Part II: San Jose

We made really good time to San Jose - just over 5 hours. Earlier than what Truong and I expected. If we hadn't made that 60 minute "breakfast" stop, I'm sure it would have been some kind of record. It's just before 9:00am and we have an hour until miniature golf so we decide to head home, drop stuff off, say HI to mom and head back out to Milpitas (another 20 minutes north). But just as we get to the exit, Malia finally decides to take her nap - of course - so we keep on driving and get to the golf place way early. So we keep on driving some more and loop around to see if we can find my brother's house down the road (he recently moved).

We pull up and see... a sail boat (!!!). My brother has varied tastes in hobbies and apparently his current one is sail boating. Most people would -- rent a sail boat? Borrow a sail boat from a friend? Go on sail boating trips? My brother - he buys a sailboat. I really need to catch up on the family grapevine. My sister also tells me that my niece Jackie is driving with a learner's permit. When we came up in April, she was permit-less but knew how to drive. Truong took her driving and all he said was "good thing we live down south." So if you are in the San Jose area: BEWARE.

Miniature golfing was fun. Kael was a little frustrated because it was sort of like soccer: everyone clustered around and was hitting the little rubber golf balls all at the same time (there were 8 of us playing, 11 people total). There was no semblance of individual tee time - it was pretty much "hit it when you get there and be sure to duck if you're ahead." Then there those "mean doors" that kept on closing on him. And those hills that kept rolling his ball back down. I can totally see how miniature golfing can completely frustrate a 4 year old. And we had Malia who was an added obstacle (or hazard) at every hole and would take people's golf balls and try to throw it. But all good things must come to an end. In this case, it ended when Kael got wacked on the hand with Jarod's club. Honestly, I was expecting worse given the way clubs were swinging around all over the place so getting hit on the hand was sort of a letdown given Kael's track record for head injuries.

We then headed home for lunch, nap, pool, dinner then bedtime. Whew. What a day. Truong and I were beat - our day started at 3:00am. Even with an almost 2 hour nap with the kids, we were ready to turn in with them at 8:00pm. The next day we head out to Marine World (or Six Flags Discovery Kingdom as it's known as now).