The way home.....

Here are some sea shells the girls gathered at the beach and a picture of the jewelry the girls made! :) We had a long drive from Trinidad to San Francisco. Drove over the Golden Gate Bridge again. It was neat because this time it was foggy. Then finally we hoped the plane. All three girls were soooo good. What a fun vacation! :) The End.

A few more pics from the vacation...

In Town.. On Vacation....Sweet Treats and Yummy eats...

Have you ever had Cheesecake on a stick? Me neither but this treat shop had it! Mmmmm Sounds good! Suzy would rather have Ice Cream. :)

The Ocean...

The Beach was so much fun. The girls found several whole Sand Dollars. Our favorite beach was Moonstone beach. (Northern Cali outside of Trinidad)

The Trees...

The forest was gorgeous! So many things to see . It seemed so peaceful.

Can you see the face in the tree??

Ocean, and Trees, Trees and more Trees

**







This is our family playing on a beach in Trinidad. It is windy today. Very beautiful!

The home... vaca continued!

**





Here are some pictures of the home we are staying in. It is small but so beautiful. We are lucky to stay here. The girls love it. They love playing in the loft. It feels like we are in a very very nice tree house. Out every window there are beautiful trees.We can see the ocean, too. The first morning we saw deer outside.








Mom and Dad get the bedroom, Hannah and Livy are sleeping on a hide-a-way bed in/on the couch and Suzy is sleeping in the little closet. It seems perfect for her. :)

The Car....Day 2 and 3

$$
This is Olivia in our rental car. We stayed in Emeryville, CA at a hotel right outside San Francisco. The next day we drove through San Francisco and showed the kids a few neat things. Olivia found a nickle and wanted to display it in every picture. The girls got salt water taffy in the early afternoon and homemade baby donuts by the bay on the way home. (home to the house we are staying in.) Livy's favorite was the donuts. Hannah enjoyed everything but did say there were too many people and wasn't quite sure she would like to live in San Francisco!! It was a fun drive.





**
Here are some pictures of Hannah and Olivia in a fun Hat store. They sure did have fun!
















More driving in the car. See Suzy's cute little old man head. :)
We are about to drive through the Golden Gate Bridge. Livy asks now after every bridge.."Was that the Golden?" The experience was ahhh inspiring hard to put into words. It is so fun to be with the kids and show them some of these historical landmarks and see their reactions.

The Train... Day 1 August 29, 2008

We left for the train very late or shall we say very early August 30th. There are positive and negative points about riding the train. Positive... its not nearly as stressful as riding by plane and checking bags etc. If you aren't in a hurry or if you don't have a schedule. Negative it doesn't stay to a schedule very well. The train was two hours late so we didn't leave until after 1:00 in the morning. (no other options) The kids were so tired. They were excited too. They did very well! Baby Suzy slept all night and the other two did as well. They had fun the next morning exploring the train and looking forward to meals in the dining car. We played games, Suzy took her scheduled naps. The older girls also took a long afternoon nap. (yeah!) The Train took a detour through Feather River Canyon. The canyon was very pretty. We went through several tunnels and across several bridges. If we went downhill Olivia would put both hands in the air. We were tired when we arrived... but all and all we really had fun. Thank you Scotty and Nicole for staying with us in/at the SLC Train Depot. Because it was so late at night the train station in SLC was the scariest part.