what have we been up to?

we haven't been writing! that's what we've been up to...

we bought some really tasty matcha from a tea place in a mall! if you've never had matcha or made matcha at home, it's a completely different experience. i am still practicing...

as usual, we had to get out of the city (out of the cold and fog), so we headed north beyond the golden gate bridge and found an ecological reserve (very close to san quentin prison).

after walking around the reserve, we went to china camp and played around climbing the rocks. eugene even skipped some rocks for fun!

last weekend, we headed out to mt. diablo to hike. the original goal was to hike to the summit...until we saw that it was over 7 miles to hike to the summit. after walking for about 1.5 miles, we were completely burned out by the sun so we turned right back and headed home. we'll try again one day when it's way way cooler...

as a final farewell to summer (eugene started school again this week), we headed down to san jose to the winchester mystery house. we did a complete tour, with a tour of the mansion itself and a behind-the-scenes tour. if only we had such a big house...imagine all the possibilities and closets!