August 2010

On the last day of August, we visited Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure. We make it there quite often, since we are annual pass holders. Here Elaina is sliding down a slide in California Adventure. The crowds were small and it made for a wonderful day.

Mama and Lainie had a great time taking a bath together. Jacuzzi tubs are extra fun when you use bubble bath and turn on the jets.

Elaina and Seth look ready to hatch these ostrich eggs at the Wild Animal Park. Now if they were only real!

We visited the Embarcadero in San Diego and took a picture of the statue of the famous kiss given in Times Square at the end of World War II. My father described the jubilee in Rexburg, Idaho at the end of the War. He was only 10 years old, but he remembers a man riding down the street in a tin metal bath tub being towed by a car. He also remembers the grocery store scattering a 50 pound bag of peanuts in the street. After rationing that must have been a treat.

The next picture is of a sail boat in the San Diego Bay. It looks like the kind of boats they use in the America's Cup.

It was a cold day at the beach in August when I taught Elaina to run away from the waves. It has been a very cool summer in San Diego. I can't say that about the rest of the country. It has been the exact opposite.

Seth is well on his way to becoming a ladies' man. Here he is with our friends' daughers, Julianna, Danielle, and Karissa Thompson.

For family home evening, we went on a hike in Los Jilgueros Preserve in Fallbrook, CA. Here is Neil carrying Seth in the backpack. We probably hiked a total of 3 blocks, but it was still fun.