Weekend #2 with Uncle Dustin - Legends at Candlestick Park

A few weeks after his last visit, Uncle Dustin came down to celebrate another fun event with us -- Legends at Candlestick Park!  The 49ers football stadium is set to be demolished in a few months, and so they organized one last game between 49ers legends and NFL legends as a way to say farewell to the iconic venue.  We got to watch Jerry Rice and Steve Young take on Dan Marino and a host of former NFL players -- it was a dream come true for these kids of the 80's!

Lindsay and Daddy at Candlestick Park

The Legends take the field!

Newest 49ers Fan

These two were so excited to see their childhood heroes play ball!

This one was just excited for the popcorn... 

And sitting by Uncle Dustin...

And doing the wave. :)

She also fell in love with "49ers Cow".  Yes, that's his official name, no matter how many times we tried to persuade her to name him something different. 

The 49ers won, of course... on a questionable last play where the other team let us run in for a touchdown.  Hey, a win's a win!

We love that Uncle Dustin can come down and visit us so often now!  Time for us to head up to Seattle to visit him!

Happy 4th of July from San Francisco!

Happy 4th of July!  We spent this beautiful NorCal weekend hanging around town and grilling in the backyard.  I still cannot get over the crazy perfect weather around here!  We spent most of our afternoon at the Google campus checking out the Android statues before watching fireworks on TV.

4th of July treat at Tin Pot Creamery -- "ice cream with a face"!

The "Android statues" are statues outside of the Android building on Google's campus that represent the operating systems they have created.  Google named their operating systems after desserts, so each statue looks like a giant yummy treat, especially to a 3-year-old.  They are quite possibly Lindsay's favorite thing in California -- she always wants to go visit the androids!

Walking around the Google campus

Ice Cream Sandwich android

Loving on the Kit-Kat android

She was determined to get a picture of "the biggest cupcake in the world"

Her photography skills are getting better!  Mommy and Daddy in front of the Gingerbread android

After visiting the statues, we tried to get a holiday family photo in the backyard... with mixed results.

Not bad for a selfie with a DSLR camera!

A selfie was harder with 3 people... very blurry.

We found our camera timer, but it was hard to explain to her when to smile!

This was as good as it gets, folks!

Maybe one of these days we'll be able to go see the fireworks instead of watching them on TV... but until then, Happy 4th of July from our family to yours! :)

Weekend #1 with Uncle Dustin

For Christmas, I got Todd tickets to see the NASCAR race in Sonoma.  Since it didn't look like something Lindsay would really enjoy, we invited Dustin down for the weekend for a double-header of a Drum Corps International contest and a road course race!

Lindsay was very excited to see Uncle Dustin again!

Checking out the bands at DCI West at Stanford Stadium

Silly girl... at least she's looking at the camera!

Drum Corps always put on great shows!!

I didn't get any pictures from the NASCAR Race, but Todd and Dustin said it was really fun.  And not really a place for a 3-year-old.  We watched the race from home, and Lindsay was excited that one of her favorite drivers won -- she loves it when Carl Edwards do a back-flip off of his car!