Tuesday, January 25, 2011

What Happened to December???? And January for that matter...

Well...the title says it all. December was crazy, January slowed down a little. Christmas was awesome (my kids are VERY spoiled!). I was thinking I should go back and post the pictures from all the family parties, the kid's birthday party, Christmas, New Year's and everything else-but then I changed my mind!

We got a new computer last week and I am still trying to figure out how to get the pictures organized the way I want! And trying to get pictures off the old laptop (which hates us now and won't stay on for more than and hour at a time) has been a headache. When I have more than an hour to devote to this, I will figure things out and maybe post some pictures from the last 2 months!

Until then, here is what we did this last weekend!

 Road trip!!
 Drove up through Malibu and stopped at a little beach just inside Ventura County-so beautiful!
 Climbing down from the road where we parked.
 Isn't it amazing the beautiful things you can find when you take the time to stop!?!?
 There were giant rocks, little caves, tidepools and a fun little beach! Owen decided to sample some raw abalone that Scott found-he liked it!!
The boys went to explore some caves while us girls stayed behind to watch the waves.

We had a wonderful day together! After exploring the beach, we stopped for lunch in Malibu then went to 3rd Street in Santa Monica on the way home. The kids love the dinosaur fountains and we let them each pick out a toy from the cute toy store there. I took a lot of video this trip and I will upload some of them later. Little interviews with Owen at all our stops. I have decided that these mini trips should happen more often. We had such a fun time together and it didn't involve going to the movies or the "hanging out" at home (like we seem to do so often). After living here in LA for almost 9 years there is still so much I haven't seen!