Fall Festival!

It turned out to be a beautiful morning for fun fall activities!! There was a bit of chaos as the morning went on, but a good way to get out of the house. The kids made some cute pumpkins, did games, rides, and ran around the pumpkin patch.

Katelynn and Zoe....too cute!

Oh...did I mention Craig was sweating too....is this a Schwantz thing??

Austin was a maniac on the dance floor....and sweating as well!!

Dancing Away....the kids were SOOO excited to DANCE!! This picture is one of my favorites ever! It took awhile for Gpa Steve to get her to dance..then she wouldn't stop!! Gpa was really sweatin'!!

Lindsay & Jayme's Wedding!!!!

Katelynn and Drew were flower girl and ring bearer this weekend! I am biased, but they were the CUTEST little ones ever!! They looked adorable together and they did a GREAT job! Krista and I were proud Mom's. I took soooooooo many cute pics but here are a few. The wedding was really beautiful...what a great day!!

Having fun on Highway 1??!!

Craig loves steep roads that wind and go up and down and all around....and of course offer beautiful views. I reluctantly agreed to ride along on Highway 1. I told him I am glad he makes me do these things or I would miss out on all this beautiful stuff! I was completely terrified driving up the mountain looking over the ocean and doing hair pin turns with no guardrails!!! However, the view was incredible. We got out at the turnouts quite often and saw lots of awesome things!

Pfeiffer beach (Craig's favorite)

purple sand, wind, waves, rocks, cold water!!

Bixbie's Bridge (kind of intimidating, glad we took the pictured AFTER we made it across!)

Cafe/Restaurant at Big Sur...very cool view...very expensive!!

Waterfall (left side of cliff, not too much water this time of year)

Beginning our journey on Hwy 1!! Yikes!! Can you see the road?

Elephant Seals...weird looking things. They throw sand on themselves to keep cool, and move around every once in awhile!

Made it home this afternoon. What an awesome trip. I was SOOOOO glad to see the kids and glad to be home!!

AT & T PARK

Giants vs Padres

The knotholes...people can walk behind the stadium by the water and watch the game through the holes!

The famous kayaks....not as many as when Barry Bonds was playing! (these people wait for homeruns to be hit and then charge after them!)
Awesome view from our seats! Very sunny however! Craig and I got a little more sun than planned. The weather is weird here..one minute it's hot and sunny and then you move somewhere else and it's windy and cold!

The "guzzler"...it's a kids zone out in left field with a mini field and slides inside the coke bottle!

Awesome ball park...awesome day....awesome game! The Giants won 9-4. It was a great day for a game! Uribe from the Giants had 2 homeruns and a triple!

AT & T Park is a must see on my stadium list! One of my top 3 forsure. What a beautiful view from where we sat (upper level 3rd base/left field). Walking around the stadium there is a lot to see (and eat)! Parking was interesting: we picked up our car downtown this am and had to park for the game. Most thought the meters were free since it was Labor Day....we were going to move our car to a closer meter and then found out they weren't free and someone was writing $60 tickets! Craig found this "shady" garage where they take your keys and park for you! yikes! Only 2 blocks away and $15 (the other lots were $20 and $30!) We were relieved when our car was still there and we found our way to our hotel in San Jose tonight. We had supper at Santana Row (fun shops/restaurants/musicians). A drive along the coast tomorrow!

Highlights from the day.....what an AMAZING city!!

Alcatraz

Golden Gate Bridge...(after the fog finally lifted)


Sausalito island (our final destination on our bikes! Rode the ferry back.)

After biking across the Golden Gate Bridge! Hard work (i thought). Bridge was really foggy so you couldn't see around much until the last part...then awesome!

Our bike tour!

We walked up this crazy hill to the Coit tower in the back and then walked back down.....



...and then walked up Lombard street (the crookedest street)

we decided to take a cable car from there to Fisherman's Warf. We even hung on the handles outside!! FUN times!

After a fun wine reception at our hotel and supper at a cool restaurant we stumbled upon for supper we are finally back at our hotel with sore feet (and legs!). We ate a Lefty's bar...but the food was cafeteria style and you actually went through with a tray! Full of baseball memorabilia...really neat!

Giants game tomorrow and I can't wait!

Not so great ballpark, but a great ballgame....Oakland A's vs Seattle

view from our seats...not bad! We had e-tickets printed for the 1st time. We were relieved when they worked!

It was breast cancer awareness night. They had 500 survivors parade on the field and make a ribbon...very cool! They released doves as a sign of hope and they flew around in circles...it was so neat!


The first 10,000 fans (including Craig) got pink "pashminas"..I am sporting mine here! They are awesome. Even the men were wearing them all around. (Katelynn gets Daddy's!) Mom and Rach, I know you are jealous! :)

The Oakland Colliseum...not a beautiful park. We rode the Bart from our hotel, UNDER THE BAY!!, and over to the ballpark....not so impressed with Oakland. However, I told Craig it was still nice to watch a ballgame outside on a nice night. The game was good, lots of scoring and the home team won!

YAY!! San Francisco! Walking out from our hotel and seeing this view was really fun!!! I love this city already. We flew out early this am into San Jose and took the Cal Train to downtown San Fran and walked along the bay to our hotel. We walked right by AT &T park which was awesome. I have to thank my husband again for doing an awesome job of getting us on the right planes, trains, and BARTS!! Very smooth traveling. Tomorrow we get to explore the city!

Sleep Over!!

Making pancakes with "frinkles" (sprinkles!)

Sleeping bags lined up for the movie!

Having "floats" (Tyden's favorite part!)

Tyden had been waiting for his 1st sleepover at Auntie Jen's house. He slept over friday and had so much fun with his cousins!

Here they are doing crafts!

Someone in the Schwantz house
has a fancy new FAVRE jersey.....and it's not Craig!! :)