We decided to visit San Mateo since Kavitha had gone to Chicago during the summer to help care for my dad after he had a cardiac triple bypass surgery in July. The hard part was working out the timing. The Hancock girls decided to go to Tupelo for Thanksgiving, so we had the Gilliam family to the house at the same time. Kristen had planned a trip to Mexico in December, so we had limited time to get a trip in! We decided to go to California right before Christmas.
We got there on Friday night after a long day of travel (stopover in Las Vegas where Melody and I played a dollar in slots). We had a narrow escape from problems when a fine lady from Southwest magically rescued the tickets I had apparently NOT purchased for Melody and Kristen. We had to move our flights a little later, but we made it to Oakland and rented a car for the 40 min drive to San Mateo. Melody and Kristen stayed in Devika's room and Randall and I stayed downstairs where Pokey held fort.
The next day, we just visited in the morning with them but we later took a ride out to the Foster City area while Kavitha stayed at the house waiting for Madhu and Riya. We had lunch at Jack's Prime Burger and Shakes for lunch. We walked around and took pics (of course). Afterward, we went to Kavitha's friend to have threading done, and Madhu and Riya met us there with Devika. We also went to the grocery store and took pictures with Santa!
The next day, we met Kavitha's friend Becki Hughes to get pictures made. Unfortunately, Riya ran a low fever so we made it quick. We stopped by Stanford on the way back and had lunch at the Palo Alto Creamery downtown. We tried to find Mark Zuckerburg but didn't spend a lot of time looking for him. However, we walked around the downtown Palo Alto area and wondered how much you had to spend to live there! That evening, we exchanged presents and had a great time.
While this was all going on, Randall had been trying to get things fixed at Kavitha's house. He replaced her showerhead, replaced the door knob in the kitchen, and a few other things. So during this visit, we made a few stops at Lowes and Home Depot, also. :)
On Monday, we did a tour of the area. We stopped at Apple Headquarters, Intel, and had lunch at In N Out Burger. We also did a tour of Levi's Stadium and spent a lot of time learning about the 49ers. This was not Randall's team, but it was pretty cool being at the place the Super Bowl was going to be hosted in about a month. It was a bit rainy, but we still got to go out on the field, sit in the stands, and visit the locker rooms. Unfortunately, the rain kept on so we didn't get to visit Google Headquarters.
The next day, we stayed close to the house and just played with Devika and Riya. We had a nice dinner and enjoyed being together. We also went to San Carlos and toured the street that had the amazing Christmas lights. It was so great! We stopped for yogurt on the way home.
We had an early departure the next day but what a great time with family, and also for Kristen and Melody to get to know Randall a little better. I was so grateful!
Randall: Cool and rainy so no Golden Gate.
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