A weekend in Berkeley :)

Me and my one and only Grandpa :)

(Jack)

So I have an amazing Dad. He paid for me to fly out to LA for president's day weekend so I could drive with him and my little sister, Mary Ellen, to visit my bro, Jack up at Berkeley! Grandma and Grandpa Spencer flew in to San Fran as well! The only person missing was mom... who was staying home with my Gram. Gram is going through her umpteenth round of chemo (boo) and she needed someone to stay and keep her company. We had a fabulous weekend! I relaxed and slept most of Friday and Saturday daytime.

On Saturday night we went to a fabulous Sicilian restaurant in downtown Berk. It was called La Coco. I'm going to be honest... I'm a huge fan of Italy, but I've never really been a fan of pasta. Blasphemous as it may seem. Anyway, I can still handle an Italian place as long as the tiramisu is up to par, and at La Coco... it most definitely was. Success. The rest of the evening was spent watching the olympics and laying in the most amazing hotel bed EVER.

I didn't take any pictures on Fri/Sat... but Sunday and Monday I had the camera out and ready!

Mar on Rob's (jack's roommate) bed. He took a picture everyday last year!!

Jack is having such an amazing time at Berkeley! He has THE BEST college town in the world to live in, an amazing student ward, the coolest dorm room, the coolest friends, and an AMAZING campus to study on... not to mention, the awesome food the town has to offer. There isn't a chain restaurant in sight! We went to an awesome cafe for breakfast burritos one morning. mmm... yummy. My favorite food stop in Berk? Top Dog. Better than J-Dawgz here in Provo I'm sad to say.

We spent an amazing sunday afternoon in San Fransisco! Just across the bay from Jack!
We spent most of our time in Chinatown... It was Chinese new year!

So excited for the Pot Stickers that would soon be in my belly

I love my siblings more than anything in the world!

Grandma on the left. I love her. You know what else I love? Chinese lanterns!

Firecrackers were going off EVERYWHERE ringing in the new year (oh ya... and Valentine's day) . These little fellows (brats really), were dropping fire-poppers on people as they walked by... pretty funny.

BIG SUR on the way home was totally worth the detour. Grandpa had expressed the desire to see the CA coast... and dad granted that wish! Such a great Monday.
dad and his dad:

I love my dad! I'm glad he stopped to take in the scenery... the highway was right on the edge of a cliff and dad was so distracted by the pretty water, I thought we were going to drive off the road for sure!

I love my sunny home state. Best weekend ever!
and to top it off China won the gold in pair's figure skating!!!! oh how I love Shen and Zhao