Sacramento

While we were up in the San Francisco area we knew we would have to make time to go visit our friends the Higginbothams who moved to Sacramento in June. It was so great to see them and to spend time with them again. They were nice enough to let us stay in their really cute new apartment which I became very jealous of immediately. They have a lot more space, a washer and dryer, a fitness center and a swimming pool! Cory (Dr. H) was able to take a couple days off from work to hang out with us, which was good for Andrew's sake as they were able to catch up on all of their xbox playing madness, which left Jessica and I plenty of time to talk.

We were only there for a few days but we had a lot of fun and were able to do quite a few things. We spent a lot of time just relaxing and hanging out. Brady has grown up so much in the past two months. He seemed to remember us and warmed up to us quickly. He is saying so many new words. He also makes funny animal sounds. Our favorite was his lyon roar. Check out this video.



If you didn't know already, it's really hot in Sacramento. (When I asked Andrew what we should title this post he said "Sacramento ... more like ... really hot place." He thinks he's funny.) We spent a lot of time hanging out at the pool. Brady has become quite the little fish.


We also spent a lot of time watching the Olympics. We also learned that Jessica was a gymnast and we got to watch some of her home videos of her gymanstic performances ... amazing! (Where is that blog post Cory?)

The first night we were there we went to Costa Vida for dinner. That may be one of the things that I am most jealous of. They have a Costa Vida near them!! If any of you haven't been to Costa Vida then you are missing out. It's exactly the same as Cafe Rio ... only better ... in my opinion (more options).
I usually get the pork salad. Mmmmm...delicious. I am constantly craving one!
This moment was too cute to not take a picture.
Jessica and I drove to downtown Sacramento to check out our state capitol building. We were lucky enough to get there during some sort of rally. We aren't sure what it was for, something about water. We were also able to go in and watch a couple minutes of a Senate and Assembly session. I'm such a history/government nerd, so it was exciting to me. It always makes me wish that I gone into something where I could work with government in some way or another.
The capitol building is beautiful. This is a picture of the dome inside.

We went to Governor Schwarzenegger's office, but we didn't' see him.
You know you're important when you have a policeman standing outside your office.
Here's the outside of the building.
We then went and walked around Old Town Sacramento. It's nothing like Old Town Pasadena. It is set up like an actual old town with old candy stores and antique shops. It was really cool though and we got some delicious much needed ice cream.
I also got the grand tour of Rocklin, the city where they actually live. They have a lot of cool stores and restaurants near them. And all of the places actually have their own parking lot, which we are not used to here in Pasadena. It's a great little area and I am so happy for them that they found such a nice place to live (I just wish it was a little closer to us!)