So, it has been a long time. A real long time. Neither one of us has posted for almost a month now. We have had one crazy month, with traveling all over the place, dealing with our house being on the market, summer colds upon summer colds and little C popping a whole mouth full of teeth at once, we have been busy. I can honestly say that I have ignored this blog, all the blogs I usually read, facebook and the internet all together pretty well for the past month. If I could not do it from my phone, it did not get done. I know my poor laptop feels neglected. I am normally pretty adamant about trying to do a post a week, but I will admit it has been kinda freeing not worrying about it. One of our biggest highlights over the past three weeks or so has been a trip that Jay and I took to San Francisco, by ourselves, without baby! We had a great time and really fell in love with the city, got to try some fun restaurants, see some great sites and catch up with an old friend. Here are some of our favorites from the trip...
The city was prettier and cleaner than I think either one of us was expecting.
We got the best tour in town from Stephan.
Stephan was a groomsman in our wedding and Jay has been talking about going out to see him for years.
He even had three bikes that we could ride around town, it was perfect!
The first time that I had seen the Pacific, it was a bit chilly!
Some credit should go to Jay who offered to ride the bike with no gears through this very hilly city.
For the most part we rode through Golden Gate Park and saw all of the interesting sights. At one point we were forced off of the streets because a Hare Krishna parade was coming down the street. I didn't mean to be disrespectful, but it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. The people seemed to be really into it though!
Some golden gate shots.
And our standard hand shot that we take everywhere we visit for the past eight years. 
I was surprised at how windy it was. There are no pictures of me that were acceptable because I am wrapped up like I should have been in that parade at Golden Gate Park. 
We love visiting as many national parks as possible. Checked off our list...Muir Woods and the redwoods.
They were actually so big and close, they were difficult to photograph. Here is a shot of Jay with some of the big girls, so you can see just how big they are. They really were very beautiful.
On the top of both of our lists was of course, Alcatraz. We knew that we needed to get tickets at least a week in advance. When Jay went to order them they were sold out about a month out. We were both totally bummed, but because Jay is totally awesome and persistent he somehow scored us two tickets one morning.
They ship you over on a huge boat.
And we had to sit on the very top to get the best views. Good thing I came prepared with my windbreaker. It was needed and used.
Views from the boat ride.
Old apartment buildings and homes where workers of the prison and their families once lived.
A standard cell.
Ruins of where the warden once lived with a great view of the city.
One of the cells that actually had a successful escapee! 
A street car ride was a must, more expensive than a taxi, but a experience that I had to have!
A view of the super cool gears that run these things up and down the hills.
Manly men of Fishermans Wharf.
Sea Lions on the pier. My favorite was the one on the bottom right.
I named him Freddy Mercury, he reminded me of him, don't you think?
Although our summer has been jammed packed, it has been a memorable one! Hope you are having a summer full of memories as well. I forgot how much I enjoy blogging and chronicling our little lives, I think my sabbatical is over!
-melissa