May

The month started off with Adam's 7th birthday.  Odd numbered birthdays are quieter for us.  We keep it to just family and do fun things together.  It was raining that day, so we went bowling, and then home to have ice cream and presents.

 

 

  Adam has never been a cake fan (he just licks off the frosting), so we do large ice cream sundaes for his birthday treat.

A couple of weeks later, Aaron's dad was in town for business and stopped by to drop off birthday presents for Adam.  One of them was this awesome Lego Spaceship.  Adam put it all together by himself, and he loves it.

Also in May, the entire 4th grade at the boys' school had a big 3day/2night field trip to Point Bonita.  It's across the bay from us, so not too far, and beautiful.   Samuel and I both went, and I arranged playdates for Adam after school until Aaron could pick him up.

The weather was pretty good the entire time we were there - not too hot or too cold.  We were at the YMCA camp and had guided tours and activities.  I was a room mom for some of the girls and Samuel stayed in the boys cabins.

 

We got to go see an old army base/museum.  We got an up close look at some of the old missiles that were used during WWII.

 One of the cooler things we did was ride down with this missile shell's elevator into the silo underneath.  It was amazing and the kids were pretty giddy.  I have some great video clips that I'll have to put up later.

On our last day, we walked out to the Point Bonita Lighthouse.  What a fantastic view!  My camera doesn't do it justice.  We got to see the Golden Gate Bridge from the west side and you better a much better idea as to why it's called a gate :)

The lighthouse itself was closed, but we were able to walk around and take pictures.  It sticks out far enough that you can see up and down the coastline and see at least two other lighthouses!  Samuel and I had a great time, but were happy to get home.