Pajaro Dunes

We spent a few days at a beach house at Pajaro Dunes with our friends, the Howarths.  We had a great time relaxing, playing cards, playing on the beach and eating delicious food!

Sunnyvale Golfland

We went out to the Sunnyvale golfland.  It was a hot day, but we had fun.

We tried the "grasshopper iceberg".  Basically a very thick mint chocolate icecream shake!  Perfect for a hot day.

Wharf to Wharf 2012

Geoff and I ran in the Wharf to Wharf 10K race.  Only a precursor to Geoff's Tough Mudder in September!

Sheryl Crowe Concert

Geoff and I went to the Mountain Winery to see Sheryl Crowe.  Great evening out!

Cole's 7th Birthday

Cole celebrated his birthday with his friends at Sky High.  It's a trampoline place where kids can play dodge ball on trampolines, jump into foam pits, or just jump around.  Cole perfected his flip here.

 Three days later we celebrated with our families.  Cole requested doughies. 

San Jose Obon Festival

Each summer Miki, Melissa and I take the boys to the Obon Festival in Japantown in San Jose.  We get the famous shave ice and watch San Jose Taiko perform.

4 Days at the Happiest Place on Earth

I think I love going to Disneyland just as much as the boys do!

 We had a lot of firsts this time around.  The boys went on the Indiana Jones ride for the first time!

 Big Thunder Mountain was one of their first roller coasters a couple of years ago.

 Geoff treated them to their first mint julip.

Day 2:  We did not get on any rides the first day in the new Cars Land, so we went to explore it today.

Our first ride that we were able to get on there was Mater's Tow Trucks.

 We went to Cars Land to watch the town light up at sunset.  They play the song from the movie Cars.  Adorable!

We saw the World of Color water show then waited to see the fireworks outside of California Adventure.

Day 3:  We went in to California Adventure when it opened in order to get fast passes for the Radiator Racers Ride.  We actually did get on and afterward, it broke again.  Here's a picture of the boys with the stuck car in the background. We saw them escort all the people out later on.

Geoff and Cole on the Racers ride!

We waited for Luigi's tire ride. 

You have to lean to steer your tire.

Tyler tried California Screamin' for the first time!

Day 4:  We got to come into the park at 7am.  We watched them open Cars Land.

We had to follow this procession all the way to the end.  I think this is their way of keeping people from running!

We were about 12th in line for the Radiator Racers this time, but of course, the ride was broken again!

Flo's Cafe

Each cone serves a different type of snack and specialty drink.

Tyler went on California Screamin' again with Geoff.

Cole wanted to go on Screamin', but wasn't tall enough.  Instead, he went on the Tower of Terror.
I was more terrified than he was!