The Hartmann Family Blog

Grandma's June Visit, Part 1

Grandma came up for a visit in June and brought Brandon. Double-yay! Brandon turned 12 on June 10 so I took him to California Great Adventure for his present. We had a blast! That roller coaster behind Brandon was their newest one and had an almost vertical drop- so scary! We had to go on it twice.

The next day we went to Monterey to check out the aquarium. We had lunch at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Company.

Brandon got a new hairdo...

and seriously , this is the most amazing aquarium ever!!

Fun for all ages, I tell you!!

The giant clam almost closed on us but luckily Brandon has been working out...

Look out, Kaylee!!! Incoming!!!

Time for sugar! And a punch to the face, me harties!

Santa Cruz beach is COOOOLLLLDDDD!!!! (I'm still shivering!)

Of course the girls were totally fine with the weather and romped around in the water like we were in the Caribbean.

But as you can see from this picture, I am wearing a sweater! Underneath the sweater is a towel over my bikini. It. Was. Cold. But I'm glad we braved it and enjoyed the beautiful California coastline.

We warmed up at Starbucks afterwards!

March Against Monsanto, May 5 mother-son adventure

People that know me know how passionate I am about the whole non-GMO debate. So when I heard about a global "March Against Monsanto" Day I was in! I figured it would be the kind of thing that you bring your 12 year old to and give them some real-life experience. How cool to attend this at any age and support such a great cause, right?

The speakers were very inspiring and some of the signs and costumes really got the point across.

But the best part was probably the march down to the Emarbadero.

After the march we decided to keep walking down by the waterfront. We checked out this cool rickshaw/camera obscura courtesy of the Expolratorium.

Then we headed to Ghirardelli. I mean, do you even have a choice when you are in SF?

And then Brandon did a little Parkour to burn off the sugar...

Happy 4th Birthday, Sweet Kendall! May 15, 2013

We had a little celebration and adventure in honor of our biggest girl's 4th birthday. We invited Omi and Aunt Lizzy to join us. We took the girls horseback riding for the first time! They were absolutely enthralled!

Then we headed over to the Cheesecake Factory for some grub.

I have a big 4 year old! Life just gets more and more fun with you, Sweet Kendall! Thanks for keeping Daddy and me on our toes! We love you so, so much. XOXO, Mommy

Fun Day in San Francisco

We decided to take the kids to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco...we had a blast on the Merry Go Round, played in the park where Kendall slid down a rock slide on cardboard with about a million other kids for about 2 hours! While she and dad were busy doing that (and I can't believe I didn't get a picture of it), Kaylee and I enjoyed a little bit more variety in our experience...