Yosemite

When Jordan went back to grad school, we realized our days of living in the Bay Area might be limited, since we have no idea where life will take us after he graduates.  There are many places we still want to explore around here, so we began planning small weekend trips to our top destinations.  Yosemite was at the very top of that list.  During Jordan's trip home over summer break, we took an overnight trip to the park.  We left early on a Saturday morning, explored the park that day, then spent the night in a tent cabin.  We don't own any camping equipment so that's about as close to camping as we're going to get in the near future.  It was a bit of a crazy undertaking because Jordan had a flight back to Boston on Sunday at 8pm.  But having extended forced family time right before he left for fall semester was a perfect choice.  Predictably, the girls fought, we became impatient, everyone got tired of the car . . . but we also laughed, told scary stories at night, saw breathtaking views, and formed memories none of us will forget any time soon. 

Pictures of Jordan with all his girls: 

I believe this is the view that Clara and Evie tried to refuse getting out of the car for because "the view doesn't look that great anyway."  They both conceded they were wrong after I insisted they get out.

 Sleepy heads: