Monday, January 4, 2010

San Francisco fun!!

On the "living roof" of the California Academy of Sciences museum. There was a very long line to get into the museum. Who knew everyone would be coming the same day as us! We still had a great time, along with 50,000 other people. Our favorite thing was the coral reef exhibit. So many cool fish.
The next day we got All-day passes for the cable cars, and boy did we ride them! We had a blast going all over the city.

Tyler could hardly contain his excitement at being in San Francisco!
Mom wasn't too sure about Haley and Hannah hanging on the side of the cable car, but the cable car operator assured me that he'd never had any children fall off. So they enjoyed living dangerously. The cable cars going the opposite direction came very close, so close in fact that you could high five the riders in the other car. Trust me, we did it!
China town...
A stop at the ferry building for yummy treats. A view of the bay bridge and treasure island.
The Golden Gate bridge. The first time we've seen it without a complete fog cover.
Haley reaching for the top of the Golden Gate bridge.
The reason we went to San Francisco was to see Wicked. Since we were going to the play, we decided to make a fun trip out of it. We stayed at the Hilton for a few days. Good times! Pizza delivery, cupcakes, cable cars, Lori's diner, china town, Wicked, Mimi's cafe, walking in the city, night lights, street vendors, cool buildings, bridges, family togetherness.

San Francisco Fun

PAJAMAS!!!!!

I found this picture from Christmas 2006. What a difference a few years makes!
Every year the children get new pajamas on Christmas Eve before they go to bed. Tyler and Allison joined in and got each other pajamas too.
Ready, set, OPEN!!! Ben always races to be the first one dressed in his new jammies.
The annual Christmas Eve pajama pyramid. Thanks Tyler for putting up with the Judd's crazy traditions!

Christmas Eve fun

Tyler was living out his Augustus Gloop fantasy!
Allison and Tyler got a little crazy while cleaning up the chocolate fountain.
Can we say chocolate fountain!!! We had an awesome dinner.
A very serious game of Monopoly. Tyler and Allison teamed up to win.
Russ and Shawna were caught dancing in the kitchen.

gingerbread houses






What would Christmas be without a gingerbread house? This year we had two to decorate. One for the "big kids" and one for the "little kids". Grandpa and Grandma came over to join the fun.

cookie time




Allison usually heads up the sugar cookie operation. Haley and Hannah always look forward to this tradition. Lots of fun!!!