Sunday, January 30, 2011

Whale Watching with Corban


Corban turned 2! For his birthday, the Odells invited us to go whale watching with them, which was a really enjoyable adventure...besides having to trek across the entire city of Newport Beach to get there. Summer parking is the worst!


We saw dolphins, galore!


Jen Scott perched herself in this cozy little spot.

Chante, Eden, Kavella and I mostly hung out in the cabin where it was toasty warm.


The birthday boy, Corban!

Um, yeah, I thought I'd just spring this tick picture on you like that. First, you're just enjoying snubbly pictures of toddlers and sea life, then WHAM!! a disgusting, horrible excuse for an insect. Now you know how I felt when I was snuggling with Choco and came across this beauty. He picked up two of them when we went to visit Darci up in Sacramento. I HATE TICKS. HATE.



WTI Hawaiian-themed paaaartaaayy! Pretty sure this was almost a year ago. What? I'm a little behind on posting.



So, one day I was walking around Babies R Us when a Kiddie Kandids associate asked if I'd like a free photo of Kavella done. Yes, yes I would. Love.

TK Burger with Jana and Melody...okay, we use the excuse that we're going for our children, but who are we kidding? I'd venture to say that TK is my favorite burger joint.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Serenity's Stay

I love Huntington Beach! Along our beach path, you can find all sorts of artsy displays. Most of them were probably some HB Elementary project, but I think they're cool! Oh, and I've decided to skip the last Powell post (for now)...these posts are starting to add up and I can't wait around for the "something special" I'm working on in the Powell post.



Kavella pointed to the surfer in this barrel and said, "Daddy!" Then, she proceeded to kiss it.

It's a whale's tale....no coincidence intended that I actually look like a whale on it.

Yea! Serenity came to visit me! Okay, she actually came to visit her beau who is stationed in San Clemente, but I got to hang out with her all day while he was at work! She is my first Oklahoma friend to come visit! I loved having her here and can't wait until she comes back.



Finally, Serenity found a pair of flip-flops that would fit her....jk! Don't worry, guys, she can take a joke!



The tide pools are always fun! This little kid took our picture, but before he actually took it, Seren gave him very detailed instructions on how to use her camera (bc it is unlike most cameras...wait, no it's not). After like 3 minutes of instruction, the kid said, "yeah, yeah, my mom has this exact camera." Doh! Kids these days.


Another HB gem. I told Serenity to stand on her head, but maybe she didn't hear me...isn't Kbaby cute in her little bike helmet?