San Francisco Birthday Getaway 2016

This year was the BIG ONE...the big 4-0.
Luke was going to take me somewhere, but didn't know where and wanted it to be a surprise. He had an opportunity to go to San Francisco and we said YES.
Luke's parents came down to the house on Wednesday afternoon. We fed the kids and then loaded up around 6pm. We stopped for dinner in Fresno! It was a great way to kick off the weekend. 

My last night in my 30's....drinking a raspberry lemonade! 

We checked into our hotel in Union Square around midnight. My mom sent me a text right around midnight wishing me a Happy Birthday and saying it was around this time that her water broke.  My mom is a night owl and she is usually the first one to wish me Happy Birthday first. :)
Thursday morning I slept in until 8:30 and then went shopping...and more shopping. Luke had to head out to some meetings, but we left the hotel at the same time. I ended up only having a juice from the "Pressed Juicery" to hold me over for dinner. 

 The birthday hat I bought myself. It's very comfortable! 

 I met Luke back at the hotel around 3:30, changed and got freshened up. Then we took a taxi over to the Wayfare Tavern for a 5pm dinner reservation. It was really good!

 We ended up walking back to the hotel on our way back. The walk wasn't as bad as we thought--and it was nice to walk off dinner. We also walked through Union Square and watched the ice skating before we went back to the hotel.

It was a great birthday and enjoyed so many messages and calls from friends and people I love. It really was a nice, relaxing day. I even went to Bloomingdale's and went to the Charlotte Tilbury counter to get my makeup done. #MyHeartBelongsToCharlotte hahahaha.

Friday morning was another relaxing day of shopping. Luke needed to leave the hotel a little earlier that morning for meetings, so I laid around for a bit. I eventually cleaned up and headed out for more shopping. I broke down and bought "The Cookie" from Bristol Farms and its the best cookie! They are on a hot plate, so they are warm and gooey! I could eat them all.

I also made my way over to Bloomingdale's again. I tried to stay away---but that's not possible. :)
Luke and I couldn't decide what to do for dinner. We had a few recommendation but didn't know what we felt like. We found this taqueria in the Mission District on Yelp, so we took a taxi over. It was a total hole in the wall that took cash only, but it was pretty decent. I had some chicken nachos and one crispy chicken taco. 
As soon as we were done we caught an Uber back to Union Square. Luke didn't think it was a good idea to walk around near the taqueria. Haha.

We walked around a bit before heading back to the hotel. Everything closed down at 9pm, so we didn't have too much time.

Saturday morning we went to breakfast at Dottie's True Blue Cafe. We waited in line, outside for about 40 minutes---but we have eaten there before so we thought it was worth it.

After breakfast I did MORE shopping. 

I also picked up Bristol Farms' "The Cookie" for Luke!

After Luke finished his meetings, we got on the road and headed back home to the bugs! Because of some traffic we got home a little later than anticipated.
Grandma and Grandpa Hogue took good care of the kids and entertained them while we were away. On my birthday Tubbs' nose collided with another kid's head playing soccer in PE. The school called me around noon and said they felt he needed to go home and might need to get his nose checked out. Tubbs didn't want to go home, but I felt so helpless not being able to see him myself. 

Poor little fella was ok--Grandma and Grandpa checked him over and they didn't feel like he needed to get any medical attention--so I felt better after talking with him. His little nose was swollen for a few days.
Other pictures from the weekend.....

 On Saturday morning, a friend from church picked up Wiggy so she could go to her friend's baptism and luncheon.