The beginning of March was rainy and uneventful after a jam packed February full of travel and visitors. On a rainy Sunday the 13th, we took Valerie to see Zootopia, her first movie in a theater. We got a hot dog, popcorn and an icee. She is definitely a movie lover like her daddy!
In mid March Alesandro and Christina, our biodesign friends who live near the Mission District of San Francisco (and who are expecting their first baby at the end of September!), invited us up to the city for an authentic Dim Sum brunch in Chinatown. This was especially exciting because Christina speaks fluent Mandarin and could be our resident expert, getting us all the best courses. We had a fun day in the city and a delicious brunch, and we all walked around Chinatown and visited the fortune cookie factory and the cable car museum and saw lots of pigeons at the park.
After we split from the rest of the group, Rich and Valerie and I rode the cable car and headed back home.
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| riding the cable car |
At the end of March my sister, brother-in-law and my adorable 2-year-old nephew came to visit for three and a half super busy days and get a taste of the California lifestyle. We had some fun but they were definitely ready to go home by the end.
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| Carter on his way to California |
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| Frog's Leap |
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| cheers! |
We went to Stanford campus, Chipotle for dinner (of course!), the beach at Santa Cruz, the redwoods at Big Basin, Menlo Park for an Easter Egg hunt, across the golden gate bridge and up to Napa Valley for wine tasting. We especially loved the Frog's Leap Winery which was SO beautiful and relaxing and worth the horrific drive to Napa. Whew! We got lucky with the weather and enjoyed sunshine for most of their visit, but not so lucky with traffic and parking on their last day. We had to bail on our dinner plans in San Francisco due to a lack of parking and half of our Napa plans due to so much time spent in traffic.
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| happy donuts, happy kids |
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| the Easter Bunny came a day early |
Carter and Valerie had the absolute best time together and spent the whole visit laughing and playing and having a ball. Carter followed Valerie around copying her every move and she loved every minute. At one point before bed they were in the bathroom turning the lights on and off and laughing and laughing. It was awesome to see them grow so close and adore each other so much. I really hate living so far away from them! We are so glad they came all the way out to visit.
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