Science Academy and San Francisco

These are real frogs (tiny) that were sitting on this plant in the rain forest exhibit. Amazing!
There was no flash photography permitted in any of the exhibits, so these pictures are not the best. This underwater tunnel was incredible... I could have sat in this place for hours staring at all the fish!


We were all sitting in the "coral reef" waiting for the show where the diver comes into the water. Fun, but it was a bit crowded...
Lucy was being a ham while we were waiting... This is totally Lucy.....She is always a ham and always posing for the camera without prompting.... Oh boy, am I in trouble later?

This albino crocodile was probably one of my favorite exhibits... We came to see him right at feeding time too. Wow... this creature moves around so quietly it's eerie!
Watching the penguin show... These are fascinating birds too! This whole place is just great!!
Ava was sooooo exhausted...



If you haven't been to the Science Academy in San Francisco since they added all the new exhibits, I highly recommend it! This place is amazing... I could have spent all day just looking at every exhibit. After 4 hours though, the twins were ready to call it a day. We took a stroll to the Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate park, but it was closed already.. :-( There were so many more activities that I wanted to explore with the kids, but it will have to wait for another day. 13 hours in S.F. left them exhausted and ready for their own beds. We did however get a chance to go the ocean and eat at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant... yummmy!!!

We took a trip to the Indian grinding rock state park near Volcano, Ca, followed by lunch in the park and a walk around Daffodil Hill. I was most excited about seeing Daffodil Hill, which was really not that great... It was crowded and way over rated in my opinion. Volcano park however was delightful and relaxing. It's such a neat little town with a population of about 100. The grinding rock was fun too. Probably more interesting for Chris and I than for the girls, but I think overall they had fun there too. It was a great family day!




Lucy and Ava running away at the Indian Grinding Rock.... Not sure where they thought they were going to go!












Just having fun taking pictures of Lucy in her new dress. She is the only one that would put up with me taking more pictures. LOL These girls should be used to me with my camera by now!
I think I have mentioned it before, but we love to walk to the river by our house. The trails are so beautiful and the weather this time of year is just gorgeous! My brother, Sil and niece went fishing at the pond, and then we met the at the river. A very relaxing day.

St. Patty's Day

My favorite girl in the parade, LOL

A bit late on this post? Yes... Nevertheless, we went to the St. Patty's day parade in Old Sac with my brother, SIL, and niece. Great times. :-)