We drove out to Fallbrook, California last week for our annual winter vacation to the Agle home.
Tide-pooling with Lizzie and the gang. More on this awesome experience below.
As usual, the kids jumped right back into their fun and games.
Penny, Diana, Douglas, Karsten, Jesper, Paggy, Oskar
Sam, Diana, Penny, and Jesper making bracelets.
We played many, many games of Hearts.
Playing "King's Corner"
Playing the "Royal Game of Ur," which reminded me of my youth when I used to play this very old game.
Diana and Jesper
They resumed their fun and games as soon as they awoke.
Picking oranges and "cuties" with Diana.
Paggy and Diana juiced most of the oranges and cuties.
Diana out on a walk.
I made crepes a couple of times.
Oskar when he did not want to wait for the next crepe to arrive.
Lizzie made some delicious vegan meals for us to try.
Dan, Anders, Jesper, Karsten, Paggy, Douglas, Penny, Oskar, Daniel, Diana, and Sam enjoying walnut-meat tacos.
Jesper
Diana doing some stickers before church on Sunday.
Yesterday (Monday), we had our first tide-pooling experience. Here we are ready for the one-hour drive to the beach.
We arrived at the beach in Bird Rock, in La Jolla.
Chiton
Chiton
Chiton
Heart-shaped sea anemone.
Heart-shaped sea anemone closing around Diana's finger.
Sea anemone
Sam captured this cool shot of an egret.
Dan found an abalone. Oskar is holding it in this photo.
Transferring the abalone to my hand.
Paggy isn't too impressed with something.
We decided this is a ghost shrimp.
Ghost Shrimp
Lizzie found a small octopus and I spent too much time trying to coax it out of its hiding place.
My knees following my repeated failed attempts to extract the octopus.
Sam found a sea star.
Penny
Paggy with a sea snail.
Brittle Sea Stars
Sam found this sea hare.
Jesper with the sea hare.
Karsten napping on the rocks.
Lizzie and Sam
Lizzie and Dan
Making our way back to the vehicle after our amazing experience at the beach.
Diana
We stopped at In-N-Out Burger to fill our bellies.
Some of the boys had to borrow my flip-flops to use the bathroom at the In-N-Out restaurant. They had removed their shoes after they were soaked in the sea water.
Before heading back to Lizzie's house, we stopped to visit Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial with its 360-degree panoramic view of San Diego.
Lizzie on the left, Lizzie on the right.
Oskar and Lizzie
Douglas, Penny, Diana
Douglas, Jesper, Diana, Paggy, Penny, Oskar
Thank you, Lizzie, Dan, and family! We always love our time in the San Diego area.
Two tired girls on the 10-hour drive back home.
