Been a while!

Yes it has been a while,

I rarely think to do this.

And then I see Collette's Blog and it gives me encouragement.

I know that I told Sondra a few weeks ago that I would post some pictures

of ... something (honestly, I can't remember what - but it will come to me!)

Oh yes... I remember

It was of our last trip to Pacific Beach!

I sent a few pictures via text message

hoping to cheer poor Matt up.

He was in the hospital preparing for some major

surgery to repair his broken leg! :(

It was a BEAUTIFUL weekend.

Shortly after they had had some REALLY rough weather

there on the coast.

Lots of rain, wind, HIGH surf etc.

This weekend though,

it was CALM as can be!

Green as ever

and the sky was BLUE BLUE BLUE!

The tide was WAY in

and WAY out

We couldn't even walk down the beach very far

because the water was hip deep AT THE CLIFFS

and unless you wanted to wade (swim) by,

you weren't getting past it.

Not for a couple of hours at lease,

until the tide went out.

The surfers were jumping off the cliffs after tossing their boards

off into the water before them.

Just so they could get into the water!

Then there were the beaches.

The rough seas of the prior 2 weeks

left their mark

HUGE areas of seaweed on some beaches.

Sand dunes where they aren't usually!

Piles of sand in the entrances from the boardwalks to the beaches

Looked like they had swept (or shoveled more likely)

the sand from the more popular areas of the board walks

and piled it at the entry way of the beach at the access points.

the water was NOT that warm,

but we did roll up our pant legs and get our feet wet.

(Mine)

(Greg's)

And had a 

WONDERFUL

time doing it!

The waves were still pretty impressive

and when the tide was out 

they waves were really high at the end of the piers.

(Handsome man at the beach)

So, that was our great PB trip from a couple of weeks ago.

We do love it there. :)

In other news,

we got a new trailer to pull our motorbikes

(and other stuff)

in behind our Jeep.

It's awesome!

And we are trying some new cooking ideas.

Had mom and dad over for some

black bean Tortilla Soup and

a Super Salad.

Then there was the next day!

Superbowl Sunday!

The Johnson's always put on a spread

invite all the local family

(anyone else is welcome too - but it's not THAT great

to warrant a plane ticket!)

and we eat

play games at the table

and eat

and watch the football game

and eat

and have a football pool

and eat some more!

We also got everyone out

at least once,

in the back yard

to play some yard games.

And here is the cutest

retired

Arizonan

you ever did see!

RIGHT?

And this was who I woke up to this morning.

The sun shining through my curtains,

but yet,

a strange shadow!

So, a text went out to my husband

(who was already up and in the other room)

to come and rid my room of the

intruder!

So he did.

He just opened the door on the other side of those curtains,

and hit the curtain once,

and out he flew!

Awesome!

Well,

Until next time.

Toodles!