We just got back from a fantastic 10 day trip to California. Forgive all the photos, I just have such a hard time narrowing them down and with 11 people on the trip, I want to include photos of everyone. We had a great time, we fly into San Fransisco and stayed at a really nice hotel on Nob Hill for 2 days. We rode the cable cars, went to the wharf, had dinner in Chinatown, shopped in Union square, saw Golden Gate park, postcard row, the waterfront and lots of the city. I love SF, it is really nice there.
Our first day in San Fran. Walking down to Union Square.
Louis
Vuitton or a light-saber store???
The view from the Cheesecake factory in Macy's. It is huge store, about 7 floors.
Paige and Elyse at Union Square.
Elyse and Paige outside of our hotel. With the tallest pyramid structure in the world in the background (or so we were told).
After dinner at the House of
Nanking in China town. It was an experience, but the food was really good. The girls loved the little cardboard take-out boxes.
The hills in San Fran are crazy with a stroller, if you had to walk those everyday you'd be super skinny in no time!!
Down at Fisherman's
wharf. Alcatraz is in the background. It was chilly down by the water.
Elyse discovered that she loves shrimp. We had lunch at
Bubba Gump's, it was delicious!!!
Mommy and Paige at the Pier. The views were amazing there. The kids loved the sea lions, the merry-go-round and all the boats and water.
Laura and Chris with the bay bridge in the background. We went to the
embarcadaro for a farmers market.
YEAH! We are here. Our first day in Santa Rosa. We are so fortunate to all be able to come together. The kids love to have their best friends/cousin to play with all day. We had a great 2 bedroom "apartment" at the hotel so we could put the kids down
every night and hang out. I saw 4 movies while we were there, that is my idea of a good vacation!!
Santa Rosa is where Charles Schultz lived, the creator of Snoopy and Charlie Brown, so there are status everywhere. This was at the mall.
" Grandpa is that you ???". This is the reason we all went down. My Dad plays in a hockey
tournament down there every year for about the past 30 years. We used to go down with my parents when we were kids so it is really neat to see the next generation enjoying it as well. I have so many good memories from then and now!
Elyse and Connor with a dapper looking Snoopy.
Mom and I in the parking lot after the game, the guys need to sit around and re-hash the game. I am showing of my new $0.38 Snoopy ring - okay it is really Elyse's.
Mom and Dad at
Howarth Park. It is an amazing, huge park in Santa Rosa. There is a lake, pony rides, splash park, train ride, petting zoo,
carousel and
climbing walls. It is really great. It was
soooo hot this day though, that we didn't last for too long. We were so lucky, the weather was perfect and HOT everyday!
Paige at the park.
The girls LOVED their pony rides.
Elyse is a real horse lover. Look at that red face. I think it was about 40 degrees that day.
Cooling down with Snow-cones!
All that heat and playing is tiring!!
Elyse with Grandpa. We saw 2 of the 3 games and really enjoyed going. Their team won the silver medal. We had a really time on this trip. We went to the pool everyday and shopped and saw all the sights Santa Rosa had to offer. I think an amazing time was had by all!!
The kids loved their Freezes, I mean who doesn't !?!?!
Is that a happy kid or what!
All the kids had a great time being wild and tiring Chris and I out!
Connor started the night on the floor in a bed but when I went in to check on them, this is how they were sleeping. I think they finally gave in around 10:00pm, not too bad.
The weather was so great we just had to get Slurpee's the next day after the park. It was just a big treat kind of weekend! After this we hit the outdoor pool.
