Christmas Week Part 2 - The Alspaughs

Once we said goodbye to Justin's family, we got to turn around and welcome mine!

We only had about a day and a half with them so there were fewer adventures but we still got to take in downtown Sunnyvale and Mountain View.

And, most importantly, we got to go here:

This is a huge museum detailing the last 2000 years of computing history, from the abacus to the debate between PCs or Macs.  My dad collects old computers, components, and other paraphernalia related to the development of computers so he actually has some of this stuff in his collection too but other things are really one-of-a-kind and really a special treat to see.  Even if you're not a huge computer nerd (we can't all be...), it's fun to see how much of the "history" you once owned (PalmPilot? Apple Newton? 3 1/2 inch floppy disk?).

Remember these?

Christmas Week Part 1 - The Chars

We've had Justin's family here for about 4 days and my parents for a couple days after that so this has basically been one long awesome Christmas week.

For the first time (including when we were living in Irvine) we were able to host a dinner in our apartment with people sitting at a table instead of on the floor.  With Justin's family we visited with other family members in the area (great-aunts, second cousins, etc.) and visited the Golden Gate Bridge.

We also explored Half Moon Bay to walk on the cliffs, see the seals, and eat lunch at a haunted restaurant that use to be a speakeasy (sadly there was no sign of the ghost that day). 

 

There were seals but the beach is closed to keep people from walking too close so I couldn't get a good picture.  Instead here's a picture of the sign:

Near the restaurant there was this sign.  Look closely - see those people out on the trail with the extreme danger?  Yep, those are my sisters-in-law.

 Visits with the Chars are always an adventure!