Sam's Stay

Sam came to visit in California for a week over the summer and it was so much fun. We spent a day in San Francisco with my mom and Ellen, where we walked around, shopped, ate, and took lots of pictures. We also went to the river with some friends and to Marine World, it was a great week.

Coit Tower in the background

My mom and Ellen, unknowingly came with twin outfits.

[A delicious breakfast at Sears Fine Food]

The top of Lombard Street with the bay in the background

The Golden Gate

Cliff jumping at the American River in Sacramento

After rafting

Sam, me, Amy, and Andrew

we were all hiding behind Andrew trying not to get wet

We have always wanted to make boxer shorts so we decided this week would be the perfect time to do it. We bought 'practice' American flag material that was pretty similar to a table cloth material. It was a good thing we had practice material though, because our plan of tracing shorts and sewing the two sides together did not work as well as we hoped. We ended up with some good shorts, with a lot of help from my Grandma Toolson, equipped with a drawstring, and matching headbands. Success.