Carol in December! What a wonderful night!! The performance was held in a "theater in the round" which means the stage is in the middle of the theater and all the seats are around it. All the actors moved up and down the stairs and popped up from the floor, making for a very exciting show. Here are some pictures from before the show in the lobby.

Me with Grandma Byer

Grandma Byer getting some hugs from Gabriel. He is the all time champion at giving hugs!

Hammin it up for the camera

Me with Grandma Anderson. Tonight was so much fun!! It reminded me of the times Grandma Anderson used to take us to the Nutcracker at Christmastime when we were little. Grandma A is pretty much the best person to go to the theater with cause she knows just about everything about going to the theater. :)

The whole group in front of their giant Christmas tree. Thanks to everyone who came for making it a giant success!!! I think we smell a family tradition in the making. :)

Jason and Gabriel on the stage. Some parts of the play were really scary, like Marley coming to haunt Scrooge. Gabriel did his best to be brave, but he had to cover his ears for that part. (When Gabriel gets scared he covers his ears, not his eyes. It's super cute, trust me!)

In our seats. Kinda like Where's Waldo, or for some of us, I Spy A Nephite. :)

Uncle Keith is all about real life, in your face photography. :)

Gabriel and GGMa (Great-Grandma or Grandma Anderson) in the middle of the picture, Nick and Eric are in the row below them (my cousins-Nick is the one trying to look like a thug, or Eric just broke wind)

The sets popped up out of the floor and some came down from the ceiling, like this sign and lamp post.

Cathy and Brian in front of the tree after the play.

The Anderson Clan