Pastor Appreciation Harbor Cruise

We had a fun afternoon date in Long Beach.

We went on a Pastor Appreciation Harbor Cruise. = - )

The weather was beautiful, but VERY foggy!

Fun with friends in ministry and a delicious cake.

See what I mean about the fog? At least we were able to see the seals!

A group picture and more fog.

A couple pic and more fog!

When we returned to shore the fog was gone.

See all those clouds on the horizon? That is the fog we were in for 3 hours - back on shore and Long Beach was beautiful!

Ice on the Windows?

Okay, we live in Southern California and it isn't supposed to get that cold here - but guess what I woke up to the day after Christmas? Ice! That's our ice scraper that we've never used here - I had to use it this morning.

Here's a close up of the ice and a frozen leaf stuck to the window.

I was on my way to Target for the 7am open time the day after Christmas and I didn't want to be late so I just scraped a small area of the front window and the rear view window. On the way to Target I had to open the door at each intersection to see if there were any cars because the windows were still frozen shut and coated in ice. Crazy!

Our Week In Pictures

Doug and his parents went to Deal or No Deal back in December and it was on tv last night - that's them on the top row (Doug is missing his head) and then a blurry close up of Chuck and Arlene.

Another tv update - guess where Jennifer and Kathy will be tonight!? Yep, we have tickets to tonights show (Jennifer screamed like crazy when she saw the email!!!)

Angelica ran the mile at last weeks track meet.

Her time was 6 minutes and 3 seconds! = - )

It hailed at our house on Saturday!

Hail doesn't happen that often in the LA area so it was exciting around our house for a few minutes. = - )

David went to Sadie Hawkins with his date - they were gingerbread men ( the dance was a fairy tale theme). Warning - post below is gross....

Sorry, this is gross, but some of you will enjoy this. Remember the "slammed in the door" finger injury that David received last month? Well, yesterday the rotten fingernail finally came off and it was GROSS!

Here is the final picture and a little souvenir. David had a great time at school yesterday grossing out all his friends. = - )

Rain, Rain and More Rain

Rain... we've had a lot of it lately. The leaf picture is taken through the van sunroof and the next picture is the wind/rain damage in our neighbors yard.

The tree in our backyard also lost a large section of one of its limbs.

Our last rose of the season was a beauty and we loved this picture and caption about the Rose Parade (notice the rose theme).

Normal sunny weather has returned to Southern California - we love the clear blue skies and lush green grass after the rain! = - )