Tey Garcia

I had a crazy, but fun weekend.  I call it crazy whenever it deals with the whole family.  It was quite the adventure when it comes to the kiddos.  Jan flew up to San Francisco on Wednesday for an engagement shoot.  Since we didn’t have a wedding this past weekend, I thought it would be nice to have a mini vacation with the whole family up north.  I drove up with the kiddos and Normi (our Nanny) on Thursday.  It wasn’t too bad.  We headed out around 1:30pm from Orange County and arrived in San Francisco at 10:30pm.  Of course, we had to make a few stops for the kiddos.  They were actually pretty good.  Natey was a bit fussy, but after he cried himself to sleep…we were all good.  We all stayed at my aunt Chloe’s place in the city.  She lives pretty close to everything so that was nice.

Friday, Rob (my uncle-in-law) took us to the newly remodeled Academy of Science.  It was an awesome place.  Click on the link to read more.  Lucas had a blast.  He knew a lot of the sea animals and different kinds of frogs.  I guess Go Go Diego teaches you a lot.  Later on, we stopped by the park and let Lucas play for a bit.  We were all pretty exhausted by 5pm.  We went back and rested til dinner time.  When my aunt Chloe got home from work, Lucas and Chloe made us oatmeal, cranberry and chocolate chip cookies.  They were delicious!!!  Later that evening, we had dinner at this place called Park Chow.  This place was packed and very kid friendly.  The food was awesome especially Jan’s pork chop dish.

Saturday was a chill day with for us.  We headed to the farmer’s market at Embarcadero.  It was fun trying all the yummy fruits, eating oysters and trying the smoke salmon sandwich.  Lucas was going crazy.  He loves trying out the fruit sample.  We bought a few things, but his most favorite were the plums.  He ate 3 plums while hanging out.  After the farmer’s market, we headed to union square.  It was crowded, but nice to check out since I’ve never been.  It was getting late so we headed home to rest a bit before dinner with Lily, Ian, Karen and Paul.  We met up with them at a restaurant called Le Cheval in Oakland.  It was a French Vietnamese place.  The food was good.  We had fun catching up with them and they got to see the kiddos.  Karen’s 7 months pregnant now.  Wow, how time flies..  I can’t believe she’s never seen Lucas and he’s almost 4.  Lily is getting married in August..so will be back up :).  It was nice seeing everyone since I don’t get to see or talk to them that often.

Sunday was bye bye time for SF..  We headed out by 10am and got home at 6:30pm.  It was nice having Jan there driving home with us.  We had a nice drive home…  made a few stops.  Got to rest a bit…  hope you’re ready for lots of pics.

Hope you all had a nice weekend too!!! 

Academy of Science Time:

Went to the playground near Uncle Rob’s place:

Aunt Chloe and Lucas are making cookies..  They were so yummy..we took them home on Sunday.

Walking to dinner.

It’s Farmers Market Day …and the boys had a great time!

Checked out Union Square since I’ve never been.

Dinner with Lily and Karen in Oakland.

It’s bye bye time… one last picture before we leave.  Thanks Aunt Chloe and Uncle Rob for everything!!  The kiddos will miss you guys

Jan just posted some other pics on his blog..check it out.