Having Fun

Fortunately Jon was able to get a fair bit of sleep during his three days of traveling home, so he hit the ground running. Monday afternoon we made up our own Frisbee Golf course in a park near our house and walked about a quarter of a mile one way and then back. When we got home we enjoyed some time in the pool before heading out for dinner. We all slept well last night.

Today Joshua and I already had tickets to Summer Sounds at the Hollywood Bowl, a kids program with crafts and a concert. Joshua's friend Dalton and his brothers, sisters and mom, Mandy, were going to be there, so Jon joined us and fortunately Mandy had an extra ticket for the concert. We enjoyed a tail-gate picnic lunch in the beautifully shady parking lot after the concert and then headed to the La Brea Tar Pits, which were only about 6 miles away. Did you know that La Brea means 'the tar' in Spanish, so I just said, that we went to 'the the tar tar pits' -- a common mistake for us Anglos. :) Joshua enjoyed showing Jon around the museum and tar pits, since we were just there a couple weeks ago. It is amazing to see how many thousands of fossils they have found in all the pits.

Afterwards we decided to head for the Spaghetti Factory in Newport Beach, which was on our way home. Jon and I used to eat there a lot when we lived in Tustin and hadn't been in ages. We arrived right at opening and so got in without a wait, enjoyed a delicious meal for one of the best prices in town and then drove to Balboa where we took the short (5 minutes) ferry to the Balboa Island and then the bridge back to Pacific Coast Highway and a beautiful drive home.

At the moment Jon is teaching Joshua how to carve using the new Swiss Army knife he got him yesterday. They are starting with bars of soap, so it will be interesting to see what they create.

Yes, we are doing a lot, but it is so fun to be together as a family and a number of the things we are doing this week were planned months ago when I didn't think Jon would be home yet.

Thanks for the many e-mails of welcome.

Sheryl for the Jarhed and Joshua