Chocolate and Wine!

My month of April was a break from the clinic and school and was dedicated to sleeping (are you starting to see a theme in my life?), seeing friends and family, and doing things for my upcoming nuptials. This blog post is picture heavy, but I hope you enjoy!

The weekend right after my internship ended my family along with Chris and his family headed up to Harrison Hot Springs for some soaking in the hot springs, to show my parents the resort, and to do some wedding stuff.

The weekend was a success. Chris and I figured out our menu and it was a great way to relieve my stress from the past 12 weeks of pretending to be a physical therapist. Plus the sun came out and the weather was absolutely beautiful.

The view from the Hotel

My parents enjoying the sunshine and the view

Chris's parents

The soon-to-be in laws and my parents

Chris and I standing at the location he proposed

I met Sasquatch in town

The following week was spent exercising, organizing, relaxing, seeing friends, and sleeping. The weekend was fun, but nothing too notable. Over the weekend I went to a friend's birthday party and my mom and I took a 10 mile run from Enatai Beach into Medina.

The following weekend was a little bit more exciting. I woke up early on Friday morning (and by early I mean 8:30 or 9am) and took a short run. I was all packed up and ready to head out to Eastern WA, Lake Chelan to be exact for my bachelorette party! I had never been to Chelan and I thought this would be a perfect place to celebrate my last few (months) moments for singledom. I didn't want anything crazy, just wine tasting and to hang out with my girlfriends; Chelan was the perfect pairing. I wish all of my girlfriends could have made it, but it was the perfect time.

The view from our place

Vicki standing in the huge doorway

Dinner and Drinks on Friday night

Our sweet ride for the day

My sister and I

Mimosas before wine tasting

All the girls at winery

Wine tasting at Karma Winery

Cheers

My Tippy Cup

These were the appropriate pictures to show ;) but I couldn't have asked for a better time.

The following week, Rebecca was available during the day, so we decided to take the Theo's Chocolate tour. This tour entails learning about how chocolate is harvested and created into the delicious chocolate bar that you can buy and enjoy in the store. The best part of the tour is they give you a lot of chocolate to sample. I think I had at least an entire candy bar throughout the entire tour (I'm not complaining),

 This is how they roast the cocoa beans, it is a similar process to how they roast coffee.

After the bean is roasted, the bean is broken up into someone called nibs, which is a little bitter, but definitely edible and can be used for cooking.

 Rebecca and I in the factory with a chocolate worker behind us. We had to wear hair nets. Sexy ;)

 My kind of pipeline

 There is a whole lot of chocolate in those holding tanks - HEAVEN!

 He he, stoner.

At the end of the tour, they take you to their confection room where they make little bite size chocolates and beautiful pieces of work like the ones pictured in the above picture. Yes those sculptures are made of pure chocolate.

I am currently back in Orange, CA and back in school. The first week is over of my second to last semester in the actual classroom! It was really good to see everyone, I just wish it wasn't in this situation. To celebrate completing the first week back, a couple of us girls went out for some beers! It was a nice way to end a long week.