San Francisco

Shelby flew out of Oakland on Tuesday afternoon so we decided to take a little trip over to San Francisco to see a couple sites.
First we decided to go see the Golden Gate Bridge. It was quite a sight. Shelby kept mentioning how it brought back all sorts of memories of watching Full House back in the day. We were trying to remember the theme song, "Everywhere you look, there's a heart . . . a hand to hold on to . . ." That was fun.This is the boys and Shelby in the van just as we drove onto the bridge. The boys didn't understand why it wasn't golden. Ha ha ha . . .
We parked on the other side and decided to venture out on the bridge. I didn't realize it would be SO loud and windy. This is how Halley felt about it. She was so good though.We all had fun looking down from the top of the bridge and out over the ocean towards San Francisco. That little island out in the middle is Alcatraz. I think we'll venture out that way next time we go up north.
After the bridge we drove around San Francisco trying to find a family friendly restaurant where we could eat lunch. We found a cool little place, and they even had a high chair. The boys had pancakes, and us adults enjoyed delicious burgers and sandwiches. It was really fun! Halley enjoyed her baby food too.
After lunch we wove our way through the crazy streets of San Francisco and finally found China Town. I think we probably could have spent hours there, but we didn't have much time left. It is such a crazy place with hundreds of little shops and restaurants and so many different kinds of people. There was a little park right in the middle of everything, and of course, the boys had to go play on it. I didn't get any good pictures of the boys playing on it, but it's in the background of this picture of Halley and me. There were tons of people around that area.
We also stopped and bought a couple souvenirs before we were on our way. Here's another picture of Connor holding tight to Shelby's hand!
I always have a hard time when our visitors leave, and this time was no exception. I am just so glad that Shelby was willing to take the trip out and got to spend some time with the fam and me. It was fun to be able to sit around and talk and catch up on everything. I love Shelby so much, and she always helps me to feel better about everything! HOORAY FOR BEST FRIENDS!!! I LOVE YOU SHELBY!