Disneyland Trip

As you can see we all had a great time
at Disneyland. With season tickets we plan to go again on November as the weather is perfect and the journey not very long.

What Up with those glasses?

Arrowhead

Lauren , Andrew and I, went up to Arrowhead again the other day. As you can see Lauren is fascinated with her new cell phone she got for her birthday and her camera.Andrew took the scenic shot.He has a good eye.

All kinds of stuff!

Today Lauren is eleven years old (going on 17!) Today she took cupcakes to school and I asked her teacher to take a few photographs in the classroom.The other photos were taken when she was just leaving for Astro Camp.

Andrew wanted me to post the 1200 piece jigsaw he helped me complete yesterday.

I am now going to get the birthday girls dinner.

Aren't they lovely?

I found this picture in my camera.It was taken when we went to Disneyland for Andrew's 9Th birthday.There are not many pictures of the family together,as Robert is usually the one behind the lens. I hope you enjoy.

Lake Arrowhead

While the rest of the family are enjoying the river,I went up to the mountains today for lunch.
I was disappointed to see that most of the town of Running Springs where I once lived,is now inundated with Real Estate offices.There are very few of the small "mom & pop" stores there anymore.Very sad as it was a lovely little town.
Lake Arrowhead is now Restaurants galore,sushi bars and even a 'dog bakery" with freshly cooked treats for your dog!
The original stores have now closed and the wonderful feel of the place has sadly vanished.
The one thing that has not changed is the view of the lake.

Little League Party

Yesterday started out cloudy with some drizzle and we thought we may have to put off the swim party for the baseball team. Then at noon,just as the first guests were arriving, out came the sun.The pool was heated up for the first time and as you see all the children enjoyed it. Catch the picture of David.He broke his arm recently and we put bags over it and covered it with duct tape! He had a good time as you can see.
Lauren and her two best buddies,McKenna and Lauren caught up some girl talk and Robert did a great job of cooking hot dogs and hamburgers.Everyone supplied a 'dish' and for desert there was a huge cake to share.Belinda was working,but did manage to get home just after the last dish was washed and the last guest had gone home.Then we all sat down and had a beer and put our feet up.

Lauren's Cheerleading

Today Lauren took part in the annual Cherry Festival parade in Beaumont.As you can see there were quite a large group of Cheerleaders.The photo with her friend McKenna was taken when they both received their medals for competing.The parade went on for an hour and we did a lot of walking!The weather this year was cooler than last year so it was more comfortable.

Now I am taking her to see her dad play softball.Andrew is one of the base umpires!

Character Matters

This is the name of the play that Andrew and his classmates performed at school last night.The play was about ,'how not to judge people, tolerance, kindness, etc.The play was great and they all did a wonderful job.

Lauren had a puppet show in her classroom the day before but my camera's batteries let me down and so I do not have pictures of her.I must say that Lauren's presentation was very good and her words were very clear.The theme of her presentation was how to get out of washing the dishes!

Nina's Garden

Here are a few recent pictures of my 'nook' in the garden.I have my morning coffee here every day.

Look Nana!

Here are a couple of pictures of Andrew and Lauren doing',jumps'outside the house this afternoon.Andrew did 'wipe out', but ran in and said,"I'm ok Nana".Tough kid.

A great baseball game last night.16 to 18 in our favour.The first time the children had beaten this team,they were great.In fact we were behind 4 runs until the last innings.We went with friends after the game to enjoy Mexican food and a Margarita,(the adults that is,the kids made do with a coke ShirleyTemple..

Put me in coach!

It was a beautiful day for Andrew's baseball game today,He loves being 'catcher', but is getting very good at batting and fielding too.Here are few photo's of number 10.Maybe you can spot coach Robert there on the field.

Journey through California

This morning I went to Lauren's class to see the project the class has been working on during the past few weeks.The journey through California is about the founding of California and the teacher had all the students participating.All the students had been studying and they all had great answers to his questions.Here are some pictures.Lauren is in the blue shorts and red tee shirt.

Lauren's School Play

Last night Lauren's class performed a musical play about the Californian Gold rush

The performance was at her school and of course all the family went to cheer her on. Enjoy the photographs.