Our first night we took the kids to a restaurant called the Rainforest Cafe. It has a fun store at the front of the restaurant and then a fully decorated rainforest in the restaurant. It included hanging vines, sounds of animals and then about every 15-20 minutes there was lightening and thunder to give the appearance of a rainstorm. It was a lot of fun, however Kiana hid under her jacket every time the thunder started.
After dinner we found a booth where we had the kids names painted. The kids had a lot of fun picking out the colors for their names and it was amazing watching the way the man painted their names.
The next morning we took the kids to the San Francisco Zoo. We had gone several years ago, but Kiana was too young to remember. She was really excited to see the monkeys. My favorite was the giraffes. :)
After the zoo we stopped by the beach. It was sunny, but very cold and very WINDY. Seth was the only one to actually get in the water--crazy kid--I think he is immune to feeling the cold.
Our hotel had a heated pool so the kids had a blast swimming. It was too cold for Andrea, so she went back to the hotel to take a shower while Seth & Kiana swam and Aaron took a nap--that guy can sleep anywhere!
That night we took a walk down to Pier 39 to see the sights and have dinner. We would love to come back and do the Alcatraz tour.
The next morning on our way home we stopped by the Oakland Temple--BEAUTIFUL!!!
When the trip was over I asked everyone what their favorite part of the trip was; here are their answers:
Aaron: Finding sand dollars on the beach
Gina: Eating at the Rainforest Cafe
Andrea: Looking in the shops at Pier 39
Seth: Being with the family
Kiana: Swimming in the pool
3 comments:
I love Seth's answer to what was his favorite part. AAron and I went last June to Alcatraz Island. We have lots of really cool pictures from that trip. You might want to wait until Kiana is a little older, I went when I was younger and It was a little scarry.
wow, Looks like you guys did a ton of stuff. San Fran. is one of our favorite places to go through when we come out to visit everyone. Your pictures makes me wish we could come out to visit again. Hope you had a happy Mother's day Yesterday!
What a fantastic trip. How did you find all those fun things to do. That's a real memory builder!!! Keep it up! I love all the pictures. Love, Mom
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