San Francisco Day 2

One thing I loved about this trip was that I got to picture Tommy's childhood a little better. Tommy was born in Oakland and came home to this house below when he was born, just a mile from his aunt's house where we were staying:

I've always heard about the Leiningers living in California, and this is where Tommy's dad grew up, but it was really fun to actually see it and to be able to envision it a lot better. I also met a lot more of Tommy's extended family this time on his mom's side, which was also really nice for the same reason. 

We went on a boat tour of the Bay--and we bought a sourdough bear from Boudin's to eat on the way.

Going under the Golden Gate Bridge.

What a great picture! Maybe this will be our Christmas card! Haha all the kids were tired and cranky and determined not to look at this picture, haha. The nice guy taking the picture did his best but they refused.

Alcatraz behind us.

We spent a while walking around Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39.

And rode on the double-decker carousel there, which was a highlight of course.

And we trekked forEVER down to my dad's favorite pupusa place, La Santaneca, for lunch. 

Then we had plans to meet up with Tommy's cousins south of the city, so we decided to drive out to the coast to make it a prettier drive. We stopped at the beach for an hour or so, and this was how the boys felt about it:

They were in heaven! It was absolutely freezing but they didn't care. Of course they both got wet even though we warned them not to, and they didn't mind at all. They could have stayed there all day, even without sand toys or swimsuits.

Lucy had just woken up from a nap when we got here, so she spent most of the time snuggled up and trying to wake up.

Look at this cute girl.

Then we went to Tommy's cousin Dana's house for dinner. It was so nice of them to host a big group of us, including our crazy kids. 

Luckily, Tommy's cousin Paige has two kids too, so Dane and Graham had fun playing with them.

Tommy and Aunt Shamm.