Happy Birthday Unc Z

 We had such a good time celebrating Uncle Zach's birthday at the Rose Cafe in Venice! We enjoyed dinner and dessert!  Wonder what he wished for???

MOCA

Today we ventured as a family to check out Printed Matter’s L.A. Art Book Fair.  This is a unique event for artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and zines presented by over 300 publishers. It was interesting to see all the different works but it was also overwhelming.  There was so much to see that it was hard to focus.  I don't know if I would want to do  this event as a family again next year unless there is a Hot Mess booth.  Will Jawsh present some printed work next year???

Baseball season

  Micah told me that he did not want to play baseball this year.  I  could understand where he was coming from because last year he cried because he struck out a lot.  When I asked him why he didn't want to play, he responded, "it's too hard."  If he had said, "it's boring" or "I'm not interested," I wouldn't sign him up.  But because he said, "it was too hard" I had to sign him up again.  I want my boys to persevere and I want them to know that they are not going to be the best at every thing they try.   And most importantly, I don't want my kids quitting when it gets too hard.  How will this season go???

40

Happy Birthday to my dearest, Jawsh, who turned 40 today.  We had an amazing time in Palm Springs and headed back west to dine at the Tasting Kitchen.  We sat upstairs and had a great meal shared with our two loves, Noah and Micah.  This picture was taken by Noah, who wanted to capture this moment on camera.  We enjoyed the food, the wine, and afterwards we headed to Blue Star to pick up some amazing donuts.  What will this year bring???

Cabazon Dinosaurs

Yes, we are "those people" who made a stop at Cabazon for the dinosaurs.  And yes, those two pictured above, are "those people" who paid an admission fee to go into the Cabazon Dinosaur Park.  According to the sources above, it wasn't as bad as they imagined, and they even got to climb all the way up the T-Rex to his teeth!  Now that's what I call, cool.  Will we stop again???  No.  But I have to wonder... did Noah and I miss out???

Joshua Tree

In honor of Jawsh's 40th birthday, we headed east to Joshua Tree.  We didn't know what to expect other than gorgeous views of nature and it surpassed what we imagined.  We headed to the park early and walked the Hidden Valley Trail which looped for about a mile.  The boys loved climbing and jumping off the rocks, and Jawsh felt the spirit of Ansel Adams and took a lot of black and white photos.  It was a crisp beautiful day for a hike.  When will we do this again???