Fantastic Family Fun!

This week we almost had more fun than we could handle! My brothers and dad came to visit on Wednesday...it was pretty much 3 days of non-stop excitement. Wednesday night we made smores and got to hear stories from Lee's mission. Thursday morning we went to San Francisco and visited all the trademark tourist spots including the sea lions, Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. We also went into some really pretty art galleries and had some delicious sea food and sourdough bread. One of the best parts of the day was Dad's street performing debut as part of the Merry Mary show. Mary is a circus type performer and Dad helped her with her juggling act (after she made him shake his booty chip n' dale style at the audience).

Dad helping out with the Merry Mary show. Leftys...the only ones in our right mind :)

That night Kody and I got see Wicked. It was BRILLIANT. We had fantastic seats and the performances were spot on. It was even better the second time around. So glad I got to see it with Kody. The whole experience was unforgettable.


Friday we went to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and got more than we bargained for. We started off by hitting all the big roller coasters. Then we caught some fun shows (sea lions, Shouka the Orca, and dolphins). Then back to rides. We also went through a beautiful butterfly house with hundreds of unique and lovely butterflies. We finished the day with bumper cars.


One of these things is not like the other.

Saturday we went back into San Francisco and drove across the Golden Gate Bridge. We had lunch on the shore at Sausilito. Then we went to Muir Woods - the most gorgeous forest I have even been to. Some of the trees are thousands of years old and a hundred feet tall. That evening we had some tasty pizza and went to the Tennis Club and played Marco Polo in the pool and relaxed in the hot tubs. We polished the night off with Livermore's famous Donut Wheel and Miracle Snow.

BIG BRIDGE...........

little bridge

See the little tiny speck at the bottom of the picture on the right...that's me compared to the enormously humongous redwood tree. The beautiful picture on the left was taken by Mitch.


GIGANTIC, beautiful trees.

The boys left this morning after Sacrament meeting, which I might add, was excellent. The topic was education. The talks were really well done and the Spirit was amazing...a great way to wrap up a great week.