San Francisco Trip 2

Dave on the ferry to Alcatraz Island

 Dave and Jeni stayed an extra day in San Francisco so that Dave could do some sight seeing also.  During the day we went to Alcatraz and drove up to Muir Woods.  Both were a lot of fun. 








 

Listening to the audio tour of the cell block

Jeni wanted to leave Dave in prison

Jeni outside the cell block area enjoying some of the gardens

Waiting for the ferry to take us back to Fisherman's Wharf

Classic optical illusion in San Francisco

Outside Muir Woods

Jeni inside of a redwood tree

Dave and Jeni at one of the redwood trees

San Francisco Trip 1

Jeni and Dave went to San Francisco a couple weeks ago.  Dave attended a conference and Jeni came along to for vacationing and to keep Dave company.  Here are a few pictures we took of the trip.

Jeni and the California flag.  This was taken across the street from the Fairmont Hotel

Jeni outside of Ghiradelli Square

Jeni's caramel sundae at Ghiradelli Square.

Jeni took  this picture on one of her day excursions across the city.  It reminded her of the TV show Full House.

This was taken outside of a small Italian restaurant.  Dave looks like he is in a daze because he was very sick. 

The conference was in the Mark Hopkins Hotel at the top of Nob Hill.  Rather than stay there, we decided to stay at a bed and breakfast. 

Here is the hotel we stayed at.  It was an old hotel turned into a bed and breakfast. 

Our hotel had one of the oldest operating elevators in San Francisco.

Field Trip and Cowgirls

Avonlea went on a field trip this week to Oshkosh.  While there, she saw a production of the Three Little Pigs.  Jeni was able to go along as well.  Avy had a great time.

Avy on the school bus

On Friday night the elementary school had their annual dance.  Instead of a sock hop, they had a western themed dance.  Mya and Avonlea got dressed up in their western clothes and had a great time.

Avy in the theater watching The Three Little Pigs

Avy with her cowgirl friends

Avy with her kindergarten teacher

Two Taylor Cowgirls

More of the Taylor Cowgirls

Mya with her cowgirl friends

Christmas Pictures

This year our family went to Utah for Christmas.  It was the first time since moving to Wisconsin that we spent Christmas with our extended family.  We left on December 22 and came home on January 2nd.  All of us had fun in Cedar Hills, Salt Lake, and Vernal.

Fun Christmas presents in Cedar Hills

That's a nice scarf, Mya.

Avy with her new night light and piggy hat

Jeni and her sisters all got Cricut machines to do lots of scrapbooking

Dave relaxing with Wii Sports Resort

We went to a BYU basketball game.  BYU won and we all had fun.

Opening presents at Grandma Kitties house.

Someone got an Avy for Christmas

 

 

We saw the lights at Temple Square

Mya's fort in the car on the way home to Wisconsin

Jen's Birthday

Marshal gave Jeni chocolate

Avy made art for Jeni

The Hemingway's gave Jeni a cookbook and apron

Jeni got a book from a friend

Cool sun glasses

Ice cream cake

Make a wish

Decorated garage

Jeni had a nice birthday.  When we got home from church, we found that someone decorated our garage door (Jeni thinks is was two of the youth in the branch that did it during Sunday School).  Jeni got an ice cream cake for desert and lots of fun presents.  Mya gave Jeni a paper bag scrapbook, but the picture didn't turn out. 

Christmas Tree

We set our Christmas tree up early this year.  Rather than waiting for the first weekend in December, we put it up the weekend after Thanksgiving.  The kids had a great time doing it.  Each kid decorated a certain part of the tree with "their" ornaments. 

The kids had fun doing funny poses

More funny poses

Yet more funny poses