Sweeney Ridge

WOAH it's been a long time since I've blogged.  Sorry, folks! But I'm back with the photos I promised over two weeks ago from our hike through Sweeney Ridge.  Enjoy!

Pacifica, California

Pacifica is a town just south of Daly City, right on the Pacific coast.  I discovered Pacifica a few weeks back when I was hunting for a great butcher!  Driving in on I-280, I was given a gorgeous view of the ocean.  It was such a wonderfully sunny day (we don't see a ton of these in foggy San Fran) so of course I whipped out my camera and snapped a few choice pics of the coastline.  Enjoy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alamo Square & The Painted Ladies

Alamo Square is a residential neighborhood and park which consists of four city blocks at the top of a hill overlooking much of San Francisco.  A row of Victorian houses on Steiner Street, known as the "Painted Ladies", overlook Alamo Square Park. The houses were built between 1892 and 1896. 

 

 

 

 

 

I am the master of self-timer photos

 

P.S. Much of the intro to Full House took place in this park!

P.P.S. Whatever happened to predictability?

A very belated Christmas post

Christmas has come and gone. Shane and I are done with our holiday travels and we're both back at work today.  We had a wonderful time in Ohio and we're both a little homesick, but we spent a lot of our time there preaching about how great California is, so hopefully we'll have a few visitors before too long (HINT, HINT!!).

I think I can sum up most of our holiday season with photos...

Archie and Traveller slept while visions of sugarplums danced in their heads
Our PHENOMENAL friends Kennedy & Dan dogsat for us
Photo credit: Dan and/or Kennedy

Shane and I had OUR Christmas the night before we flew to Toledo
Note the glasses of Cider -- our new Christmas tradition!

Shane got me an iPhone! Woo hooooo!

Flew to Chicago where we spent the afternoon and early evening

Amtraked to Toledo where we were greeted with a TON of Christmas cheer

Loved on precious baby Nico (nephew)

Played with Kobe (and missed Archie of course)

Flew home via Virgin America First Class (additional post on this subject coming soon)

Archie declared that next time we travel he's coming with us

We hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as we did, and we wish you a very happy new year!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Is anyone else shocked that it's actually December? Where the heck did the time go?!  In any case, it's here, and it's officially Christmastime.

As I was attempting to unpack a few more boxes last night, I came across 4 large boxes (yes, truly 4 of them) filled with Christmas stuff! And even though Shane and I only have a few days to enjoy it (since we're leaving for Ohio on Sunday!), I've decided to do a teensy bit of Christmas decorating.  I give you, our Christmas spirit...

Detail: note Mom's Christmas card to Archie :-)

Detail: Shane's presents!

Perhaps just a bit too much Christmas spirit :-)