The Grooms Family

Jul 21, 2009

San Fransisco Saturday!

This past Saturday we packed up the car and drove the hour and hlaf to San Fransisco for the day! I was sooo excited, because I has always wanted to go there and see the Golden Gate bridge!

View of Alcatraz coming over the Bay bridge into San Fransisco

Bay Bridge into SF

First views of the city

The streets looked exactly what I pictured them as....very very steep hills!!!

Campbell and I standing in front of all the boats at Pier 39

Alcatraz(view from Pier 39)

Tracy and Mary Kate at Bubba Gumps on the Pier

Campbell and I cheesing

Our only Family shot of the day!

The sea lions are notorious on Pier 39....they lay out everywhere.

Kinda stinky...and they made lots of sounds!

This guy was really making some noise!!!

Campbell climbed up on the steps to see them better...she thought they were very cool!

Cotton Candy break!

Mary Kate still doesn't know what to think of it exactly!

Sign at The Fisherman's Wharf where everything was happening

Campbell riding on Tracys shoulders

Pier 39 at Fisherman's Wharf....ALOT was going on!

The Bubba Gump sign

The girls passed out as soon as we got back into the car........unfortunatley they missed the Golden Gate bridge!

First Views of The Golden Gate bridge as we headed toward it

Getting closer....and I was getting a little nervous!

Going over the Golden Gate bridge!!!!!!!!!

View of the vity from the bridge

After we had gotten over the bridge we drove down a winding road into the area where the coast guard and I think a base of some sort was. Their was a viewing pier you could walk out on and look back at the bridge....Tracy went and took some pics while I stayed in the car with the sleeping girls.

It was absolutley breathtaking!!!

We had a great family day in such the beautiful cityof San Fransisco! We actually headed back downtown for a dinner before heading back to our hotel.

CA...random pics

During the week the girls and I just hang at the pool, shop and hang out since Tracy works during the day.

Campbell and Mary Kate enjoying the pool!

Campbell swimming

Since she started swimming under the water now...we got her goggle so she could open her eyes to see!

Playing on the play area in the GINORMOUS mall here......I mean the biggest I've ever seen!

Campbell and Mary kate with their new shades on!

Jul 15, 2009

Cam swimming

Campbell is doing so well at swimming...I finally got a video this morning at the hotel pool!

Visiting Kimsey Drew Givens

This actually occured last week...and I realized I never blogged it! Coming back through Nashville last Thursday we stopped by Vanderbilt to see our friends Caryn and Andrew who had just had baby Kimsey! She was precious...with a head full of dark hair!

Proud new parents.....Andrew, Caryn and Kimsey Givens!

This isn't really a great shot...cause you can't really see Kimsey, but Andrew took it...ha!

On way to California!!!

Yesterday we made it to California...after a very long and exausting day! We are here with Tracy in Sacremento....we plan on going to San Fransisco, wine country, and hopefully to see Redwood National Park! I have always heard this part of California is very pretty!!!

Here are some pics of the girls on the plane....excited at first...then passed out..ha.

More pics to follow of our trip!!!!!

Jul 11, 2009

Visit to see my Grandmother

This past week we finally made a long awaited trip up to to see my grandmother who is about to be 93 in a few weeks! Her house sits on the Tn/VA border...about 30 min from Bristol. She can't get around well physically....however her mind is still so sharp! It is truly amazing what all she still does....including teaching her Sunday School class every Sunday morning. We don't get up there nearly enough, but the girls warm up to her every time without hesitation.

This is Campbell talking to her right after we had gotten there.