Saturday, May 7, 2011

Pleasanton

After Hearst Castle and the beach, we headed up to our hotel room near JJ and Stacie. Brenda, Maxine, Jimmy, Naomi, and Alejandro (family friend) met us up there.

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JJ and Stacie actually live in a town called Pleasanton which is about an hour away from San Francisco. It is such a beautiful area. They took us on a little hike which was really nice.

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Max made me carry him in the sling all the way back down the hill! My back was killing me!

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After the hike, we went to visit the Oakland temple. Very beautiful.

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View of the Golden Gate Bridge from the Oakland templeIMG_8849

Next, we headed to a nearby park to let Max get all his wiggles out. We didn’t get any pictures of Max playing, but we got a couple of some flowers growing between the stone steps and a view from the top of the park.

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After the park, we reunited (well Mike and the rest of the Marshalls anyway) with Aunt Barb and cousin, Justin who they haven’t seen for many years.

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Aunt Barb made us AMAZING lasagna! Best lasagna we all agreed we’ve ever had.

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Aunt Barb spoiled Max with an ice cream cone before he finished his dinner.

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Justin and Levi playing before saying goodbye.

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Thank you Aunt Barb and Justin for the great time and delicious dinner!

Hearst Castle

We have good friends JJ and Stacie who live up near San Francisco. Their baby, Ozzie was blessed last weekend and we drove up to be there.

Mike made us an itinerary and thought it would be best to break up the drive. On the way up, we stopped in Santa Barbara and stayed in a nice hotel.

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The next day we drive up to Hearst Castle. I have been before with my mom and my sister, but it was just as amazing seeing it again.

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I wanted to jump in that pool so bad! It is so amazing. Our tour guide told us that a couple times each summer, the employees get to swim in it. If I lived closer to Hearst Castle, I would work there just to get a chance to swim in that pool!

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Egyptian piece that was 20 years old during the time of Moses!

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My favorite statue

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The indoor pool was sooo cool!

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If you ever get a chance to go to Hearst Castle, do it! It was way worth it.

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After Hearst Castle, we headed down to the beach.

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We found some cool caves.

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