San Francisco Day 2 Part 2

Here are pictures from my camera..not phone.



After the visit to the pier we walked to Ghirardelli to get some ice cream. We had done a lot of  walking that day (20,000 steps) and the boys were tired. Dylan fell asleep and wouldn't wake up for ice cream.

This building was the only building to survive the big San Francisco in the early 1900s.

These hills are killer.



This is Fort Point. We ended up visiting it the next day after our walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. Long walk to get there, but the boys loved it.




They paint the underneath part of the bridge year long. They start on one side and work their way across. As soon as they reach the other side, they start back from the beginning. It sounds like a fun job.

This is the Saulsalito side of the bridge. There is a big difference between the two sides of the bridge.


Angel Island. The Ellis Island of the West.







This is Dylan hiding and keeping warm.


On our walk on the pier, we saw the CA Sea Lions. Not very impressive, but we saw them.

San Francisco Day 2

Saturday morning the kids woke up local time 3:50. That 2 hour time difference was a killer. We had plenty of time to take the bus to the pier to catch our boat for a tour. About 3 weeks before our trip I went to buy tickets to go to Alcatraz and they were sold out. apparently you need to buy these tickets months in advance. Plan B was to take a tour of the bay that went under the Golden Gate, around Alcatraz and Angel Island. It was 60 minutes, which was 60 minutes too long for Dylan and 45 minutes too long for Blake, but Aaron and I enjoyed it all .



Alcatraz in the background.

Alcatraz was much bigger then I thought.


Proof that Dylan was there. He was cold so he hid under my sweatshirt most of the time.


Pretty skyline.

Alcatraz in the background.


After the tour, we walked around the pier. The Golden Gate Bridge is to the left and Alcatraz is to the right.


Apparently there are 7 hearts like the one above throughout San Francisco...we found one, but we weren't looking for others.

San Francisco Day 1

A couple weeks ago Aaron had to go to San Francisco for work, so we tagged along. We left on a Friday and came back the following Saturday. It was in the 60s most of the days. It wasn't fun to come back to 100 degree weather in Texas. Now I understand why everyone leaves for the entire summer here in Texas.

The boys were so excited to go on a trip. Here they are in the airport waiting to board the plane.

I sat with Dylan and Aaron and Blake sat a couple rows behind us.

We took a taxi from the airport to our hotel. It was the boys' first time in a taxi so they were excited. We were just outside the financial district. We were on the 27th floor and had an awesome with fun views. The boys noticed how tall things were built and how close together all the buildings are....oh, and all the hills. Very different from where we live.

Across the street from our hotel was a park. It had a Martin Luther King Memorial (shown above) with a cool waterfall. It also had real grass (unlike Texas grass) and a park, which we went to every day.

We also checked out the workout room. For some reason  this is the coolest thing for them at a hotel.


After we hit the gym, we got some dinner, then went to bed. It is always fun traveling to a different time zone.

7-11

Did you get your free slurpee on 7-11? We did. It made us happy.

Then we went to the library for lego storytime. They read one story and then let your play with lots of their legos.

Fishing

The week after the 4th was busy. We've had a lot of families move into the ward, which is great, but one of my counselors just had a baby and my other counselor has been on vacation a lot and will be out all of August, so I have been busy with church stuff. We took Dylan to see a surgeon about his wrists. The doctor was fairly certain that he has cysts, but wanted to confirm that it wasn't something else, which would be more serious, so we ordered an ultrasound. Well, we are buddies with our ultrasound technician since we go so often, so we got right in after seeing the surgeon. The surgeon is on vacation so we are waiting for the results. Something interesting though was it has been raining about once a week in the beginning of July, then a couple weeks into July it stopped and was in the high 90s.

We had Austin and Aithen over. We went to the park and  then went on an adventure. We stopped at the pond where the boys decided to fish. Aithen found some leftover fishing line and some bait, so off they went to fish.


It lasted longer then anticipated.

4th of July

We went to the Home Depot on the 4th of July for the kids' project. We also picked up some paint for some small projects that I was working on. We came home and painted some and spent a lot of the day swimming. We then did some poppers since the fireworks don't start until 10pm and that is just too late for the kids.


The kids love doing these.

Even when they get duds.


Hope everyone had a fun 4th!

Downtown Dallas

Early Tuesday morning we had another storm...crazy wind and rain. Nothing else happened to our house, but our neighbor lost another part of his fence.

We went to the Perot Museum.

The boys raced a TRex.

Then Dylan wanted me to race a cheetah with him.

He was ready to go.


They played awhile, then Aaron walked over from his office to eat lunch with us. Then we walked with Aaron back to his office so the boys could see his office.

Wow...they were excited. I was excited to be in a nice air conditioned building. Anyway, they have been wanting to see where Aaron works for a long time and things worked out. I will say, we walked into his office and it was totally quiet. Quieter then the library...it was a new world for me.

We came home and went swimming and then had a drumstick. Grandma and Grandpa sent some money for the boys to buy some...to help keep them cool during the summer. Thanks for the treat!