Tim McGraw Concert

Yes, it was as good as it sounds.

So glad I made the effort to go.

No assigned seating means we could get as close as we wanted.

We ended up dancing on the side.

There was a real honketonk (sp?) but I have no idea what the word really means.

It was a lot of fun.

California has pretty fall trees too.

So beautiful!

On the farm

 All the kids caught lizards.

I watched their little faces with the frustration of trying to catch these little guys.

Fear and hesitation of actually touching them.

Excitement of holding their very own lizard.

I was so wrapped up in the moment,

I didn't realize I was standing on a swarming ant heap.

Ant bites HURT!

 Katie and her friend Violette.

 Strawberries.

 Sisters who drive tractors together are friends forever.

 E caught a lizard.  She put it to sleep by rubbing the tummy.

40 minutes later: she still had the same lizard.  Now in a deep coma.

She couldn't wake him up so she tossed him out the car window thinking he was dead.

Only to find out he was still alive!

Our lizard breeding program will have to wait until another suitor if collected.

 Farmer Dave was awesome.  

He hid yams and eggs so each kid could easily collect their own farm goods.

 We picked apples.

 Chickens are so pretty when other people own them.

Just as long as I don't have to clean up after the filthy birds.

 I love that they used ingenuity to create a make shift green house.

I would buy the farm just to own this rose bush.

Cosmic Bowling

Emily and Daddy were there with us but didn't make it into the pictures for tonight.

The girls LOVED it.

Em used bumpers and a bowling dinosaur that made everything super easy.

She loved the shoes too.

Katie was most excited about the music and lights.

Taking a bowling class came in handy once again! 

Holler!

Jeannett made my day!
click here to see why.

I hate when my favorite lipstick is used for body paint!

 Wind shifted.  Balloon attack!

We put the extra helium left over from Katie's party to good use.

Sea World

 I love Sea World.

Turns out, so do the girls!

Daddy took us last week a

nd we almost talked him into smuggling a penguin home for us.

 The touch pools are to die for.

Seriously, hours of fun could be had here.

Emily talks most about how she likes to hold sea stars.

By the way, sea stars are no longer called star fish because they are not fish. 

I totally get it but I just can't seem to change the name in my head. 

Oh well.

 Sea World does a great job with interesting, accessible exhibits.

 Emily was most excited to see the penguins.

We sat on the benches for half an hour

and watched all the little guys do their thing.

 The ice caves scared the girls.

Maybe it was because I took off with out them 

and kept yelling "the polar bear is back here."

They would have none of it.

 I miss our annual pass to the aquarium.

 More fun at the touch pools.

 Katie to the rescue!

 Sharks!

This was another great exhibit.

The girls were totally scared by the sharks.

It didn't help that there are open pools that you could totally climb into with lots of sharks.

I would hold the girls up 

but if I had a seizure 

and accidently dropped them 

and they bounced the wrong way, 

they would be shark bait!

 More sharks.

Note to Colin, we must remove the date stamp.

One of the high lights of the day was listening to Katie mimic the animals.

Cutest seal bark and dolphin squeak ever!