American Girl Tea Party

For Christmas this year, Nana gave the girls a certificate for an American Girl tea party. It had to be reschedule and they were finally able to  schedule it for a Friday afternoon in May. Caitie was so excited!

Caitie said the desserts and pink lemonade were really yummy!

The pictures looked adorable! Glad they had so much fun!

Grandparents Day 2025

Grandparents 2025 looked adorable. Can't believe it is Patrick's last!

San Francisco- Easter 2025 (Part 4)

The kids slept in a little bit and played at the playground for the last time before heading to San Francisco. I really loved my morning walks to get coffee, it was just so peaceful.

Can't visit California without a stop at In-n-out burger. 

 

Made it to San Francisco. The lobby of the hotel was really cool.

We had wanted to try and go to Alcatraz, but we just didn't have enough time before the baseball game. So we went to the Pier to see the Sea Lions. The little two really loved watching them.

We also visited Ghiradelli and the kids were in Heaven!

We grabbed a few appetizers at San Francisco Brewing Company. 

Michael got a fun drink. 

Then we headed to the Giants game. We were really excited to experience a game in the stadium.

We had great seats with a beautiful view of the water. 

We had to order the famous garlic fries. They were good, but way too rich. We each only ate a couple.

It got cold towards the end of the game!

This is our 6th MLB stadium to visit.

San Francisco is beautiful at night!

Yosemite National Park- Easter 2025 (Part 3)

 The easter bunny visited us in Yosemite and the kids were so excited!

The resort in the morning was beautiful and peaceful. This was on my walk to get coffee from their coffee shop. 

The boys were asleep so Caitie and I sat outside and chatted while waiting for them to get up. 

Next up was trick-or-treating at the resort. I was so surprised at how many eggs there were and it was actually pretty challenging. Conor found one of the golden eggs and traded it in for a puzzle. 

We went to mass at the sweetest little church. We laughed so hard we cried during the homily. They also don't have many children attend this mass and so all of our children were part of the homily. The priest was so excited about the kids being there. It was definitely a memorable mass!

After mass we drove about an hour into the park and had brunch at the Awhanee. It is so beautiful inside!

This is the view right outside of the Awhanee. Beautiful all around. We changed out of our clothes at the hotel and then started a walk straight from the hotel. 

We arrived at the prettiest lake. There were sandbars all around and people hanging out enjoying the beautiful weather!

Mirror Lake was stunning! Can you see the reflection in the water? Amazing!

After hanging at the lake for a while, we headed to El Capitan meadow. We had snacks and drinks and enjoyed the view. The kids were also really good at spotting climbers on El Capitan. I wished we had brought our binoculars!

Picnic times in National Parks are my absolute favorite. Seriously, some of my best memories!

Walk back to the car was gorgeous too!

We soaked up our last time in the National Park at a river listening to music and hanging out. The boys had a contest to see who could hit that rock in the left hand of the picture and who could land one on top! It was a tough one!

Then back to the resort for more play time and dinner!

The bar was great and Michael and I got a drink while the kids played. 

The lobby was beautiful as well!

One last battle of shuffleboard before calling it a night!

We missed our family this Easter but really had a blast in Yosemite. It's hard to plan vacations with the kids busy schedules. We almost cancelled this trip and I am so glad we didn't. I know we will remember this vacation for a long time!