"The Brothers" (that's what Johnny and his little brother Shane (who has Downs) call themselves, they are quite the duo) were once again blissfully reunited the weekend of the 10th.  Babe (Kathy), Daddio (Monte), Mare and Shane came up and we all attended the Sacramento Temple to witness the sealing (marriage for all time and eternity-- more about LDS Temples and sealings: here) of Zach Martin, Johnny's cousin, to his beautiful bride, Lauren.  We got a little restless waiting for all the pictures to be done with, but we found ways to keep ourselves occupied!

      We went and visited the wild Turkeys! I introduced Shane to my iphone and they beacame friends quickly. There he is watching the Dean Martin Variety Show on YouTube. He was quite amazed with this mini TV that played all of his very favorite shows.

Since we were already in Santa Cruz we went to the beach for about an hour.  We saw this cool Seagull guy and of course all of these happy go lucky Sea Lions.  They just float and play their days away!  Santa Cruz is so fun beacause there is always lots to keep you entertained.  We all tried hot links (a spicy hot dog) from a stand owned buy a guy that was a "5th generation californian." Johnny and I are planning a date to go fishing off the pier and then rent beach cruisers and roam around for a while.  I really like the bay area.  Housing is expensive, but it sure is a neat place to live.  Someday I'll have to tell you how AMAZING Monteray is!  Lovin' livin' in the bay area :)

Easter, Sister and Wedding

We've had an exciting last few weeks :)

                                My sister, Leah came to visit us over her spring break!

We had fun shopping and hanging out.  This is a picture of us at a little cafe at Santana Row where we got a frothy hot cocoa and a hazelnut chocolate cake.  Note:  Can you see the insernumerable amount of acne scars or "hyper pigmentation" as they call it  all over my face?  Ya, that's from a little miracle skin care regimen called the "Oil Cleansing Method."  I'd NEVER had more than 2 zits at a time in my life until my try and find new and NATURAL skin care regimen experiment went all wrong.  Look it up,  it's very convincing!  It did work miracles with my skin for about 3 weeks, and then it all went to pot.  As a result, I'm left with these terrible scars. The dermatologist told me to quit wearing make-up and only wash my face with water.  I no longer have acne, just the scars.  Does anyone know how to get rid of acne scars?  Booooo :(

We went to the MYSTERY SPOT in Santa Cruz. Pretty cool. It's a mysterious phenomenon that occurs in this particular area in Santa Cruz. Apparently, numerous studies have been conducted and nobody can figure out what's up with the funky gravity in this area. I imagined a 45 degree lean before we went, but it turned out to be a slightly disappointing, but still cool 17 degree angle lean. Definitely worth five bucks. Plus, the mystery spot is located in a beautiful forest- like setting. We even went on a little hike before our tour. Gorgeous surroundings and fun fun to hike non-hard hikes (I’m lazy when it comes to excercise, but I really enjoy being out and about in nature, so non-hard about hikes are ideal)!

Johnny finds the look of suspicion on my face in not one, but all of the photos taken of me during our Mystery Spot tour hilarious.  What can I say?  I felt very suspicious of the "unexplainable" phenomenon of leaning abnormally far out without falling. I also thought that maybe it was a big hoax for a while, but was later convinced that it was indeed, real--and in fact, a mystery.