San Francisco

I would have to say that I have been to San Francisco a few times and it isn't my favorite place. I don't know if it is just the dirtiness or the traffic or tons of people or what but I have struggled to enjoy it, which I feel bad about saying because so many people I know just love it, so I feel like I must be missing something!

  Last time I think we tried to fit too many things in and just didn't get to really do much. Plus we went to the wharf which I don't think I will ever do again because it is just TOO MANY PEOPLE! I just cant handle crowds like that! Especially not when I am trying to watch 6 kids in that kind of crowd.  We were planning on going again for a little day trip so I took my friend Amy's advice and went to Golden Gate Park this time.  What a fun day we ended up having! 

We went on a little walk around Stow Lake which was so beautiful.  We originally were going to try and do paddle boats but we have too many people to fit in one boat and two was just over my price range. (Why do I have to be so cheap?)  We had lunch at the little boathouse there and then afterward we went to the Golden Gate carousel and the kids park right there. We were going to try and go to Ghirardelli Square but when we drove by it and saw the crowds and the giant lack of parking we decided to bag it.

 WE had to do a driveby of the painted ladies too. We didn't end up stopping though because the park across the street was under construction so there wasn't much to do beside just take a quick look.

 A lady was nice enough to take a picture of all of us. She kept saying how impressed she was with us and all these kids.  They sure a re great kids!

 As you can see by the way we are dressed, its a really cold day but we still had a great time!

 We had to take a picture of this crazy bird. It little like a cross between a biuch of different birds.

 Clara had a great time running around with all the big kids. Lizzy always is so good to help watch her.

 What is it about riding the carousel that never gets old?  Its always something that the kids love to do.

Clara loved being big enough to ride on it as well.

The two littlest really crashed on the way home. It was nice though because they did pretty good all in all for a long day trip. I'm hoping that there are many more of these fun day trips in our future!