My parents came into town to visit. My dad stayed for the weekend and my Mom stayed for a week. It was a really nice visit. Eric took Friday off and we drove to San Fransisco for the day. And just my luck...it rained most of the day! We stopped for some delicious frozen yogurt on the way there. So yummy!
My parents and I went to Alcatraz! Eric had already seen it so he took the kids to the Exploritorium for the afternoon. Besides the rain...Alcatraz was fabulous. I am not a history buff...so usually I just do a quick walk through and I am done. But Alcatraz has this audio tour that guides you and has sound effects and real voices of some of the prisoners. It was very interesting. Well done and well worth the drive down to the "City" (That is what everyone calls it around here). On the way back on the fairy...the fog started to clear and we could actually see San Francisco. It was really beautiful! We do get to see some beautiful fog days here in Cali!
After the trip to Alcatraz...we had dinner at a crab/fish restaurant...and if you know me...that was not my choice. The whole menu had two items that weren't seafoody! I decided to pick the chicken strips...you can't go wrong with chicken strips and ranch. Well there you can...they fry them in the fish oil...they stunk and didn't taste good at all. Oh well...Eric loved his whole crab!
Then we drove to china town but because it was dark..we decided not to walk around. So instead we drove down Lombard Street....America's Crookedest Street. It was fun driving down.
We ended the night with another stop at the Frozen Yogurt Shop (Our friends just opened it).
It was a fun, cold, interesting day in San Fran!
My parents and I went to Alcatraz! Eric had already seen it so he took the kids to the Exploritorium for the afternoon. Besides the rain...Alcatraz was fabulous. I am not a history buff...so usually I just do a quick walk through and I am done. But Alcatraz has this audio tour that guides you and has sound effects and real voices of some of the prisoners. It was very interesting. Well done and well worth the drive down to the "City" (That is what everyone calls it around here). On the way back on the fairy...the fog started to clear and we could actually see San Francisco. It was really beautiful! We do get to see some beautiful fog days here in Cali!
After the trip to Alcatraz...we had dinner at a crab/fish restaurant...and if you know me...that was not my choice. The whole menu had two items that weren't seafoody! I decided to pick the chicken strips...you can't go wrong with chicken strips and ranch. Well there you can...they fry them in the fish oil...they stunk and didn't taste good at all. Oh well...Eric loved his whole crab!
Then we drove to china town but because it was dark..we decided not to walk around. So instead we drove down Lombard Street....America's Crookedest Street. It was fun driving down.
We ended the night with another stop at the Frozen Yogurt Shop (Our friends just opened it).
It was a fun, cold, interesting day in San Fran!
The rest of their visit:
Saturday Eric and my dad spent the day golfing.
My mom and I met them for lunch at the Thai Restaurant.
Sunday the kids had their primary program.
They were fabulous singers...we could hear both of them very well!!!
This past week...my mom and had did a little Christmas shopping, I got my hair redone, my nails done, doctor appointment done, lunch bunch with the girls, and a date with my hubby.
We drove her to the airport yesterday and stopped by Ikea...love that store!
Thanks Mom for watching the kids so much for us!
Thanks for visiting...we loved it!
Sounds like you guys had a ton of fun! I'm glad you got to see your parents. Moms are great!! I hear you 100% on the seafood thing. It is just impossible, even if your food tastes normal because you smell the nasty fish the whole time...Yuck! Cute pictures!
ReplyDeleteFun!! I have always wanted to do the alcatraz tour, the three times I have been there I never have done it, went on the ferry that goes around the island but not actually stop. Some day!! haha!! Sounds like you had a great week and weekend!
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