San Jose Day

Yesterday I didn't have time to write because we got home late from San Jose and then Rich had some work to do on the computer and I was too pooped to wait up.

In a nutshell, Grace had a great time with Amy and Erin. We didn't get a call in the middle of the night and probably wouldn't have gotten a call if we didn't call them!

Rich, Lola and I went out after relaxing in the morning at the hotel. We went to Golden Gate Park to the Japanese Tea Garden. Oh, it was lovely! The "sakura" or cherry blossoms were in bloom, which were beautiful! We walked through the garden and then went to the Botanical Garden across the street. We didn't want to get lost there since we were meeting Amy and Grace soon.

So, we drove to the Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden also in the park. This park is so huge that we drove outside the park to get there and it took a few minutes. You definitely can get lost in the park even in your car! The garden has a huge windmill and the tulips were in bloom! It was so lovely and reminded me of our trip to Amsterdam and the gardens outside the city.

After the gardens we went to the Beach Chalet, which had a wait. What a view! So, we went to the restaurant connected called the Park Chalet. It was all glass and looked over the park. We had a yummy meal.

From there we went over to the beach to play for a little bit and then we had to leave for San Jose. It took about an hour to get to Mike and Jay's house. Mike is Rich's friend from college that was the best man in our wedding. Jay is his partner and was the piano player and singer at our wedding.

Mike was waiting for us since he's on vacation from teaching this week. We had Jay's famous lemonade and played out at their pool for a while. The kids both got their clothes wet! Luckily Amy had washed some clothes for us and we had them in the car.

We left to go meet Jay at Sweet Tomatoes, another buffet restaurant like the night before! It was fun to see them, but way too short. Mike will visit us in June. We came back to the hotel and the kids watched the "fish movie" and I packed and Rich worked.

Today we head for Yosemite! I may not have computer access and my not be able to write.