Wicked Weekend in San Francisco

What a Weekend we had in San Fran!!!!!

We lived it up and played tourist hard core!!

We headed up to San Fran with our friends Mike and Erin Johnson Sept. 25. When we arrived we checked into our hotel. We stayed at the Harbor Court Hotel on the Embarcadero!!! Totally Cute little boutique hotel. Next stop was a walk down the waterfront and onto a Street Car. We stopped at Pier 39!!! One of my very favorite places!!! We ate at Boudin!!! Who can resist clam chowder in a Bread Bowl? The funniest thing happened after that. We headed to the end of the Pier to take a look at Alcatraz and something caught Dex and Mike's Eye. A Party Boat? What in the world was this thing? Everyone on the Boat had their hands in the air like they were riding a roller coaster. Naturally we had to check it out. Lo and Behold it was called the Rocket Boat. Why not? So, it looked like so much fun we had to hop aboard.

What a blast that was!!!!! Dex took some great pics of our ride under the Bay Bridge.

The view of the City was spectacular!!!!! Next was back to the hotel to freshen up for our big Wicked date. Mike flagged down a town car!!!! So much fun. He took the driver's dinner recommendation for dinner. The driver dropped us off at what looked like a nice restaurant - only a block away from the Theatre. However, I was a little weary when the Name on the outside of the restaurant read, "Heaven's Dog." Seriously, what were we getting ourselves into? Well, to our surprise it was probably one of the best places I've ever eaten at. The food was a fusion of Asian and Indian cuisine!!! I had a lamb stir fry and Dexter ordered the beef Clay Pot!!! Yummy!!!

The highlight of the trip was Wicked. We all really enjoyed the show. What a marvelous experience!!

Here we are in front of Pier 39.

Spiderman Visits the Zoo!!!

Lions, Tigers and (no)Bears oh my!!!
Here he is...Jaq's favorite man in tights!!!

Here are my kiddos watching Spiderman at the Sacramento Zoo. There is actually quite a cute story behind this zoo trip. Well, any of you who have met my son Jaq know that he is quite the reader. The funny thing is, because he reads just about everything, he can even fill me in on what's going on around town. So, we stopped at Tigers Yogurt after school one day and there was a stack of newspapers that included activities for kids. Well, he was so excited when he read that Spiderman was going to be stopping in at the zoo over the weekend. Well, who could resist a five year old who was able to read an advertisment right out of the newspaper? He read every single word including the date and time. I do have to say Spiderman was a bit cheesy for my taste but, the kids loved it!!!

What a fun day!!

Jaq and Aubrey on the train at the Zoo.

My attempt at taking a picture of the three of us.

13th Wedding Anniversary in Monterey, California

Dexter Making new friends.

Dexter actually took this pic of himself.

Pretty funny!

Me completely enjoying the water!!

A few more pics of our fabulous time in Monterey. The weather was perfect! Here we are at the beach, we even spent one afternoon kayaking. However, I must say I think I enjoyed the beach a little more than Dexter. While I was thoroughly enthralled in the Monterey coast and all it's majestic glory, Dexter wouldn't even take his shoes off to go wading with with me. He was much more interested in feeding the squirrels.

At shore after an afternoon kayaking.

We stayed at the Gosby House Inn from Sunday, August 9th through Tuesday August 11th. It was such a great place to stay. The room in our Victorian Bed and Breakfast was quaint and very charming. The breakfast was pretty good actually, it consisted of quiche, fruit and muffins. In the afternoon, they provided the most delicious appetizers. All in all the experience was really fun and a perfect romantic getaway.

After we checked into our Bed and Breakfast, Dexter and I went on the most amazing bike ride through Monterey. Check out this incredible sunset. Beautiful!!!

Dexter and I celebrated our 13th Wedding Anniversary by spending a romantic weekend in Monterey, Ca. It's become somewhat of a tradition that every year on our Anniversary weekend we cart the kids off to my mom and dad's house and we head down to Pacific Grove for a few days. It is probably one of my most favorite spots on this earth. This year seemed especially wonderful because we stayed in the most adorable place ever and the weather was perfect. In the past when Dex and I have stayed in Monterey, the weather is overcast, cloudy, and about 60 degrees. We've never seemed to mind it as it's a great escape from the 100 degree Sacramento heat. However, this year the weather was so perfect I wondered if we were in the right place. We started out on our grand escape Sunday, August 9th. Of course, the whole way down I couldn't stop talking because I was so excited to have a weekend alone with my hubby and when the kids are around I can never get a word in edgewise. So, naturally as I babbled on and on so quickly Dexter had to remind me to slow down because after all, we did have the whole weekend together.

So, the first thing we did when we got to Monterey was hit one of our favorite spots to eat, El Torrito. We both love Mexican food and the view from this place is incredible. After being on the road for almost three hours we were starving. I can't believe how much food we ate.