The Midway, then Train Museum

We went with my mom and cousin David to tour the aircraft carrier Midway:


Here's the view from the flight deck:

Tea and David:

The Captain's Chair:

After the Midway, we drove to central San Diego, where among many other things we saw the BIGGEST fig tree I have ever seen:

And the world's largest model train display:

And New Year's Eve

This is a game the girls invented called "Baluga Fling" - the big Baluga figure is curved, so if you place a smaller animal on its tail and hit the head just right, the small animal flies across the room or up into the air. At midnight (Eastern time) we flung the farthest-traveling-animal-to-date. . .


And toasted the New Year in Time's Square with sparkling cider and poppers:

A few more things...

Mission San Luis Rey (4th Grade is Missions in California):

And the Scripps Aquarium (fountain in front is incredible!)

New Year's in Southern California

Long ago the family made plans to meet up at one of the timeshare locations in Southern California for the holidays. By the time of the event, I ended up driving down to Oceanside with just thw twins - Rob had too much work to do and decided to stay home, and Rachel stayed with him. We had several days by ourselves, then my mother and cousin David joined us. We had a wonderful and very busy time. Here are some pictures: First the Zoo...