Home again, un packing and washing….
and repacking the suitcases, ’tis the month for travel.
Come back tomorrow for the 1st of two giveaways! Got a sweet tooth, or a little girl? Then these giveaways are perfect for you!
The ice-cold water did not deter them in the least (oh to be young). Nothing beat spending your morning on the beach watching the marine layer burn off, and your children build sand castles.
Crabs were found, barnicles too and a few shells. Hope your 4th is going to be good too. Comments are off on this one…but feel free to email (see the contact link in the menu bar).
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I took the baby and flew to California for a few days. It’s been nice, really nice. Just a few more days left and I have to head back to this.
I couldn’t resist snapping a picture of these pink balloons. I think they were part of a wedding ceremony?
glad to be home, slept sooo soundly in my own bed last night.
my husband asked me to snap this picture yesterday on our way home. he liked the contrast of snowy mountains and fresh green hills.
i snapped this one before we left Brea, my son sitting on the curb pouring over the map of disneyland. both of my big kids want to go again. we’re thinking of doing this, because do you have any idea what tickets cost?!
Looking for some fun party ideas, we’re thinking of having a impromptu St. Patrick’s Day party this wednesday.
When you watched “The Wizard Of Oz” as a kid, did you too wish you could fall asleep in a field of poppies? I did. Last year when I saw these pictures on Morgan’s blog I knew I had to go; and today I did.
It was beautiful! Big fields filled with blooming Ranunculus, bands of color stretching across the horizon with the ocean in the background (well beyond the outlet mall).
The Flower Fields of Carlsbad, CA.
I have a love affair with California. I will never tire of vacationing here. ever.
it is so beautiful, so big and there is so much to see– be it the land, the architecture or the people. i even brought a Steinbeck novel (tortilla flats) with me to read.
secretly, i think my husband has a thing with the ocean too…. after visiting the sacramento area this past june, I really want to go up north again, it’s been too long since i’ve been to monterey and carmel. also, i’ve never been to redwood natl park (or is it a forest?). maybe after the baby comes….
appears to have been lost in the recesses of my home somewhere. Which means that I cannot show you any of the 37 pictures my husband took of Yosemite Falls, you’ll just have to trust me that it was pretty.
We’ve had a great vacation thus far (someone go knock on some wood that it continues), lots of driving, site seeing and turkey and cheese sandwiches out of the back of the van. I’ve been impressed by the fertile and beautiful farm lands of central California. The rolling golden hills, scattered with evenly spaced rows of fruit and nut trees. Such beautiful land that makes me immediately relate to every Steinbeck novel I’ve ever read.
We’ve braved the switchbacks and hairpin turns of Sequoia National Park without loosing our lunch; and hiked what felt like 10 miles all over the Yosemite Valley. But, the highlight of the trip was today, when my son learned to ride a bike withOUT training wheels.
If I’d known that all it would take was the instruction and encouragement of older cooler friends, I’d have brought him to Sacramento ages ago! My friend Ann’s boys taught my son to ride in about 20 min. We had taken the training wheels off his bike at home MONTHS ago and he simply refused to even touch his bike; he wouldn’t even try. Today…in 20 min….and now is can even make skid marks! My heart is swelling with pride!
Off to lush green Oregon tomorrow!
I just returned from a relaxing 4 day weekend in California. It was a a girls only trip- just my daughter and I went to go stay with Grandma & Grandpa. Oh- did they take care of me! I napped at least once every day, I never had to prepare a single meal and Grandma put my daughter to bed most nights.
We went to the beach twice, lots of walks and trips to the park and one bowling adventure- I think the 4 yo had the highest score (but she uses a ramp)!
I came home to find that my husband had finished all the baseboards and door trim on the house!!! He fixed the leaking toilet, the many lights that weren’t working, and remembered to water my garden. The best part? I called him from the gas stop in Quartzite and he asked me if I wanted beef pad thai from pei wei for dinner…he knew, he just knew that was what I wanted and was thinking about!!!
I’m choosing to ignore the dirty floors and counters, and will go to bed relaxed tonight and deal with the rest in the morning (including the mountain of laundry). I hope your weekend was equally relaxing…
we made it home today…the 5.5hr drive took us 7.5hrs and 5 stops. Came home to find a horrendously large and unexpected dental bill which was a bit of a fuzzy-happy-just-been-on-vacation buzz kill. But, the house was here, the car made it, and there was pei wei for dinner after the kids were in bed.
I don’t know what it is about vacations, but I always come home with a TON of creative ideas. I’ve been mentally working on a blouse pattern…hope to get a mock made before April hits!
Had a fun trip to Griffith Park (where the sign is) today and learned that one of Jupiters moons has frozen water- with volcanos underneath. Want to learn something new today too? Check out this NPR piece on the Hollywood sign.
