Gabrielle and Jordan: bryon and safia

Friday, December 24, 2010

The Feast of the Seven Fishes

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner, pretending we were Italian once again and indulging in the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Our friends, Bryon and Safia and Zoe and family, joined for the feast. We started in the late afternoon.....although I like fish, I was in a steak mood and had Daddy cook me up a yummy steak. I guess I didn't pretend to be Italian!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Flowery Sunday

We had a VERY fun day today. We were planning on going wildflower hunting and then Mommy read that it was going to be very windy (15-25 mph winds), so we decided to go to Malibu instead. Then, at the last minute, a neighbor told Mommy that the flowers were close to peak, so we went anyway. It was beautiful from the car, but I only went out once because it was SO windy.

We saw California poppies and coreopsis.

And lupine (the purple flower)

And, then on the way back, we stopped at McDonald's for my first time at the Playplace. Mommy was thinking about Leigh's story of going there with Sonia, but we really HAD to go somewhere because I was getting antsy in the car. It was too windy to just hang outside and we didn't know where there was a park, so the Playplace it was. And, I had a blast. (If you want to see last year's pictures, click on "wildflowers" under the tags on the right. This year, we went to a different area so there wasn't as much orange. We might just have to venture back next weekend if it is less windy!)

Then, shortly after we got home, Bryon and Safia came to visit and we went to our neighbor's house to celebrate Michael's birthday! Here are "the guys" barbecuing.