Holiday Festival at Hotel Del Coronado

This photo of Elena and Julia was taken in the lobby of Hotel Del Coronado after Elena performed in the Holiday Festival.  This was truly a honor because only one class from each school in Coronado was chosen to perform.  Elena's class performed several songs which wrapped up the performance part of the festival.  After the singing was completed, there were games to be played and fireworks to watch.  We stopped by the lobby on the way home to snap a quick photo of the girls.  Wendy's sister Chrissy, her husband Eric and two little girls are headed down here right now so that will be an experience with 4 adults and 4 children in a 900 square foot apartment.  Another way to put it is 5 girls, 1 baby and 2 men to share one bathroom.

Turkey Day

Had a great time visiting with everyone at Steve and Lee's house for Thanksgiving.  Was great to finally meet Brandon and is family.  The food was great ad so was the company.  Max and Shelley also made it out from Vegas for a rainy day in San Diego.  Sorry it was soggy for you.  Probably having flashbacks of the Northwest.  

Knott's Berry Farm

It all started out with a quick trip up to Knott's Berry Farm.  Only an hour and a half away it was a quick trip.  We had a great time.  The first ride scared Julia a little bit and the last ride scared Elena a lot.  When you see her, you will have to ask her about Ghost Rider and how scary it was with all those turns and us and downs.  On our way out, we stopped by the rock shop that was in the park and Julia and Elena each picked out an uncut Geode and they cut it in half right then and there.  Was kind of a neat souvenir for our first visit to Knott's Berry Farm.  

   

San Diego Skyline

Probably the best place to shoot San Diego skyline photos is just a block away from our apartment on the beach.  Click on the photo to go to a gallery of my other night shots.

 

We have been to the beach a couple of times collecting sand dollars.  Too many to count right now but there will be photos posted later.  

My Smugmug gallery

Private Beach

We spent a couple of hours at the beach today and found a lot of sand dollars.  It is like we have our own private beach on the Navy Base.  Awesome beach with sand dollars and shells everywhere. The girls had a great time running in the surf and collecting everything they could find.   

Friendly Neighbors!!

You will never guess who I have for neighbors.  It just so happens that Coronado Brewing Company is right behind our tiny little apartment.  And what to my surprise when I came home today Wendy had bought a growler (64 oz jug) from the Brewing Company that during happy hour only costs $7.00 to fill.  What a deal!

New Photos

New Coronado Residents

We made it!  We are now officially new residents of Coronado, CA.  Even though we had to put more than half of our stuff in storage, we managed to find a tiny (900 sq ft) 2 bedroom 1 bath apartment a couple of blocks from the girl's school and a couple of miles from Lance's work.  Both the girls love their new school and the weather is awesome.  Sweatshirt weather as we call it. (Sweatshirts in the morning and evening).  With only being 1 block away from the beach and a great view of the San Diego skyline, we have sacrificed large living spaces for great location.  Photos to follow soon.  Thanks to Lance's Grandma Shirley for putting up with us while we located a place to live.  Was a lot of fun for both Elena and Julia because they got spoiled with swimming and junk food every day.