Jacob wanted to make sure we didn't forget him!
A couple of weeks ago we went to San Francisco for the weekend. We went to celebrate Brandon's 25th Birthday. He has been wanting to go to China Town for a while. We left early Saturday morning and were able to make to the Temple book store and the Babies 'R' Us. Two of the must stops when we go to the Oakland/San Francisco area. That afternoon we were able to check into our hotel which was about 15 minutes South of downtown. It was really nice and a lot cheaper than staying anywhere downtown. We were able to get a suite so that the kids could sleep in the living room and Brandon and I could stay up in our room. That makes it a lot easier than having to go to bed at 8:30 with the kids. Saturday late afternoon/evening we went downtown, and let m
e tell you driving downtown is not easy with all of the trolleys, buses, cable cars, and people who walk out in front of cars without a care in the world. We rode the trolley all the way down to the Pier. The view was incredible. The trolley was a bit crowded but I met a couple from Australia who had been sight seeing all over the continent for 6 weeks. They didn't go to Texas so I couldn't let them go home with out learning how to say "y'all". Down at the pier we saw a WWII submarine and a beautiful view of Alchatraz. We didn't get back to the hotel that night until 10:30. Jacob was running on fumes. He ran around doing anything and everything to stay awake. Once we got him to lay down and be still, I swear he was asleep in less than five minutes.
On Sunday we spent all day in China Town. I was so proud of Brandon! We went into a shop that had the Chinese style dresses and Brandon started having a conversation in Chinese with the guy in the shop. I hear Brandon speak Chinese quite often but never to someone he doesn't know and never a full fledged conversation. Needless to say, I was impressed. We walked around all day looking in shops and at the scenary. We found a guy who writes Chinese Calligraphy. Brandon asked him to write "Ma Jia", which is basically "The McCain Family". We hung it u
p in our dining room. At sunset we went to the Golden Gate Bridge Park and took some pictures. Then we had the two hour drive home. I was very glad that we did this on a holiday weekend because we had all day Monday to rest before Brandon had to go back to school.
p in our dining room. At sunset we went to the Golden Gate Bridge Park and took some pictures. Then we had the two hour drive home. I was very glad that we did this on a holiday weekend because we had all day Monday to rest before Brandon had to go back to school. 
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