San Francisco trip

Wow...it's been a busy month and will continue to be busy through August! On Wednesday, July 25th, we started out for our San Francisco trip for Justin's graduation from Animation Mentor. Get ready for a lot of pictures in this post! We drove with my parents in their car (about a 24 hour round trip) and had a great time. We were surprised with how well Myah did in the car. She did great sleeping in the car and also in the hotels-which was what I was most nervous about. She was such a great sport with being flexible with naps and was so much fun.

We stayed in Reno Wed. night and Myah absolutely loved the hotel's luggage cart. She loved riding it and especially pushing it. She could have pushed it all night!

San Francisco

 When we arrived in San Francisco the next day, the hotel was great and a lot bigger than I expected. There was even a large space before the bathroom that was perfect for Myah's crib (as shown by Justin in the 2nd pic below).

Our hotel-Inn on Broadway

Fisherman's Wharf

We walked along the wharf a lot and really enjoyed the beautiful scenery and street performers. Here's some pics from our wharf excursions.

Myah loved the fish at the Rain Forest Cafe shop.

Like I said, Myah was great at being flexible with naps. She even fell asleep in the stroller on our way to the wharf...with loud people, cars, motorcycles, and busy shops! We covered her with a blanket so the wind wouldn't disturb her!

Myah loved all the birds on the sidewalks!

Walking San Francisco

Gotta love the hilly streets. We definitely got our exercise!

Even Myah wanted to experience the uphill walks!

Playing in the hotel

Lombard-Crooked Street

 My dad really wanted to drive on the crooked street in a normal car because the last time he did was years ago in a high-top van. So his dream was fulfilled!

Looking up crooked street into the sun...hence my hand at the top blocking it!

Crooked street at night. We're at the top looking down.

Animation Mentor Open House

 Justin got to sign the Alumni wall

 This is Bobby Beck. He's the awesome guy who started the Animation Mentor school. We were able to talk to him a few different times and he was so fun! He has a daughter a few months younger than Myah, so it was cool to connect with our girls.

 Trying to win prizes

 My mom (of all people!) won Justin this AM shirt he's holding!

Animation Mentor Graduation!

 Waiting for it to begin.

There he is! Coming across the stage and down to his seat! It was so exciting to be there and celebrate all of Justin's hard work! I'm so proud of him!

All of the graduating students (who could come). This school is international, so there are people from all over the world!

Here are the 3 top guys who run AM.

Myah was great during the whole graduation. Here she is entertaining herself with a string on the seat cushion.

Getting his diploma! I was so proud!

The Mentors (professors) who could attend.

Yay!!

 One of Justin's classmates from the UK.

 Another from Turkey.

 Bobby Beck again.

 Myah was ready to go, as you can tell!

The Beach and Myah's 1st birthday!

We had so much fun at the beach! It was probably our favorite part! Myah also loved it, and good thing, because it was her birthday!

Eating lunch

Feeding the birds with grandpa. After we ate lunch we went down to the water and one time we looked up to our stuff on the sand and saw a bird flying away with Myah's sack of crackers! Justin chased after him and he dropped them, but the birds were very aggresive!

Yay for Myah turning one!

 Myah loved the sea shells and I love her dirty little feet!

 I love this picture of my parents!

 Justin rolled his pants up so he could go look for shark teeth!

 The guys looking for the teeth....though they could never find one.

 They got soaked though!

And my dad got Myah a ton of sea shells and sand dollars. She loved them! What a fun trip! ...sorry it was so incredibly long!