I’ll really miss these wonderful breakfast buffets every morning…

Our walk this morning is guided by a naturalist through the Yosemite valley.

Our home for the night: The Majestic Yosemite hotel. Its name says it all.  Built in the 1920″s with stunning views and exceptional architecture. The Majestic Yosemite Hotel was specifically designed to highlight its natural surroundings, featuring Yosemite Falls, Half Dome and Glacier Point.

Dinner at the Majestic Yosemite Hotel Dining Room

Kids went out to town with our leaders for dinner while the adults enjoyed fine dining.

Exploring the hotel:

Great Lounge

Solarium room: letting in the bright mountain sunshine

The biggest fireplace I’ve seen.

Winter Club Room

Mural room

Breathtaking sunset. My camera couldn’t capture it but the colors looked exactly like Mac OS X screensaver of Half dome…

Kids came back from dinner and they were having a blast running around on the lawn.

Can you see the kids?

Lovely to see these kids forming a new friendship. 

Hiding behind the bush?

We woke up early to fill us up with a healthy breakfast before beginning our adventure today.

Then we went to the trailer where our leaders have prepared variety of food so we can grab & pack our lunches  before heading out to Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias~

Sweet tiny strawberries

Happy 4th! 

We are smelling Ponderosa Pine bark which smells like vanilla or butterscotch

Our home for the first night: Tenaya Lodge

Shane hit it off with the other boy at the pool. 🙂  A beginning of a new friendship…

After swim, we gathered for cocktail hour  

followed by BBQ dinner with a live concert

Smores!

Shane showing off his dance moves.

fortnight dance off.

Before I die…

Chloe: Ride a bear!!!
Shane: Do stuff 🙂

We rode a ski lift to the top

Bacci Ball

Cheers to today’s adventure~

Many faces of Shane:

Camera smile

silly smile

“I told you so” face

“Listen to me” face

“Yeah, that’s right” face

Salty face

“what’s looking at?”face

Everything we had was absolutely delicious! What a beautiful day!

We rented a car to drive to Napa.

Picnic at V. Sattui Winery

Wine Tasting

Chloe saying grace

De~licious !!! 

Can’t pass gelato~

We flewed to San Francisco this morning and here we are having a delicious dinner with my cousin’s family.

Thank you for treating us to dinner! It was soooo good to see you guys!

Today is the first day of vacation and this morning, Chloe comes downstairs with her math workbooks. So proud of her for wanting to do well at school on her own.

Breakfast: sautéed vegetable with egg, blueberries with cottage cheese

Lunch: salad with steamed shrimp & smoked duck 

Shane doing his chores: folding laundry…