san francisco

This spring break has proven to be quite an upgrade from last year. Granted, last year I spent the entire break in bed with the flu, so it didn't take much. :)

Last week the kids were up north with my in-laws since I had to work. For Chris and I, it was a vacation from school shuttling, meal prepping, and general "kid upkeep". We enjoyed a few nice meals out together and some golf for Chris and TV binging for me. :)

However after a week, we were ready to see our kiddos again. We drove up last weekend and all headed to San Francisco!! A 2nd cousin of Chris' has a cute little house she let us use, which worked perfectly. We spent three nights and had so much fun!

Alcatraz was a hit with everyone. From the ferry ride to the audio tour, it was an awesome outing!

 

A vacation would never be complete without a trip to The Cheesecake Factory. This one was on top of the Macy's in downtown.

The next day we drove the kids across the bridge, which they loved.

That night we headed to a Giants game.

We had amazing seats. Kendall would say equally amazing was the brownie sundae she got :)

Unfortunately rain ended the game early for us. We made it home after a hard learned lesson that Uber prices SPIKE drastically during peek times (aka the end of a game combined with rain). Ha!

It was a short, but fantastic spring break trip. This morning Cam and I squeezed in one more fun outing and headed out for a big ride with our cycling club.

Tomorrow is church and tackling Kendall's California history project...then back to life!!

hercules

*Friday night we drove out to see our niece for her acting debut in Hercules. She did fantastic! Afterward we spent the night at a hotel, which was quite a highlight as well considering it was FOUR stories, which meant FOUR stories of stairwells for Cameron to explore. I made him wait until 7:00am before turning him loose in the morning (he would have been ready at 5:30am, but I figured opening/closing doors wouldn't have been welcome by the hotel guests!). He loves to explore buildings. ;)

 

*Saturday morning the kids headed up north for one week with their grandparents. They have two weeks of spring break, whereas I only have one. This is SUCH a huge help! Last night Chris and I went out officially to celebrate our anniversary. We ended the night with a Netflix movie that we highly recommend.

*Speaking of movies, right now I'm watching an older movie, Music and Lyrics. I have always liked Hugh Grant because I think his sense of humor (in all his movies) is so funny and witty.

*Today while Chris golfed, I went to Costco. Their food court's Cold Brew Mocha Freeze + big list = my kind of afternoon. :)

List:
Eggs
Riced Cauliflower
Cheeze-its
Granola Bars
Honey Bunches of Oats
Cheerios
Plain Greek yogurt
Angus Cheeseburgers
Monster Energy drinks

new bike

*A couple of weekends ago Chris took the kids up north to celebrate his grandmother's birthday. I stayed back because I couldn't get away early from work. A solo weekend, I must admit, was pretty nice. I caught up on The Bachelor (mainly because an acquaintance from college was on one of the episodes), cleaned, relaxed, worked...and took a leisurely trip to Costco. :)

*For the past several months, Cameron has been saving for a brand new bike. We told him if he saved $600, we (and the wonderful grandparents) would help with the remainder. The bulk of his money came from collecting cans. That can be a dirty/sticky job and we are so proud of how diligent he was in persisting until he met his goal.

Yesterday was the big day and my parents met us at the bike shop for the event. :) I simply cannot tell you how excited Cam has been. He was out on that bike most of the afternoon and right now he is on his second ride of the day (this morning's being in 40 degree weather!).

Handing over his hard earned cash!

 

 

*Saturday marked 17 years of marriage. 17 seems so long, yet time has gone so fast. I sure couldn't have asked for a better best friend and a more funny, unselfish husband. :) We celebrated with a family outing to see Captain Marvel and lunch at The Cheesecake Factory.

*I have heard a lot about cauliflower gnocchi from Trader Joe's. I was curious so I stopped by and also bought a bag of regular gnocchi for Chris and the kids. Verdict? Kids and Chris LOVED the regular kind. I equally LOVED the cauliflower kind. Sooooo good!!!

 The regular kind comes in its own sauce.