Vacation to California

Last week Jeremy and I were able to spend several days in California visiting the Butler family and being tourists! We went to a San Francisco Giants baseball game. It was Jeremy's first Major League Baseball game, and he loved it! The stadium in San Francisco is really neat. It is (literally) right on the Bay. Rosemary was able to get a baseball for Jeremy, and the Giants won! We got to see several really cool home runs, too! We took CalTrain to and from the stadium. It is actually a really neat ride because you get to go through the downtowns of several of the cities along the south part of the Bay Area.

We got to spend a day in Santa Cruz, and visit the famed Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. It is an enchanting beach town, with the most picturesque souvenir and surfboard shops right along the beach. We walked along the Boardwalk, and were able to see a Chinese Acrobats show right on the sand. We spent some time on the Municipal Wharf. There were several people fishing, and sea lions sleeping (and barking) all around the wharf. Jeremy and I decided that sea lions are our family's official mascot. We have a strange obsession with them. As we were walking along the wharf, we could hear them barking, and literally took off running to see where they were. We found a really neat part of the wharf where we could stand literally 3 feet away from them. They totally ignored us, but we had such a fun time watching them. We spent the evening on the Boardwalk, but this time riding the rides. There are two rides that are world famous - The Giant Dipper and the Merry-go-Round. They were both AWESOME!

The rest of the week we spent with the Butlers. We saw the new Batman movie (awesome) and Jeremy went with my dad to the Winchester Mystery House. All in all, it was a good break and a lot of fun!