The City by the Bay...

One of the great perks of living where I do is access to one of the worlds greatest cities!  But sadly, we don't make it up to San Francisco nearly as often as we'd like to. So last weekend, we decided to take a very mini-vacation, load the kids in the car, and drive up to the City by the Bay.

First things first...we stopped in Redwood City to hit the Lobster Shack!  In a word...divine!

 

After lunch it was straight up to Golden Gate Park for some climbing time...

 

 

and carousal time...

 

 

and just good ol' hanging around time!

 

We went to out hotel...an old classic on Nob Hill. 

Had a mini spa in our room and practiced jumping on the bed.

 

 

We had a yummy dinner and delicious dessert after

 

 

The next day was full of cable car rides

 

And all the joys of the Ferry Building!

 

 

All in all a pretty great way to make a few memories!

 



 

Great to be 8

We spent the first weekend of February celebrating my daughters birthday.  I'm a big believer that your birthday celebration should extend beyond the actual day!

When I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday she was quick to answer...BOWLING!

When we were in Utah for holiday she went bowling for the first time with cousins and rocked her a three digit score. 

She has been itching to give it another go ever since!

So we invited a few friends and headed down to the BOWLMOR for some family fun!

Syd again showed her prowess on the neon lanes.  Striking fear into the hearts of pins everywhere.  And besting her mom...scoring 8 points higher than I did.

It was a great way to spend a birthday!

 

 

Especially when finished off with ice cream!

 



Happy Birthday Sweet Syd!

just a day at the beach

The kids had an extra day off of school after MLK. 

So say you're a mom, its January, and you want to have a fun day with the kids...where do you go?

If you're in Cali...you hit the beach!

 

First we drove up to the Tide Pools in Half Moon Bay to explore the creepy crawling critters

 

 

Then on to Montara Beach to build some castles and chase the waves.

 

 

I've lived in SLC, Boston, Colorado, Chicago, and Cali...I"ve loved each of these places for different reasons but anyway you stack them, its tough to beat beach weather in January ;-)