Parents and more...

Jeff's parents came to visit from Feb. 1-Feb. 8. They were pretty busy while they were here. We toured San Francisco, Monterey Bay, and they were able to go to Sacramento and Tahoe. We had a great time visiting with them and took a ton of pictures. Here are just a couple of the visit:

Above: Jeff, Heidi, Andy, and Miki in front of the Golden Gate Bridge

Below: All of us in front of the entrance to Muir Woods

Above: The sea lions hanging out at Pier 39
Below: One of my favorite things we did with Andy and Miki was go whale watching in Monterey. We were lucky enough to see a pod of about 40 orchas! It was absolutely amazing. Jeff and I took a ton of pictures, but they are hard to catch. Below is a picture of one of the whales popping out of the water.

We had a great week with them and we hope they had as much fun as we did!

Last Monday, Bill Clinton visited Pacific and I was able to go and watch his speech and do a meet and greet with him afterwards. It was pretty cool to see a former president!

This past weekend was a wine and chocolate event in Lodi. On Saturday, we rented a 12 passenger van and visited a few of the wineries.
Above: the group at the van with grape vines in the back

Below: the group in front of some wine barrels

We had a great time, tasted wine, and ate delicious chocolates! After, we went to Jeremy's for dinner and had a little going away party for Jeff. Oh, in case you didn't know, Jeff will be moving back to MN this weekend!

I will keep the posts coming when I am able to. I have a few conferences coming up in San Francisco and Boston. I am also hoping to do a few more excursions before I move back to MN in late May.