San Francisco Trip - 3/13/08

During Brendan's Spring Break from law school this year we decided to take a trip to San Francisco. It was a great trip and we got to see lots of friends and family members. We left for San Fran on 3/13/08 and came home on 3/19/08. The whole Fletcher Family was there, except for Tessa and her Crew as she was only days from delivering her 4th child :)

When we got to San Fran we met up with our good friends Jared and Sara who currently live in Salt Lake. We then drove from San Fran to Bear Valley and took a mini ski trip. We had a good time except for the car ride . . . again I remind you that my son does not like car rides, especially 4-5 hour car rides!!! Uncle Eric helped watch Skyler for us on one of the days so that I could ski with Brendan. The first trip we made to the slope the baby slept the whole time. But when he woke up from his nap apparently he showed Uncle Eric (and the rest of the lodge) just how well his lungs work!!! When we got back he told the story of how an older woman who worked at the ski lodge came over and bounced Skyler for him to try and calm the baby ... all the while telling Skyler "it's ok, Daddy's here," referring to Eric ... I'm not sure who was more terrified by that label, Skyler or Eric! We were so grateful for Eric's generosity and willingness to help out with the baby :)

When we got back to San Fran we got to visit Brendan's parent's church and meet a lot of neat people. We then got to tour San Francisco with his father and Jared and Sara. We had a good time and got to see the Golden Gate Bridge, China Town, Union Square, some beautiful parks and Danielle Steel's home.

After a few days in San Fran we hit the road again and traveled to Monteray Bay to visit with Uncle Ben and Aunt Kim who are stationed there for the next for months. We had a blast in Monteray!!! We got to go to the famous aquarium and Skyler loved it. He stared at the fish tanks like they were huge TV's!!! He liked it so much that we are getting a season pass for the aquarium in Tampa so that he can continue to enjoy it ... much more educational then the TV! We also played Black Light Mini Golf ... there is such a thing. Skyler hated the experience and I had to bail before the 18 holes were finished. The winner of the game was ... Brendan of course!!! We also got to play their wii while we were there ... such a cool gaming system :)

We then drove back up to San Fran to visit to Oakland Temple and have a Birthday Dinner for Brendan before we left San Fran. Brendan's parents were so wonderful and it was great to spend some time with family.

Skyler did pretty good with the plane rides, all except for the one from San Fran to LA! He cried the whole way as the plane ride was only an hour, making his ears pop the whole ride. The best flight was from Atlanta to San Fran We got a whole row to ourselves, so we could put Skyler down on the seat and he slept most of the way! On the flight from LA to Tampa a guy came to sit next to us and stated as he was sitting down "I hope you brought enough food for him b/c I was hoping to sleep during this flight b/c I have an important business meeting tomorrow!" If there were any time that I wanted my son to cry, this was the time. I thought for sure this guy had no children ... boy was I wrong, he had two young children! Anyways, Skyler decided to sleep from take off to landing ... his best airplane sleep! Lucky for that guy!!! The only problem was that I had to hold him the whole trip b/c there was no seat to lie him in. After awhile I put down the tray table and had him lie in that to give my arms a break, but I was still watching him to make sure he didn't fall. The next day was misery b/c he was wide awake and ready to play and I was dead mom walking ...

Thought I would include a slideshow with some pictures of the trip ... Enjoy :)