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So, my awesome friends in Maricopa gave me these tickets to see this game.  I had planned to go with Michael, but since Ethan had recently been having seizures, I decided to leave him home with his dad, and take Em.  She was so much fun!  She loved watching the game (well, what she could see . . . she has an appointment scheduled to get her eyes checked and she needs it).  She also had fun cheering, eating ice cream and taking some pictures with the camera (it has great zoom).  Such a fun girl date!  I love baseball. Diamondbacks ended up losing, by lots, but we still had a blast being together! My cute girl Em took this picture Huge sundae . . . she loved it! Me and my Em

Sunday I woke up and the plan was to be able to see Ghirardelli Square, Lombard Street and the Golden Gate Bridge before my flight.   There was always a line up super long to ride the cable cars . . . but I did enjoy watching them turn it in the roundhouse at the end.  Very neat! Ghirardelli Square Quickie walk through of the process of making chocolate.  This part was a let down to me because I have been to the Hershey factory in Hershey, PA, and they have a whole ride and it is LONG!  This took me about 3-4 minutes total to walk by and I was walking SLOWLY! I started to walk up the street/hill toward Lombard St.  Thank goodness for GPS and how it made it easy for me to find places.  As I was walking I saw Alcatraz Island and thought it looked cool from where I was. View of the city and the crazy streets uphill   Lombard Street -- the crookedest road I saw these cool flowers on the way back down toward the harbor

Happy Mothers Day to me!  Due to the fact that I have been feeling extremely burned out as a parent, my husband said I could go on a little mom vacation, just me, somewhere not too far away/not too expensive and explore, relax, etc.  I decided to go to San Francisco because I had never been there.  I arrived really late Friday night and it was kind of creepy to be in a city I did not know at all, but an awesome guy on my flight stayed with me until my GPS on my phone located where I needed to be headed and I was okay and on my way.  I checked in to my hotel and was quite happy with where I had chosen.  It was lovely.   The next morning, I slept in.  When I woke up, I watched the news (not cartoons) while I got ready for the day and then went off exploring. I took about a bazillion pictures, so I apologize in advance.  I will try to only post my absolute favorites!   View that I woke up to out of my hotel window (totally forgot to close the shades)   Views from my walk d