Sacramento Trip

This is going to be a long post!

Two weekends ago, we drove to Sacramento to see my wonderful friend, Katie get married!  We've been planning on going to the wedding ever since we found out they were getting married.  First of all, I've known Katie for four years (we both got into Noteworthy as baby freshman together) and we have been through a lot, and I wouldn't want to miss her wedding for the world.  Second, Alec had never been to Northern California, and we thought it would be fun to do all the touristy things since I hadn't been since I was 9 or 10 years old.

We drove the second most boring drive of our lives on Wednesday, July 4th(the most boring drive was the drive back to Provo...), yes we had a fun 4th of July! haha.  We left at 7 am and Lily did surprisingly well in the car as you can see from the pictures below!

Happy girl!!

She is super flexible and loves to hold her foot when she's in her car seat.

Poor tired girl.  She only got fussy right before she fell asleep for each of her two naps.

Lily was so happy to be out of the car!  She was crawling around and squealing when we put her down once we got in the hotel room.

Thursday morning, we went to the Jelly Belly factory which was awesome!  They offer free tours of the factory so we jumped on that!  

Free=awesome

We couldn't take any pictures during the tour, but we did snap a quick picture of Lily in her cute hat before we entered the no picture zone.

 After a break at the hotel for Lily's morning nap, we went over to the California Railroad Museum.  I came to the museum with my family when I was 9 or 10.  My parents have a picture of us kids sitting in front of one of the trains with our blue and white conductor hats on.  It was fun to learn about all of the history now that I find it interesting. :)

Here we are in front of one of the many trains in the museum.  They have lots of different models from different time periods.

Please note Lily's foot... That is her favorite way to sit in her stroller.

Lily!!

Lily got pretty tired by the end of the outing.

 Holding her foot again...

That night I went to a rehearsal dinner.  Did I take any pictures?  No...  Then us bridesmaids went out to a dessert diner for a bachelorette party.  Did I take any pictures?  No...  I'm terrible at remembering to take pictures.  I will improve though!

Friday was the wedding day!!  I was able to be in the temple for Katie and Tom's sealing.  It was beautiful and I may have had to use a tissue or two...

After pictures, we went back to the hotel for nap time.  Yes, Lily was not the only one who napped...  The reception that night was beautiful!  Did I take any pictures?  No... but they did have a little photo booth which was awesome!

It was a very long day, but we had a great time!  I feel so blessed that I was able to be a part of Katie's wedding.  She looked so beautiful and I could just tell how extremely happy she was.  We love you Katie!

On Saturday, we went to Old town Sacramento and walked down the old streets and looked around in some of the old stores.

For lunch we went to Squeeze Inn per Glen's suggestion.  It was featured on Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives.  It was soooo good and I don't even want to know how many calories were in that burger.

Yes that is a ring of fried cheese... Alec and I split the burger and I was still completely stuffed.

Lily enjoyed eating her yogurt bites and bits of bun and french fries that we gave her.

"It's hot in here!" 

After lunch we headed over to the Capitol and walked around grounds and the museum.

Go San Bernardino County!!

Lily LOVED riding the bear!

 View from the museum balcony.

Alec has politician blood!  His ancestor, John Bigler, was the third governor of California. 

When we got back to the hotel, we just relaxed and had a lazy night in.

Lily quickly made our hotel room like home and spread her toys, our shoes, our clothes, and even her box of diapers all over.

This was her favorite thing to play with.

Cutie!

We left early Sunday morning and headed back to Provo.  We had an awesome trip.  I love spending time with our little family.