Pelicans from Christmas

When we went to California for Christmas the one thing I wanted to do while we were there was take a trip to the beach. So a couple days after Christmas we headed over to Pismo Beach so while we were there we took some photos and had lunch at Splash Cafe for some of the best clam chowder ever that is served in a decadent sourdough bowl.

But before we got lunch we did take photos, and here are some of a Pelican that was standing on the edge of one of the pier railings letting people get somewhat close considering how they normally fly away when people get near.

Up Close & Personal with the Pelican

As I said he stayed for quite some time, so I got a number of different shots, but he never flew away so I could get a shot of him flying

Content on the Pier

The Base of the Vase

So one of the things I like about my arrangement of flowers is the bottom of the base where I used an assortment or rocks & pebbles to hold the stems in place and give some bottom weight to the arrangement. Therefore I present you a picture of just the base.

Rocks and Stems

Decorating

Here is a picture of my first bit of decorating our new home. On Sunday afternoon while Matt & I waited for HalfPrice Books to figure out how to give us back almost nothing for 100 books we went into JoAnnes to look for silk flowers for me to make an arrangement out of and this is what we ended up with.

Decorating the House

One more Kyle photo

Kyle loves the Chronicles of Narnia, so when he saw the blanket with the characters he told Mom he wanted to buy it. Therefore he was surprised when it showed up on Christmas morning as one of his gifts. And I thought this was a very fitting photo of him, so here you go :-)

Kyle Peeking Above

Kyle as a fan

When my family came to visit this past summer we had the opportunity to enjoy a Mariner's Game, and Kyle dubbed the Mariner's his team. It happened that the game was against the Angel's which was the team my dad was rooting for, so they had a great time, and Kyle's team won the game!

So for Christmas we made sure to get him a Mariner's cap, and he wore it the rest of the week. At first tags and all, but by the time we left I think they had all been taken off

Mariner's Fan

Fudge Time

In my house we made candy at Christmas Time instead of cookies. One of my brothers favorites to make is Fudge...The alternative reason on why can be seen below. Many of the other candies we always make are Peanut Brittle and Toffee which you cannot eat when they are hot.

Kyle and Marshmallow Cream

Umm...can I get some of it?

Maybe the force of sucking will pull it off

Got a little bit, doesn't that taste good!

Haircut time...

...so yesterday I called the person who has cut my hair the last few times to hear on her message that says she is now with Holly James Salon. So I asked her about it when she called me back, and she ask "when was the last time I cut your hair?" to which I reply "a few months ago" and she goes on to tell me she has been working at this salon for 9 months now! Then I felt bad that it had been that long, but she said my hair was really healthy so guess it really wasn't a problem :-)

So you can go here to see the pictures my husband took of my new 'do.

Multi-Colored Hydrangeas

I love hydrangeas, especially the rich blue ones, but for some reason I really like this one and the way it had blues & greens and hints of pink.

BiPlane Rides Available Today...

We took my family to the Museum of Flight while they were here a few weeks ago. When we were wandering around outside there were signs for biplane rides, so while I was up in the "control tower" this one was taking off, and I thought it looked cool against the sky.

Russian Space Capsule

This was a Russian Space Capsule, and it blows me away that someone could spend more than a couple hours in this. I would go crazy if locked into something this small, especially knowing that I didn't have anywhere else to go.

Blue Angels~Old Logo

Here is a picture of an old Blue Angels logo. I thought it was neat to see since we saw the Blue Angels not long ago.

A confused Dad

Dad can do lots of things, but this plane looks like it is confusing him :-)

I think he eventually figured it all out...

Big Stud

There are tons of WWI & WWII planes at the Museum of Flight. The planes are really cool, but hard to take photos of because of the lighting & all the background stuff, but I like this one...

Old Wooden Plane

Here is one of the planes in the WWI exhibition at the Museum of Flight in Tacoma. It blows me away that people were okay with how little is around them in a plane like this. We have become so used to the jumbo Jets that we fly in now. Such a stark contrast.

SeaFair 2006

My husband and I went to watch the Blue Angels at SeaFair. While waiting I decided to take pictures of the waves splashing up against the cove. This was my favorite of the pictures.

We had an opportunity to see the Patriots before the Blue Angels flew, so there is one picture from that. The rest are the angels. Hope you enjoy :-)