San Fran and Oakland

Driving across the Bay Bridge on our way to San Fran. The bridge toll was only 6 bucks. What an expensive daily commute if you work in San Fran.

We first stopped off at Fort Point after our GPS thing lead us through I think every street in San Francisco. Let's just say we saw the same street multiple times. Stupid quickest route thing.
Some shots of the Golden Gate Bridge.

This is at the top of Fort Point. It was so windy and cold at the top. It was freezing!!!

In one of the stairwells.
This is the inside of Fort Point. As you can tell it is right underneath the bridge.
One of the cannons inside the fort.
We walked a little ways across the Golden Gate Bridge. I couldn't believe how busy it was on a Monday.

This is a picture of the cable at the beginning of the Golden Gate Bridge. It's amazing how big the cables are that hold up that bridge.

This is at the Exploratorium. They were re-doing the grounds so we really didn't get to walk around it. Just the view from the street.
This was at the Golden Gate Park. We drove around the park but didn't get out of the car. We were so tired of the San Fran traffic, that we just wanted to go back to the hotel and take a nap. The GPS thing on my phone took us on crazy routes through the city. It really irritated me by the end.
I was pretty excited to go to the A's-Red Sox game. This has been the highlight of the trip for me so far. It felt great to be back in that stadium.
We had great seats, row 16 between home plate and the 3rd base dugout.
This is me, Scott, and Tyler. Tyler was my best friend growing up here in the Bay Area. We used to go to the games all the time. It was fun to meet up with him and catch up. We hadn't see each other for a long time. We had an extra ticket to the game and Scott was out here for the summer for an internship. It was fun to have him come to the game with us as well.
Jackie loved the banjo playing guy in the A's cape. He walked around the stadium all game playing his banjo.
Pictures of the game.
Here is David Ortiz, my favorite Dominican ball player.
Here is Jackie and I. The game went by so fast that we couldn't believe it was over. The A's ended up losing 2-1, but it was still a great game and fun to be back there.

San Fran Trip

Here is how Brian and I started the day. Video chatting as we sat next to each other. Jackie said we are big dorks.

We headed over to the Pleasanton Sports Complex which is probably at least a mile of baseball and soccer fields. I thought it was really cool, Brian and Jackie, not as excited.
This is where I played little league baseball. Brian and I re-living the glory days of playing ball together.
Next we headed to downtown Pleasanton and just walked around. It was a fun old school downtown.
Thanks to Brian for spending the weekend with us, we were sad to drop him off at the airport. We then headed to the famous Pier 39. It is a huge pier that has a ton of shops and restaurants. It was a blast.

Here is a picture of Alcatraz that you can see from the Pier. I wish the tour would have been cheaper and we would have gone to it.

Here is a picture of Pier 39. It was fun to walk around all the shops.

We walked around Fisherman's Wharf as well. There were a lot of street performers. It has been actually kind of cold in San Fran.
Here is the famous Lombard Street. We waited close to an hour to just drive down it. Afterwards Jackie said, I thought the street would have been longer. There are peoples houses who are on the actual windy part of the street. It is insane. What a pain to get through all the tourists to get to your house everyday!
Great view in our side view mirror of the Bay Bridge.
We stopped by the Oakland temple and it sure is beautiful. What an amazing building and it has a great view of the Bay.

San Fran Trip

These pictures are in no particular order. Here is a few of our seats at the Giants-Mets game. It was so beautiful. It was a great view of the Bay, Oakland, the Bay Bridge etc.....

Here is a picture of the lone Kayaker. He ended up catching a home run ball that was hit by the Mets. The guy behind us got really mad that he didn't throw the ball back on the field and he went down there and yelled at the guy, and got the ball from him. When he got back to his seats, he threw the ball back on the field. Needless to say the guy behind us got thrown out.
Here is the view a little less zoomed.
So the line to get in the stadium was almost a mile long. It was Tim Lincecum Bobblehead night and people got there 5 hours early to wait in line to get one. We went in the entrance that did not have bobbleheads, and then lucky me, the people next to us didn't want two bobbleheads and gave me theirs.
Us outside waiting for the stadium to open to the public.
Earlier in the day Jackie and I drove around Pleasanton where I lived from ages 5-8. So here is where I went to Kindergarten through 2nd grade. I was surprised I remembered street names and how to get around.
We met up with Brian across from the Winchester Mystery House at a huge outdoor mall. We had a nice lunch.
Here is Jackie at the game drinking hot chocolate. It was somewhat cold being on the bay.

Boating at Utah Lake

Last week Candice and Dallas were nice enough to invite us to come boating with them. I hadn't been in years. Dallas backed the boat into the water and while he was parking the truck and trailer I was in charge of driving the boat. Well I've never driven one before and it didn't go so well. Somewhat close to hitting another boat and the dock and while trying to stop the boat from hitting the dock hurt my foot pretty bad. So lesson here, I guess I shouldn't drive the boat.

Here is me wake boarding.
Cohen the official flag person.
Here is Dallas surfing behind the boat. This was pretty cool, I had never seen this before. Candice is waiting for him to throw her the rope.
Showing us how it is done.
And the finish.
Cohen got the munchies and ate Cheetos and Fruit by the Foot.
Here is me doing the surfing. I got up on my first try and it was a lot of fun. I was never brave enough to let go of the rope though. It is pretty similar to wake boarding. Maybe next time when I feel more comfortable. All my practice surfing in California must have really helped me here. It sure is easier to get up when you have a boat pull you up rather than trying to paddle to catch a wave.
Here is Candice surfing.
Here is Jackie chilling on the boat. Thanks Dallas and Candice, we had a great time.

July 4th Weekend

This weekend we headed up to Star Valley Wyoming for the Annual Johnson Family Reunion. We started the activities off with an airplane flying over and dropping off candy for all the kids.

Here is everyone under shelter so they don't get hit by the candy.

There is the plane flying away. Jackie was surprised by how low the plane was when it dropped off the candy.

Here is Jackie trying to do double dutch jump roping with her cousins. As you can see it didn't work out so well.

Next it was off to the Afton Parade. It wasn't very long and they didn't really have floats. Tractors, boats, and trailers.


My brother-in-law Matt and I went golfing during the afternoon. It was great weather and the golf course was not crowded at all. I probably played the best round I've ever played if it wasn't for the hole below. One of the toughest holes I've ever played. Just fairway and tall trees.
It was a five par as well. It was tough.
Later on we played Minute it to Win It games. Here is Jackie playing the M&M elevator game.

She took second place.

Here is Tim and I playing the Oreo game where you start with the oreo on your forehead and you have to get the oreo down into your mouth without using your hands.

Tricia and Tim playing.

I ended up taking third in this one. These games are actually pretty hard to do.

We got back Sunday afternoon and went over to Cory's for fireworks. Got to love Cayman with the perfect product placement cheesy smile. Little Cooper playing.