TEENAGERS ONLY...

Brittany and Bethany finally turn 13 Aunt Anne decided it would be fun to take the girls off for a special weekend. We went to San Francisco Anne surprised us with a room at the Westin St. Francis right on the quad of Union Square. We had dinner at the Cheescake Factory at the top of MACY'S Here we all are waiting for the MUNI train we had walked from CHINATOWN down to EMBARCADERO St. and didn't want to walk the rest of the way to GHIRADELLI SQUARE we waited at the platform only to have two packed trains pass us by. We started walking and hailed a cab the rest of the way. We each ordered ICE CREAM and then we rode the TROLLEY back to Union Square and shopped at the big DISNEY store on the quad
Here Brittany is braving the TROLLEY. As we rode UP and DOWN the hills of San Fran Britt posed for onlookers who were taking pictures. One couple thought she was adorable and took another picture of her and Beth. They also enjoyed HIGH FIVING the passing Trolley cars as they went by us. We were so close to them that if you were standing on the outside (which we were) you had to take off any backpacks so they wouldn't bump the other Trolley cars. What a fun adventure. We actually rode the Trolley twice. We first caught it right at our hotel and rode to Chinatown and then we caught it on the PIER back up to the hotel.
Brittany and Bethany entertaining themselves as we wait for another train. We didn't wait that long, but we had a great time in the little while we did wait. These COUSINS always have a great time when they get together. We had a great dinner, then shopping and ended Friday night with a movie. We say Indiana Jones Britt and I had already seen it but we were more than happy to see it again. When we went back to the hotel we enjoyed our desserts from Cheescake Factory. We watched a little TV but we all were pretty tired so we zonked out.

Here the girls are making a toast to their teenage years they enjoyed their Shirley Temples and our dinners were all amazing. We had a fabulous time and only wish that Gramma Suzie could have been there to enjoy it with us. What a fun tradition I hope we do with the next batch of girls. We have twin and triplet cousin groups of girls and can't wait for the next adventure. Thanks Anne we had a memorable weekend.