In between contracts...

We have been able to pop into Grpa/ma Wheables for a meal or two.
We have been able to hang out w/ the darling and very entertaining princess sisters,

Grace and Anne.
Grace (4) in full "princess" attire!  Thanks Brit for the toys!!
The whole troop went to McDonald's playland for a rainy lunch on Sat.
At Brittiny and Ben's apt.  Amazing how they can stretch 3 bdrms to

let 11 kids play and have a blast on a rainy Sat.  THANX guys!!!
SO we went to the beach for a few days down to Oceanside and San Diego.

Stayed in our timeshares at Oceanside, San Diego and Solvang.

We were one week ahead of the Santa Barbara fires, AMAZING!!!
This was more north, like Saucalito on a beautiful day for sure!
Sun and ocean are a great mix!
We stopped for the night in Solvang and Michael's tradition is to sample

the BEST Danish waffles...  This place WON!  So we got 12 waffles to take

home and share w/ Wheable family members...  Well, I think Michael

ate SIX of them...!?
These have gone up to $2.75 a piece, so this is a REALLY good taste treat!
Celebrating Mother's Day was also part of those weekend travels, Claim Jumpers!
And Belgium waffles in Solvang is TOTALLY my favorite!
In San Diego we tried the Pancake speciality place downtown, it was good!

Bacon in the pancakes!
We did go to the San Diego temple while we were down there.
From the freeway, surprise, it just shows up!!

SO Michael goes back to work this Monday...  End of traveling for a bit?!

"HGTV" MOM & DAD Michael Style

OK, since HGTV is my favorite show and I can watch it by the hour...

I will do a tour of our place for JESSE to see the new location of our life.

Starting w/ the closet for storage?  Got the rotation of the pictures turned

around somehow, will I ever get this figured out?!?!
Second bath
Laundry off the kitchen,
Stairway to the parking lot and one car garage, pool, tennis court and jacuzzi.
Back porch looking out to trees, so Michael calls this place a "tree house."

We can have a barbeque out on the deck here and that's good!

Our dining room w/ the bar table and my Kauai flowers from Marianne and Peter, 

THANX again!!  Got the mirrors going and the dishes from Hawaii.
Our double mirrors in our room, with Jenna's quilting in its place,
Pictures on our wall AND Kennedy's calendar!
Our bed and Hawaii ocean pictures.
The other bathroom...
Our little kitchen but there IS a dishwasher this time!

Notice the vitamix is here!!!
The second bedroom, our den until Jesse gets here...  Door goes out to

the back porch.
The Australia and Kauai pictures and Michael's sailboat he almost bought...
Our living room w/ fireplace and shelf we just put up tonight!!  YEAH,

the LLardro made it and didn't break!!!  Sliding door goes out to porch.
Other side of our living room and the futon that we have for company,

COME visit!!  End of tour...  

Extra Time in Phoenix!

Kennedy is an entertainment a minute!
She thought the water display was for HER entertainment!
MAC n cheese is one of the favorites!
Jake playing softball was an evening activity...  Double header that night!
Bbque-ing by the pool was delicious!
A swimmer/kick, kick, kick!!
Making the party food.
TWO men and a baby???
The girl squad.
Life pool side in Rocky Point, Mexico...  Jenna and Kennedy and Jake floating.
Eating out over looking the Gulf of California.
An ice cream break in Mexico.
SO, Jenna and I still had a week of Flight Benefits after landing in SFO 

from Australia...  SO she got on the phone and asked what Jake was doing

and the next morning we were on the plane w/ Jenna's things 4buckets/4big carryons

and we crashed their weekend party in Mexico!  Thanks guys for letting us hang!
Wouldn't YOU!?!?  We stayed for a week w/ Jake, Camille and Kennedy and flew

back on the LAST day of flight benefits, TOTALLY sad when we landed!

Michael brought down another 75 lbs of Jenna's things and stayed for a couple

of days, thanks guys for the fun!!!

A little DOWN UNDER!!

We got a week in Sydney Australia and LOVED it!!

At the temple a little out of Sydney...
Got there by train.
One of the most popular sights of Sydney...  The OPERA house! 

We were on the ferry in the bay.
Thanks to Jenna's flight bene's we got to fly over to Sydney from S.F. on

United in business class, WOW!  Lay down seats and personal video screens

that played videos of our choice?!?!  14 hrs. over and 13 hrs. back...
We got there for Easter Week and it is turning fall there, SO we got

a couple of nights of rain, Jenna and I had to walk w/ our beach towels

to get home from shopping one night, creative!!!
A taste of traditional dress and music at the Quay Circle by the bay.
We found the Easter Bunny on Manley Island.  Jenna and Hillary were

worried there was NO Easter in Australia..  THERE IS!!!  Things closed

down on "Good" Friday and most stayed closed until the following Tues.

WOW, a 4 day weekend for Easter!

Jenna and Hillary w/ their chocolate Easter Bunny's and Easter EARS!!
Michael's favorite animals in Australia...  He wanted to take a couple home 

with us!  Mini Penguins from Antartic, transplanted into Australia.
A mommy Kangaroo w/ a joey in her pouch!
Instant Buddies!  Notice the baby in the pouch!  The mama's can be

pregnant, have a baby in the pouch nursing and a toddler all in one year!!

They breed like rabbits?!?
Jenna and the love of her life...  
Not so social w/ me...
We took the train to this park so we could see the tame wildlife in Australia,

thanks to Hillary for finding out about this place!
MY IDOL!
Waiting for the train in the "underground"
Three of us traveling by train...
Down under differences.
More differences...
Flying home laying down!!
ALL the seat options.
DVD screens...
Jenna modeling the flight freebies...  Happy flights to you!!!

Great trip and super times had by ALL!!!

G'day mate!!!