We're Moving! Baby Shower! Fun Surprise Date! and Sam's Birthday!

Back in the beginning of August Sam applied for a job at MathWorks. This wasn't just any job-- it was a job that fit his skill, experience, and interests to a T! Seriously, who knew Sam's dream job actually existed!? After 4 rounds of intense HR and whiteboard/engineering interviews they flew him out to Massachusetts!! It was intense, crazy, but an exciting time.

^^On his way to Massachusetts for a day--it was a quick free trip^^

Needless to say: Sam nailed it! He felt really good about how it went. Then they did a background check and talked to Sam's referrals. They basically interviewed Sam's mentor professor--asking questions like Sam's "intellectual aptitude." (click here for more details)

Then... A few days later they made Sam a job offer!! and we accepted!!!

The most ironic thing about it all-- is that for the past couple years, when I talked about where we would live after Sam graduated I always said Boston/the Boston Area... I thought it was because it was really the only place outside of Utah that I had been because my sister lived out there and I visited her once... but maybe I deep down I knew?? was He was preparing me for a few years to make such a big step? I think so. I know at times it will be hard living so far away from family and missing big exciting events-- but we are sooo excited for the adventure!!!

^^It was crazy accepting a career after he had only applied to one full-time job! But when you feel good about it, what do you do?^^

^^I celebrated all of Sam's hard work both in school and in the many many hours preparing the the interviews by taking him to the Cheesecake Factory!! {Still loving these wedding gift cards! :P}^^

About a week later Sam's supervisor sent him an Edible Creation--it was a super fun surprise!!

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Back in October my amazing, talented, wonderful sister threw me a baby shower and it turned out soooo cute, perfect, and wonderful!! Seriously, it's the cutest shower...ever.

^^No, it wasn't bought from a store... Cami painted it!!!^^

^^Our little guy's Grandma and Aunties--A, B, C, and T!! Thank you so much girls!!!^^

A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who came and celebrated our son!! We really appreciate all of your love and support! :) 

^^Watching Lucas and Sam play around together gets me sooo excited to be having a BOY!! They have such a fun relationship!!^^

^^And these two!! Need I say more!? . . . "Bryn Bryn??"^^

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One Saturday a few weeks ago, Sam took me on a surprise date to the Living Planet Aquarium!! We seriously had a ton of FUN!!

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Happy 27th Birthday to Sam!!! 

^^Of course he would ask for authentic Mexican for his birthday dinner :)^^

San Francisco!

This post is way over due... but it was so fun to go back and reflect on all the excitement and good memories!!!

^^We may or may not have gone to Ghirardelli Square a few times for that wonderful free piece of chocolate on our different trips around town^^

Our walk down Lombard Street

We went to the Exploratorium. {Thank you Brittany for having a membership!!} It's a place PERFECT for kids and mechanical engineers. We had so much fun exploring and learning! Here are just a few of the many fun photos.

^^Brittany being an AMAZING mother--she is such a great example to EVERYONE around her!! She is the best!!^^

^^This pretty much summarizes my week in California^^

^^Brittany was about to move when we were there so we got to check out her awesome new place and help her pack! P.S. Helping others pack is REALLY fun!^^

Some more pictures from Fisherman's Wharf:

^^The Magician^^

^^The man that scared people that walked by-- it was h i l a r i o u s!!

^^The classic "bread in baskets" shop. They also make some pretty amazing animals out of the sour dough bread^^

^^When we were there they were filming a movie right out front. It's called San Andreas with the "The Rock" as the main star. Sam guessed the name before they even told us.^^

^^I love how cool everything looked. Just not quite the same as Utah^^

^^LOVE HIM!!!^^

^^This is how Spencer and Sam always walked around {every time. s e r i o u s l y.}!! They were Bestest Buddies all week.^^

We were also very blessed to get two bike rental for FREE for the whole day! :D {Thank you Elisa for working at Blazing Saddles when you did!}

^^It was all rainy and wet when we biked across the bride. Then we biked to Sausalito--which was b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l!! and took the ferry back to the Pier. We had a BLAST.^^

^^We got a little sun burnt^^

^^The last day we went to the beach for a couple hours. The water was pretty cold! But we still had FUN!^^

Thank you Brittany and Bob for being such gracious hosts!!

I wish I had photos of every meal we ate!! Let me tell you-- my sister is one AMAZING chef!! Everything was SOOO delicious and gourmet!! We were definitely spoiled!!

 I am sure we will remember this trip for FOREVER. It was a PERFECT vacation for us!

We love you!!