LACMA

Ken and I took the girls to LACMA or the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Danielle was interested in an exhibit they have on textiles that has designer clothing and Katey was interested in the photography. Well wouldn't you know it but both exhibits were closed because of renovations. We enjoyed the art anyway. The museum has a program right now for school age children that gives them a free membership for a year and every time they go they get to have one adult go in for free. Great idea for you art lovers. This includes all the gallery's as well as the Tarpits. Check it out. We didn't even see half of what they have.

The buildings are even works of art.



This was actually a billboard we could see from the patio area. It's modern day art for sure.


Danielle in thought


This was from africa. It was made of aluminum and tied together with copper wire. It was huge and the colors incredible.


This is the car Katey wants. It has a taco seat.

Santa Cruz Vacation

Here is a video of some of the great fun and beautiful sights from our vacation:




We had a wonderful time. It was so peaceful and beautiful. There was no cell reception, no computers, just quiet. Ken and Katey sailed the Bella up to Oxnard on Saturday. The rest of us met them up there on Sunday night and we sailed out on Monday morning to the Island. It took around 2 1/2 hours to get to the island. We anchored and started kayaking right away. The water there is just so clear and blue. Here are some of my favorite pics.



Our fearless leader:


Sean and Stacey. Stacey was a fearless lady. She wasn't afraid to try anything.



Katey and Danielle:



Yup, that's me in a wetsuit, on a kayak in a sea cave.





We had to get off our Kayaks, swim down a long narrow tunnel through the cave and then it opened up into this little rocky beach area. We turned off all our headlights. We couldn't even see our hand in front of our face. The Heaths the Stowells and the Kirtleys.

Channel Islands Here We Come

We are packing up and getting ready to go. This is not the half of it. Please note that all clothing and refrigerator foods are missing from this pile. Oh yeah and 4 kayaks and six people. Also please note that big fur blanket is not going. Here is some of our Kayaking gear. Ken is planning on defending us from a sea monster with that rather large scary knife. Good thing we have a first aid kit to go with that knife.

All the really important stuff has been packed: Dramamine, Oreo Cookies, Sunscreen, and bathing suits.

Two Day Get Away

We had a little two day get away that was great. We took Bella down to Corona Del Mar State Beach to practice anchoring. Danielle had a friend she met at EFY that was visiting Newport Beach so we picked her family up in Newport Harbor gave them the Harbor cruise then sent Danielle with them for the night.

Next we went over to Corona Del Mar to anchor. It went great. We actually worked good together and got it done in a jiff. Then we kayaked and cooked a really great dinner and relaxed.

This is the rope that was very tangled. Ken Untangled it. Lisa watched. Looks brand new like it had never been used. It is used now.
These are the paddles. They were new too. They aren't new anymore.

This is me in the kayak wearing my hunchback-push-up-life-vest. Looks great!


This is a strange sea creature that was swimming around near the boat. Don't tell anyone but I caught him and brought him home.

We had a great time. Ken swam onto the beach and then we took the Kayak out. We picked up Danielle up in the afternoon in the harbor and made our way back to Long beach. I was sun burned and pooped out when we got home and my brain is still rocking inside my head just a bit.

Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday to Stacey. Stacey is the newest addition to our family and we love her. We are so happy to have her as part of our family. She is the lovely lady who fell in love with our Seany Boy. They seem to be loving their new life together. We hope you have spectacular birthday.

Getting Ready

We are starting to get ready for our vacation. It is only two weeks away and since it is essentially like camping on the water we have lots of prep. Not to mention the fact that we must make sure that we have all the toys needed for ultimate fun. Today we picked up our new Ocean Kayaks. They look like loads of fun. Each one will seat 2 people and a small child or dog. We don't have a small child or a dog. Anyone have any great ideas of what we can carry with us instead. How about chips and salsa?

Wheat

This may very well be the most exciting post you ever read here. Wheat. That's right. Last night Ken and I canned 60 cans of wheat, thats 300 lbs., thats a year supply for one person. I am having visions of having to use that wheat. I see myself opening that can looking at that beautiful wheat and then saying, "Now what?" Does anyone have a recipe for Frosted Mini Wheats, or perhaps someone can tell me how to actually get wheat bread to rise. I hear if you put raw wheat in your mouth and chew for a really long time it's like chewing gum. I always really have liked gum.