February 2010

We didn't really travel anywhere in February, but we did enjoy the benefits of living in one of America's premier vacation destinations. We started running to train for a 10K race, and those runs included running on the beach and other scenic destinations. Here is a flock of ducks that we saw while running at Mission Bay Park.

Both my mom and dad have birthdays in February, hence the twin birthday cakes. With 22 of our family members living in Southern California, we have birthday celebrations nearly every month.

Elaina got to ride the statue of a giant bird at the prehistoric animal exhibit at the San Diego Zoo. That's really how big these birds were, apparently.

Seth enjoyed riding the zoo's sky tram ride with Mama. Can you tell we have zoo passes?

Lainie has always enjoyed having Daddy read books to her, and fortunately, Seth is starting to get into it too.

We had to get our Sunday picture with Daddy and Lainie dressed up in her pretty "princess" dress. She'd probably wear a dress every day if we let her. She's definitely a girly girl when it comes to clothes.

Neil and I got to spend Valentine's Day at Mr. A's restaurant, one of the fanciest, schmanziest restaurants in San Diego. Actually, it was the Monday after Valentine's Day, which was on Sunday this year. We didn't want to break the Sabbath , even to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Lainie loves Balboa Park, especially this fountain. We had to fight hard to keep her from jumping right into the water, though.

My nephew Geoff finally got his eagle scout award this month, and none too soon. His parents had a deal that he couldn't drive until he got his eagle. His mom looks pretty proud, doesn't she? Not sure what Seth thinks about it. Hopefully he's thinking "I want to be an eagle scout when I grow up".

Seth got his first carousel ride on the merry-go-round at Seaport Village. We did this as a family home evening activity. I'm not sure who's having more fun, Seth or his mom!