San Francisco

My niece and her friend drove up from Vegas to meet up with us, so we went into the city to explore...

Fishermans wharf...















































Then we went to the ferry terminal and the windiest road, Lombard....

Ira and I walked into this fountain across from the ferry terminal...





We saw parrots in the park...
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Hayward!

We are blessed to have amazing friends with an amzing house on amazing property here in the bay area!

We are loving every second of their graciousness!

Here are some pics of the kids enjoying the time to relax and play!




















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Monterrey

We went to fishermans wharf, and FROZE....











Saw some sea lions just chillin on the rocks...













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Elephant seals...

Ira loved seeing them, but not smelling them...

















She tried to excavate some sparkling mica from this rock, to no avail....





A very rare shot of he children and I....





Friendliest squirrels in the world....





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Sitting on the dock of the bay

Seafood...


Local musicians....


We learned about invading species.....


Fresh pulled salt water taffy... That we got to watch being pulled...


It was loved....


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Southern California

Wind turbines...





Emers new toy....





The coast...





Ira was totally enthralled with these rocks...





And her treasure, seaweed....





Liv was not so interested... Just kinda scared, spent the majority of the time observing.... She is my tentative, cautious child....





Jared taught the girls about clams, liv kept a close watch to ensure the thing inside didn't eat any of us....





Name writing......





"Look I made my own tidepool!"





Dirty dirty feet!





Our booty- imagine how lucky a man like Jared must be to find a sea dollar!





Quick shot of the mama bear and the boy-

More Tucson, a wedding and hotel fun

I didn't have my phone at the wedding, so no pics of that until I contact the photogs.... But here are some from the rehearsal-











Photo session in the foothills...


Trying to stay cool in the too hot state-


Hiram is growing a virtual garden on the ipad.


And keeping a picture journal...


The girls played pinball for the first time...


We watched a bunch of documentaries. This one was the family favourite, about Siberia. Did you know the Siberian salamander can freeze itself for YEARS then revive itself to survive the extreme climate?


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