California Trip!

So, I randomly entered a contest to win tickets to the BYU v SJSU football game and won! I felt so blessed, especially because this year was our fifth anniversary and our plans to take a small vacation together had fallen through. Alaska Airlines was one of the sponsors so we were given a pair of round trip tickets and, of course, tickets to the football game itself. We were able to leave and return whenever we wanted but Clark had to work and we had to find sitters for the girls (Clark's parents were awesome and helped us out) so we ended up making it a 24 hour trip! It was our first trip alone since Azucena was born. The morning flight was so early we saw the sun rise over a sea of clouds--gorgeous!

We flew into San Francisco, so we took advantage of that to visit the Golden Gate Bridge and do a session at the Oakland temple (where my parents were sealed). It was a great morning!

After leaving San Francisco, we headed down to San Jose where we spent the afternoon with Janette, Kyle, and Steve. We got to chat and catch up, see Kyle do some karate sparring, and Janette and Steve were kind enough to treat us to a great dinner! Thank you!

The game was pretty late, so we didn't head out until around 7:30 at night, but we got to the game in time for all the opening ceremonial things (national anthem, coin toss, etc.) and found out that our seats were pretty great! We were right in the middle of the BYU fan section, and only a few rows back.

After the game, we stuck around for a while because the players have a tradition of coming to the fan section at away games and giving high-fives to all of them. Clark loved it! He had specific compliments for most of the players and I know he loved being able to have contact with them.

I am so grateful we were blessed with this trip! Alaska Airlines and BYU Football were so awesome to have the giveaway and we really, really appreciated the time with just the two of us and being able to have fun in California.