Yes, quilters, one of my wishes came true — our family tradition of visiting Fenton’s creamery and the Oakland Temple. Here are some of the highlights for my blog. There were five cameras at the table, which overwhelmed our new guest, Shannon. But when you have bloggers, you have cameras.
Our first stop was Fenton’s, with proof that we were here in time for holiday revelry.
Some happy faces at Fentons look like this:
Sisters-in-law who are more like Sisters…
It’s never enough to order just ice cream because they have a great grill, from which we ordered Ryan’s Heart-attack-on-a-plate, chili cheese fries to go along with his burger…
Kirsten’s club sandwich with curly fries,
and Guy’s Reuben sandwich.
Oh, by the way, Fenton’s is not a place for a diet or watching calories. This is our one time of the year to splurge. So, we order ice cream too… ; ) Which looks like this:
Robin and his (girl)friend, Shannon – too cute, huh?
So we share and then it looks like this:
So we have to walk off all of the lovely excess at one of the most beautiful spots on Earth, the Oakland Temple at sunset:
We walk around the upper level of the Temple (which is usually FREEZING cold) to see a beautiful view of “The City” (affectionately called by locals, aka San Francisco):
We’re not this close, this was just taken through telephoto lens. I was shooting for the Giants Ballpark (I don’t know what its’ name will be this year) but got a great shot of the skyline so you can see the TransAmerica and BofA buildings).
The flowers in the gardens are amazing. Do you have Rhododendrons like this where you live? During the winter?
How often do you see a cluster of roses like this? Just perfect!
We take pictures of each other, like these:
My kiddoes
Our newlyweds, even after two years.
Silly guy(s), or like father, like son ; )
You can get the most amazing pictures there, like this one:
and this really good (in my opinion) picture of me that Guy took:
Happy New Year, and happy quilting!!
Annie – that IS a really good picture of you!