We were lucky to have Matt and Allison come visit us for a few days over Labor Day weekend. Steve dropped Anna and Matthew off at Grandma and Grandpa's early in the morning while I headed over to the airport to pick up Matt and Alli. We met up back at Steve's parents before we took off on the day's adventures.
The first stop was a must on Matt's list- Apple headquarters. Apparently, Apple is a second religion for Matt's family and he couldn't be so close without stopping by and getting a picture.
After that, we drove to San Francisco. This was my first trip as well and Steve hadn't been in more than 15 years. We went to the Golden Gate Bridge and walked to the middle and back. We were lucky and had a beautiful day with beautiful weather. We stopped briefly at the visitor's center to get a stamp in our National Parks book.
Pier 39 was next. After finding a parking spot (quite a feat in itself), we headed for a little restaurant for lunch. The highlight of the pier was going on the submarine tour. It was fascination to see where everyone slept and just how little space there is. Red October looks positively roomy! We also headed to the Boudin Bakery and bought some great sourdough bread for us and some for Steve's mom to say thank you for watching the kids all day. At this point we split up. Alli and Matt stayed behind to do some more sight-seeing and Steve and I headed home.
On Monday, we all headed to Monterey Bay Aquarium. We knew that it would be insanely busy because of the holiday, so we got there almost as it opened. It was great because it was so quiet. We got the whole deep sea window to ourselves. Matthew loved being able to see all of the fish so close.
Alli and Matt left us on Monday. It was really nice to get to know Matt a little before their big day in October.
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