San Francisco Fancy Food Show

Every year, Jon and I head to San Francisco for the annual Fancy Food Show. We look for new ideas for JDW and try to have some fun while we are there. This year, we were invited to 3 vendor parties for each night of the show! On Saturday night, we got to go to the Godiva chocolate and wine pairing event. It was INCREDIBLE! Godiva really has some fantastic chocolates, and the appetizers and drinks were pretty tasty too!


Here we are tasting some chocolate... and more chocolate


We got to meet one of the head chefs from Godiva, Thierry. He was doing the wine pairing with the different chocolates.

The second night, we got to go to a Ghirardelli ice cream sundae party. It was held at their location at Ghirardelli Square.



The last night, we went to the infamous (well, infamous in the food industry) Jelly Belly party. We didn't have our camera this night, but it was sure fun dancing and hanging out with a bunch of our vendors!

We always enjoy walking the show and tasting all the yummy foods. It's always nice to catch up with our vendors also.


Here we are at the Cafe D' Amore booth. We are excited for some new products they are coming out with this year.

We were also able to meet our friends Tim & Alissa and their two adorable daughters for dinner on the way out of town. It was great to see them, just wish we could have had more time with them.

Dog Beach

While we were having a major heat wave in January, we decided to take Maverick to Dog Beach in Huntington for the first time. We went with Josh and Heather and her dog Tuni.


Mav was a little timid at first.


He started to get a hang of it after a little while. By the end of the day, Tuni and Maverick were running splashing, chasing, and catching.


They loved having all the other dogs to play with too!


Best Buds!

Here's a video of Maverick playing frisbee.



I'm defintiely looking forward to taking him back in the summer when we can actually go out in the water and see how he does swimming.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone!

This year, Jon and I rang in the New Year in a little town called Eden, UT. Our friend Jeana has a family house in this town which is about an eight minute drive to Powder Mountain. We headed out there with eight of our friends and had a great time exploring a couple of new mountains.


Jon and I at the top of the mountain. The views were unreal!


These were the trees we were riding through. Some of the most fun trees I've ever been in!


There was a whole section of the mountain called Powder Country. Basically, they let you drop down the front side of the mountain through all the killer powder and they pick you up in a shuttle to take you back to the hill. It was Awesome!


One of the days, we headed over to SnowBasin. The Olympics were held there in 2002. It is a really nice resort and the hill was awesome. I would love to go back there on a powder day.


Here's a group shot of us all.

It was a great trip and I look forward to next year's adventure, wherever it might take us!!