On August 30th, Donovan and I had the opportunity to take a week long vacation to California! We spent the first 3 days on a houseboat owned by the Slosberg's (Donovan's best friend growing up) and then spent the last 3 days in San Francisco! We bought a new camera as a joint anniversary present before we left. It is an underwater camera and it is super cool!!! We took a lot of pictures of this trip and I am very glad we did!
The houseboat is located at Lake Don Pedro, about two hours southeast of Pleasanton. We drove up on Saturday afternoon. One of the biggest traditions in going to the houseboat is stopping at this great tacqueria in Oakdale, El Agave. I got perhaps the best shrimp burrito ever made! It lasted me a good three meals too! It was huge! Once we got to the boat, we had the most relaxing time. We would swim, read, eat, boogie board, hike, and play games. There was a lot of napping done as well! That was probably Donovan's favorite part of the trip! At night, Malik had an awesome laser that he would use to point out various stars and constellations to us. The sky was SO beautiful!
My family would be shocked to know that I actually PARTICIPATED in the water sports, knowing that I have a big fear of water and anything that involves my head going under water! I did some short roping. Basically, you tie the rope so it is about 10 feet behind the boat and then lay on a kneeboard. Donovan and Aaron were able to move up to their knee's (Aaron even surfed on it) but I just couldn't get quite that adventurous!
We had a really fun time and the trip couldn't have come sooner! We are just so bummed that it went by so quickly! We are so thankful to the Slosberg family for inviting us and for their hospitality! I'm thinking we need to make it a yearly tradition!
I will post in a couple days about the second half of our trip in San Fran! It was totally different than the first part, but just as fun!
I also wanted to thank all of you that have been finding us and posting to our blog! It is so fun to hear from old friends!
10 comments:
WOW you look AMAZING!!!!! I hope everything is going good for you. It was great to see ya. Lets keep in touch.
Whitney
(from Bon Losee)
So fun!! My parents have a house boat and it is seriously my favorite vacation--great mix of play and relaxation! ;)
I'm glad you guys had a great trip, we'll be in Cali over Christmas if you guys make it again!
I love the slide video. You crack me up! It was so fun to see you guys last month. Love ya!!
That looks like a ton of fun! Good to see an update-finally!! By the way, I got your message the other day, I will call you back sometime! We are super busy right now-- It's Football and Soccer season and for us that equals CRAZINESS!!!!
PS- you look awesome!
What a fun trip! I am glad you went picture crazy, just more for me to look at ! :)
That picture of you and Gabe under the boat makes me feel claustrophobic. I sure miss boating though. It's been a while.
Hey- I was asking Mindyn about you on Saturday. How are ya?? I was watching one of my old Bengal dancer videos and I could hear you yelling the background. It made me laugh. We always had a good time. Anyway- you look great! Keep in touch
Hey! You look great! So fun to find your blog!
Justina (from Bon Losee)
I laughed out loud on that video. You guys are HILARIOUS!! I just wish we could hang out! And you look SO GORGEOUS in all those photos!!
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