Academy of Sciences in San Francisco
On Saturday, the Graffs, the Munozs and the St. Johns went to San Francisco to visit the California Academy of Sciences. I’d never been there before, but it was really cool. Not quite what I expected as it was mostly biological sciences, but still good.

First thing we did was tour the indoor rainforest. Definitely a cool experience with lots of butterfly, birds, bugs, and flowers…all inside of a dome. There was artificial UV light and misters to recreate the environment of the rainforest. It was a bit muggy and I think Nicole and I pretty much decided that the Amazon is a “no go” for future travels.

After that we toured the aquarium. Tons of people and felt like Disneyland. I’d say it wasn’t the best aquarium I’ve ever seen, but not too bad either. There was a good variety of fish, penguins, eels, etc.

We cut out of there around lunch time and had a picnic lunch in the park by the Academy of Sciences. It was so-so outside, but warm enough. We sat around a group of people and found that it was the regional yo-yo championships. Pretty bizarre really, but they do some crazy stuff with those things! We did not partake, but we did throw a football around and played games.

After lunch, we walked through the gardens and saw the flowers. There weren’t a lot…maybe too early in the year? Nicole went into the Japanese gardens and said it was a lot better.

Memorial Day
For Memorial Day, we went up to a park in San Ramon to hang out with friends. It was a great time and there was way better weather than what I had planned. It was potluck so we brought some sides and ate our faces off…at least I did =). I think we played about every sport that exists yesterday…squash, softball, volleyball, frisbee, football. I’m feeling it a little in the back muscles today. It was a lot of fun and good to get out and get some sun. After our party, we both relaxed and enjoyed the long weekend.

We have a ton of stuff coming up in June. Trips, graduations, birthdays, Doug’s bike race…more fun posts to follow!

Now back to the gingerbread houses…I feel like the girls got cheated…because ours was WAY better….

Here’s the guys house…

And here’s the girls house….

Now which one do YOU think is the best????

We also played a few games and just hung out. It was cool to have friends over, but we definitely realized that our townhouse isn’t too large. We rearranged a lot of the furniture so people could actually sit in a circle. No matter though, we had a good time.

Ben and Tiffany’s son, James, came and hung out too. I love that kid, but as you can see…he got the best of me.