At least I hope I don't put you to sleep. I tried to pick out some of the fun ones out of the over 600 we took. Digital technology is the best! I'm probably going to delete well over 1/2 them eventually. Duplicates, blurry images, and such, you know.
Anyway, to start, here is a picture of my sister and mother on the pier at Seal Beach. Notice the heavy outwear and blankets. The beach is always cool with the breeze, but this year has been exceptionally cooler than normal. It actually warmed up after the sun went down. Weird... And, I could have used a more embarrassing photo, Susan. Just remember that!
Seal Beach IS named for the seals. Who would have known! This is the 1st seal that my sister and brother-in-law has ever seen there in their many travels to the pier. This guy was loving our bait that we threw down at him. So, he kept coming back.
Marilyn (self photo) at sunset
I caught the biggest fish of the night. I was so proud of myself!! My brother-in-law was a bit jealous. Just a bit. It is a croaker, of the perch family. Never heard of it. Wonder how it tastes?? Maybe like a frog??!!!
Joel caught a couple too. We didn't have a lot of bites that night, though.
Next night: Orange County Fair ~ bigger than the State Fair. Amazing amount of people!!
Here is Noah and my nephew, Brandon. These 2 were inseparable during our trip. They got along better than they ever had!! They are also so much alike it is scary.
I like this picture because it looks like "gangsta" Noah is wearing an ear of corn on his head. If he only knew it was there!
The race on the slide ~ from left to right ~ Joel, Adrian with Audrie, and Marilyn.
Ok, this was such a "wicked" ride, I had to publish it. In this picture, it looks like Marilyn is praying. Let's just say it wouldn't surprise me if she really was.
Here it is in action: Three arms, lifted high in the sky, rotating on both the main "arm" and their individual "arms". They thought they were going to fall out because the seat belt felt loose! Like I said before ~ Wicked!!
On to a more serene ride. A surrey in the park. What a beautiful day!!
Dodger Game. Joel isn't really a Dodgers fan so much as he is a foam finger fan. I think this makes 4 in his collection of foam fingers.
We sat in left field, 2 rows up. It was so fun! I'm a Cardinal fan, but I was actually rooting for the Dodgers that night: they were playing the Milwaukee Brewers who are in the same division as my beloved Cardinals. Noah just wanted to see Manny Ramirez. Manny could have won the game for them in the 9th, but he popped out. Still, it was more fun than I ever thought it would be.
Brian and the twins spent the last day in CA at the beach. Check out the wave action. And this was down from what it was a few days earlier.
Joel on the boogie board.
Marilyn's turn on the board.
Goodbye palm tree ~ Hello corn fields.
Hope you enjoyed our trip too!!
Kendra
