I left my heart in San Fransisco...

This part is a more exciting part of the vacation.  The post continues from the last post now including stage 2 of our July vacation in California.  Let's see...I think after getting picked up from the airport up we drove to San Fransisco for a day before heading to stay with family in Atwater, CA.  Oh, and this one has a few more pictures:)

{Stage 2}- San Fran and Family!

When we were planning this trip I insisted on going to San Fransisco for at least a day since we were flying into Oakland and it was only 1.5hrs from where our family lived we were staying with before we went to Disney.  I was the only one who had really been there and it had been 3 years since I had been with my XC team.  So what did we do?  Let me show you.

Day 1

 We did a little shopping after picking us and my sister up from San Fransisco Airport.

Then we waited to eat at the Cheesecake Factory on top of a HUGE Macy's ( I had eaten there before so I insisted:) ). Loved it!

Day 2

Woke up at 8:00am...

 drove to the bridge where we parked...

...where my dad and I ran the bridge:)

... and where I forced the hubby and my brother to come and not miss out:) :)

They of course took the pictures! Then, we drove around for an hour trying to find a parking space near the pier and fisherman's wharf...yeah that was not the highlight of our trip haha Still, I love, love, love this crazy city!

My mom bought me a sourdough turtle. So cute xD

Day 2/3/4

 After getting our fill of sight seeing we headed to where my grandparents and my dad's sister live (My grandparents, aunt, uncle, and two cousins spent the rest of the trip with us!!!).  It was so much fun getting to see everyone!  July 8th we headed towards Anaheim with everyone and ate at the Spaghetti factory with both the Amparan & Molina sides of the family!  There were about 35 people there: some of whom I hadn't met, some since I was little, and some for about 4yrs.  I love my loud family!

Next post is all about Disney:) Stay Tuned!

Love, 

The Andersons

Oh Flying...

This year we waited to celebrate our anniversary(June 19th) until July.  Boy, was it a fun one! We went to California and met my family there.  We had four stages of fun which spanned just over a week! This post is only Stage 1 of our amazing vacation and definitely one of the more "interesting" crazy moments.

{Stage 1}- Flying

This was by far the craziest part.  For some reason it was cheaper for us to fly in steps rather than directly to and from if that make sense.  We flew with three different airlines during our trip! 

•  We started our trip flying from Minot to Las Vegas.  We were already going to be getting in late to our AMAZING hotel (South Point Hotel) but our flight was delayed for over 2hrs (for some unknown reason)...Yikes.  Flying-and landing- in Vegas was a slight nightmare.  We finally made it at 10:30pm.  Because we missed our shuttle from being late we had to pay 30 dollars for a one way taxi.  Oh Vegas!  By 11:30pm we finally got our food at Steak & Shake before going to bed.  

 Our hotel we stayed at!

• The next morning (when were able to take our shuttle) we arrived early to catch our next flight flying from Vegas to Oakland, Ca.  Did I mention we flew Spirit Airlines this route?  Don't!  If Andrew wasn't military it would have cost us the FULL amount of $150 to have 2 checked bags and 1 carry-on. Luckily it only cost us half... Geez.  Don't worry, we finally made it where we were picked up by my family before heading to San Fran to stay the night.  

 

(Mark)

 Yes, these are two of my silly brothers right after they picked us up!  We were very excited to see/spend time with my family:)

 (John)

•  Our final flight was from the LAX/Los Angeles Airport to Minot.  We only had one layover this flight in Denver which ended up being pretty fun!  This was by far the best flight...other than the fact we had to be at the airport by 4:00am to catch our flight by 6:00am.  We were pretty tired.  Although the hotel we stayed at here was not one of the better ones.  There is price to pay by staying so close to the airport---no sleep due to the planes flying overhead.  Oh, and there was a spider that crawled on Andrew's face...

Sorry this post was slightly short and lame...but this is what memories are made of!  Next post will cover more of our California trip---Stay Tuned!!!

Love, 

The Andersons