our first stop in california was san francisco. we didn't have too much time to spend there. the only thing we had planned for sure was touring Alcatraz. a few summers ago when we lived in california, i went to san francisco a few times, so i was able to see most of the popular tourist sites. this time around, we decided to tour alcatraz, walk around fisherman's wharf and eat at our favorite place, boudin. their sourdough bread is amazing!

last weekend i was in utah for photographing two weddings! it was a hectic but super fun weekend. we road tripped back to california, bringing my best friend keri along with us. we ended her stay here by visiting the beautiful san francisco! because you can't come to sacramento and not go to san fran, duh. (or because conveniently she was flying out of oakland. that too...) so to document our time there, we brought along my instax and took a lot of polaroids!

 ^ at one of the wineries we stopped at






my mom came to visit this week! it was so fun spending time with her. one of the days she was here we drove out to the wine country to visit sonoma and napa valley. the vineyards were so beautiful and the drive out and back was scenic. i must say, when you don't drink wine, it's not as entertaining to visit the wineries but we enjoyed our time walking around and buying a postcard :) this was one of those trips where i'd say "it was about the journey, not the destination." especially when we stopped in davis on our way to grab ourselves some delicious crepes and breakfast from crepeville. i highly recommend going there! sooo delicious. 

after church and enjoying a lovely lunch date with friends, we decided to take a sunday drive. we started at the river and found an awesome spot to watch all the people on boats and jet skis (now we totally want to rent one and go out together!) it was so hot outside and it doesn't help that our AC in the car is broken (!!!) but we drove around with the windows down and enjoyed exploring. we somehow made our way to the capitol building and walked around there...