Monday, November 30, 2015

Our San Franciscan Thanksgiving

 So, being that Brenn is moving back to Utah in a few months, he decided to have us all out to San Francisco for Thanksgiving. Nanny & Papa, the Pattersons, Brittany’s family and our crew. We had a great time.

Below is our Family’s top ten list of the trip;

10. Cousins! It was super fun to have cousins to hang out with.

hanging with cousins

9. Dog Park. So, in order to burn some energy (and kill some time) before Thanksgiving dinner, I took some of the younger kids to a park. New to us, there are fenced in areas for people to unleash their dogs. The kids treated this as a petting zoo. They spent quite a bit of time petting, chasing, and playing fetch with numerous dogs.

dog park

8. Poop on You. We got some sandwiches at Ike’s. On Friday, we went grabbed sandwiches, picnic’d at Crissy Field park, then walked to the Golden Gate bridge. While we were waiting for the sandwiches at Ike’s, we were talking about the pigeons and how they sometimes poop on people. Later at Crissy Fields, Hudson kept scaring the pigeons away from our crumbs. I told her to stop it. Then Reece blurted out, “don’t Hudson, they’ll poop on you!” It was hilarious.

7. San Francisco hills. Like a personal roller coaster.

6. Epic Dance Marathon. I’m really not sure what happened but, after Thanksgiving dinner, Harper and Tenley started dancing. They danced, and danced, and danced. It was a little nuts. And they had “super serious face” the whole time.

Harper Tenley dancing

5. Baby Eve. Megan loves babies. Brand new little babies. Eve got passed around like candy.

holding eve
Eve staring at Harper

4. Exploratorium. The Exploratorium was amazing. We spent 3 hours there and still didn’t see it all. The kids really liked this.

thermal imaging
Hudson, Tate and I enjoying the thermal imaging camera
big small room
Perspectives room
drop capture
High speed camera captures drop of water in front of Hudson

3. Road Trip Wagon. This was the first major road trip in our new car and it accommodated us very well (it’s the only time the kids get to use the TV).

road trip car
Gideon’s foot, Girls kissing sleeping Reece, and Tate.

2. Muir Forest and Beach. Tuesday was spent at the Muir Forest, then Muir Beach for a firepit. Super fun. Super beautiful.

Megan giving Gideon his 100th piggy back ride at Muir Forest
Megan giving Gideon his 100th piggy back ride at Muir Forest
Harper Tenley wading into freezing Pacific Ocean at Muir Beach
Harper Tenley wading into freezing Pacific Ocean at Muir Beach
Muir Beach
Hot dogs and Smores at Muir Beach

1. Gold Gate Bridge. What can I say, it was super touristy, but super fun.

golden gate selfie
Golden Gate Bridge

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