california vacation

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left jan 8th, 0900 from SDF to PHX and finally OAK. silly me though b/c i booked a hotel near the SFO instead of the OAK. what a drag to have to pay a $4 toll every time we went to san francisco. oh well, the hotel was a steal!

@ ghirardelli square we had dinner at McCORMICK'S sea food grill and it was awesome!!! i had swordfish and matt had the scallops. and of course will was totally out for the night since he was 3 hours ahead on eastern time!

we went to we visited some family friends and some friends from my mission in oakland. FENTON'S ice creame was awesome!!! nothing like it! jason and michelle mcconnell - they got married at the oakland temple while i was on my mission there - left with smiles and their cute litte girl who's 2 days younger than will.

Alcatraz was a great experience cut short by a little boy that needed a nap. and fisherman's warf was tasty!!! we went to butterfly and matt had edamame for the first time. he learned not to eat the shell just the beans. it was great food! if you couldn't tell, I LOVE FOOD!!!

then we went all the way out to ANTIOCH to see Frankie, Mara and Pete and their 3 mastiff dogs, and the Larson family!!! Frankie gave me some of her california avocaods - 1st time i'd tried them and love them. Mara and Pete took us to the Olive Garden for lunch and will's first encounter w/dogs happened here w/mastifs. HE LOVED THE DOGS!!! he just kept looking at them and reaching out for them. and the Larson's had us over for dinner, COD4, and some great conversations! again, will was out cold around 1830. the trip back to san fran wasn't so bad this time since traffic was't bad. then we left the next day, sun the 11th @ 1400, to return to SDF. it was a great trip and we wished it were longer!

the only thing that keeps us from moving to cali is the TRAFFIC!!! there's nothing that we hate more than traffic and there's too much of it in cali. we love the weather, the people, the culture, the history and the plethera of things to do, but we just can't live w/all the traffic.