Our big adventure during July was traveling home down in So Cal to celebrate the Fourth of July. We had a blast hanging out with so many family members. We went swimming, had a birthday party for our nephew Papas (i.e. Stevie), and watched the fireworks while Sammy freaked out and only one nephew started crying... because of the pool noodles being sucked out of the pool, not because of the loud sound. :)
August
We had so much going on during the month of August... it was crazy! So many people decided to come visit, which we totally loved. For off, we drove down to Cambria to hang out with Brett, Becky and kids, as well as Abby and Papa. Brett's boss (or was it a co-worker?) has a cabin that they rented. We were able to play lots of Wii and chat and walk around the beach.
We have the most awesome nephews and nieces. Seriously love these guys.
On the way home we passed an Abbott Street and had to take a picture beside it!
The next excitement of the month was when our friends, Amber, Jenn and Ryan came to visit and see the area. I wish I had taken a picture of our living arrangements for the trip (did anyone get a picture of that?) because it was absolutely crazy. Amber slept on our air mattress in the front room and Jenn and Ryan slept on their air mattress basically in the kitchen. They were such good sports to put up with it. I also didn't get any pictures of our trips to Santa Cruz and took advantage of the beach, a free aerobatic show, and lots of fun rides. Great day. The one day I really did take pictures of was when we went to San Francisco... and mostly just our trip to Alcatraz. Besides that, we rode the trolleys, walked around Chinatown and ate the best Chinese food there, walked around Little Italy and tried some gelatto, and then made our way to Alcatraz. Afterwards we of course had to hit up the yummy ice cream at Ghirardelli.
On the boat ride over to Alcatraz...
The Alcatraz tour is probably one of the best I've ever been on. So cool.
And then on the boat ride back, Mark introduced a new game, something along the line of the "loosen your cheeks and shake your head back and forth like crazy while someone takes a picture of you" game. Here's each of our attempts. As you can tell, for some reason the boys were much better at it htan the girls. So hilarious to watch.
Then for our last excitement of the month, Abby and Papa came to visit us!! We loved having them here and showing them around all our digs around San Jose, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco. They are such a blast to hang out with. Despite Mark unfortunately having school all day the Saturday they were here, I was so lucky to get to hang out with Abby and Papa while we toured San Francisco. I love my parent-in-laws! We love being close enough to them that we get to visit as often as we do.
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