The Pooler's Come to Town!

Just a few days after my sister and her girls left, my in-laws came to visit for a week. We had been anxiously anticipating their visit for a long time and it was every bit a s good if not better than we had hoped for. The girls were so excited to have them here and ad justed very quickly to having Grandpa and Grandma here.

Their visit started with an Easter egg hunt in our little community and coloring eggs for Easter. It was nice for us to have family in town to celebrate Easter with and share in the girls excitement over finding hidden eggs and getting their Easter baskets.

We had a fun week with Grandpa and Grandma and we went to the playground, the Monterrey Bay Aquarium, a local state park and into San Fran.

We had saved the trip into San Fran until Saturday to avoid traffic. The day ended up being unseasonably cold and very windy. Our first stop of the day was the marina (my favorite part of San Fran). When we got out of the car, we walked over to a sidewalk that had a brick wall and steep slope into the ocean. I was in charge of the double stroller at this point (and now probably never again!) which was thankfully empty at this point. The wind was really whipping and I wasn't holding onto the stroller and was taking a picture on my phone to send to my sister, so I didn't notice the stroller start to move away from me. By the time I noticed, the stroller was out of my grasp and headed for the steep brick walled slope into the Pacific. I watched in horror as my stroller flew over the edge and tumbled into the ocean, then I stood and screamed and yelled like a banshee and attempted to throw myself over the ledge to get the stroller.

Thankfully I am a chicken when it comes to water and even more thankfully Chris kept a calm head and found a place to get down onto the slick, wet bricks and make his way to the stroller before the tide carried it out to sea! He was able to get the stroller, we pulled it up over the wall and he was able to spend the rest of his day in the city in jeans, socks and sneakers that were soaked with ocean water. I felt horrible for my stupidity and subsequent disaster that took place but I was eternally grateful that no one was hurt (just my pride!) and that the stroller did dry out very quickly with minimal damage, but most of all that I had a husband willing to risk life and limb to get the stroller and subsequently momentarily shut me up!

The rest of the day was fun and we were able to show the Pooler's some highlights - the harbor seals, sourdough bakery, the pier area, marina, Golden Gate Bridge, etc. We were very sad to see them leave to go home on Sunday, but we had a fun week and we look forward to seeing them this fall when we go East for Courtney's wedding!

The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
- Psalm 116:5