Happy Birthday Chris

We had fun at the Del Mar beach but it was not one of the most successful for the fisherman. 

Coffee arriving for the fisher people

The catch

He also caught a very small Leopard shark.  As always, it was a very nice (and tasty) weekend in San Diego.  Having Nicole home was a pleasant surprise. 

Crazy Hair Day at School

Ben is getting nostalgic, already, about leaving Loyal Heights Elementary after 7 years (including pre-school.) He just had his last Spirit Week which ends with Crazy Hair Day and the Jogathon; an annual  fund raising benefit for the school. Ben ran 6 miles, and Liam about 3. Liam has lost both his front teeth. He looks quite adorable. The photos I took, however, were blurry.

On an aside. When I signed into the blog I somehow wound up at a review of the blogs I follow page, which included my defunct Baja trip blog. It has had over 2600 hits! and is still going strong. I guess Baja is a popular place to travel.

Success

Everyone caught at least one.

Fishing Weekend

Adam, Niko, and friends are here at the lake this weekend for their annual fishing trip.  They caught a couple salmon yesterday (one is in our freezer).  Today they went to the spot below but no luck so far.  They just went out again hoping for better luck at a different spot for the afternoon.

Now We're Done!..... Well, the Garden Needs Work.

We spent the day painting the porch.

Santa Monica

We're home after a few fun and interesting days in southern Cal.  In spite of the so-so swing music, the Hollywood Bowl was a spectacular sight with its thousands of patrons stacked up the hillside.  We had our picnic dinner before the show in one of the boxes that hold about half the seating.  They have hanging tables and just enough room for 4 chairs (a few have 6).  A couple of days were very hot for Santa Monica and we spent a long time at the beach, eating breakfast, playing in the sand and jumping waves.  While there we saw the smoke of a brush fire and then the planes swooping down to sea to gather up water to drop on the fire.  It seemed to be quickly under control.  This was a repeat of what we had seen from Tim's hillside the day before.  The rest of the time we played with Sydney and Cameron (very cute), went to music class and exercise class and swim class and to the park.

Fun at the lake

Summer is almost over

 
But good memories remain