Sunday, May 3, 2009

Susie Momma came to visit!

Brad's mom came out to visit us two weekends ago, and we had a fun time showing her around the area. She came out from Utah, which is apparantly having a really long winter. It snowed there the day before she came out, so she was glad to get some sunshine. In fact, we were actually having a heat wave the weekend she was here, and the temps were in the high 90's. A little too hot for comfort, but definitely better than snow in my eyes!

On Friday, she and Brad went into the city and she got to see San Francisco in all its glory. Brad took her to his office, and then they explored Union Square, China Town, the Cable Cars, Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, etc. Here are a few pictures:
Outside Brad's office

Cable Cars

Having fun in the old arcade games

Quite possibly her favorite part of the visit- all of the beautiful flowers!

I met up with them after work, and we went to dinner in downtown Walnut Creek and got some frozen yogurt after. Yummy!!

Saturday we all went down to Santa Cruz and enjoyed the warm weather and the beach! (And some people watching, because, well... it is Santa Cruz...) The water was pretty cold, but we enjoyed laying out, relaxing, and enjoying the beautiful scenery!



After Santa Cruz, we hit up In n Out for dinner and then Susie worked her magic green thumb and helped us buy a flower box and flowers for our railing. We decided on some gerber daisies, and I am happy to report that 2 weeks later they are still doing great! Here they are planting the flowers:

After church on Sunday, we drove to the Oakland Temple. We 'ooh'd and awe'd' over the beautiful flowers and beautiful temple.
Notice how the flowers have been changed since this post, only 1 month ago! Those gardeners are working overtime!


Monday morning's flight came too quick. We were sad to see her go, and look forward to seeing all the Hardcastle's in July!!

3 comments:

Chloe and Tyler said...

Gosh it looks so gorgeous where you live. Can I come visit too? We've had rain for the past two weeks.

Anonymous said...

Thanks again guys for a very nice 4 days. It was a much needed getaway for me. The flowers were beautiful, but seeing you two was the best part of the trip. So glad to hear your flowers are alive and well.

Carissa said...

I'm totally jealous you get to eat In n Out whenever you feel like it!We will have one soon and I can't wait--fingers crossed they build on schedule.