Steed's Dairy

Yesterday several Auxiliary families met together at Steed's Dairy for an afternoon of fun. We went last year and had a blast! Yesterday was pretty busy, but we managed and the boys crashed early last night. Of course, that's always a nice thing! I had girl's night to celebrate the fall birthdays, so Mark was able to take advantage of the early bedtimes. Yes, it was Anderson's birthday too! He enjoyed his day. When he woke up, I heard him say, "Today is my birthday!" I thought it was sweet. When Bently woke, he said, "Today is Bubba's birthday! Mine is Halloween." These boys have really been in to birthdays this year. I'll often here phrases like, "When I was your age..." Hello, you are both the same age now! Or "Look, see how tall I am now or see how big my hands are now." Funny boys!

When in Louisiana a few weeks ago, I let them make cupcakes and invited family over for a "fake" party or at least that's what Bently called it. Several were able to make it, but a few could not. We just have to make the most of it because it is super duper hard to see everyone. Anyways, here are a few pictures from that day too.

Have a good night and love to you all,
Amber

The boys with cousin Olivia!

Love the happiness i see in this picture!

Yay! New movies.

My almost 4 year old!

Best friends by choice!

First zip line.

Happy Birthday to you!

San Francisco!!

Mark has been working for months now on research. As much as I knew a trip would be nice, the research took a lot of family time away. But I knew it was important to him, so he went with it. The ASA was in San Francisco last week. Next year it will be in New Orleans. Kind of funny because SF reminded me of New Orleans with the homeless and trash, however it was beautiful. There would be times that I'd find myself constantly commenting on the scenery. Mark presented 4 presentations this year and is already working on things for other conferences and such. A hard worker indeed on top of daily duties at the hospital and a program that is not the best right now. The trip was wonderful and so nice to have time just he and I. Even more nice not to have to pay a sitter for that time! Our time in Augusta is going by so fast. Crazy to think that this time next year, he will have matched and we will know where we will be headed next!! Yes, our final destination aside from a real job. Wahoo!!! What an accomplishment it will be for him. However the thought of leaving these friends is already hitting both of us. God has been good through this journey and helped us along the way.

As for now, it's Anderson's birthday and I need to get them ready. We are headed to Steed's Dairy Farm today for some fun with friends!!

Dinner with friends the first night.

Breakfast pastries at the Market.

My friend, Yuliya. Her husband is Mark's chief this year.

Grace cathedral in Nob HIll.

Lombard Street or the "crookedist street"

We managed to have chocolate, hot chocolate, and an ice cream sunday here! However all the walking we did, we deserved it! :)

Restaurant on DDD

Mark's co-worker, Sehar. She and her family have an Indian Restaurant there, Chutney,  that we all ate at Sunday night.

Yes, that is chocolate!

AT&T Ball Park

We walked forever to find this place. A park with all sorts of food trucks! 

Of course, the sea lions!

Alcatrez. We did a boat tour to the bridge and past here. Because the government was shut down, the tours on Alcatrez were closed.

A real beauty!

Happy to have spent these days with him! Not sure if I'll make it to Montreal in the Spring or not.