Hallowe'en 2010

Elizabeth as Hermione Granger from Harry Potter

Timothy as a Nazgul from Lord of the Rings

Jonathan as a knight

Benjamin as a ninja

Halloween 2010 Group Photo

Halloween 2010 Silly Photo

Ninja versus a Knight and a Nazgul

A Day at Pacific Beach

Crystal Pier

B walking along beach--Crystal Pier in background

J jumps for joy

Introspective T

E under Crystal Pier

Graffiti on Crystal Pier...Buster "busted"

From Crystal Pier

On walk to Crystal Pier

Good Day for Surfing--taken from Crystal Pier

Sand Sculptures at the Beach

B next to his Sand Man sculpture

B's Sand Man

J works on his Electric Guitar sculpture

J's Electric Guitar

T putting finishing touches on his sand sculptures

T's "Honu" (Hawaiian for sea turtle)

Starting at left, counter-clockwise: T's starfish, shell, jellyfish, octopus, stingray, and honu

Timothy's 15th Birthday

T opens a gift from Mum and Dad--a new chess set!

Cliffs of La Jolla overlooking tidepools

Boys checking out tidepools

Elizabeth finds a hermit crab

Four kids at tidepools

Looking into a tidepool

Towards Pacific Beach Pier

Timothy catches a crab

Timothy discovers a giant limpet

Tidepools

Timothy happily celebrates his birthday

At Point Loma Preview Days

Last week Elizabeth and I attended the Preview Day for Point Loma Nazarene University--I'm an alum (1988, BA in Literature) and starting teaching there when Elizabeth was four months old. Some of the professors remember her from her baby and toddler days and both the Lit Chair and the Journalism Dean both want her to be in their departments. She's decided on Journalism for now and is very much looking forward to living on campus in August.

Elizabeth next to clock tower outside Commons

Cooper Music Building at left, looking down at Salomon Theatre

Golden Gym and Pacific Ocean

Sign for Literature Department--my old home and Elizabeth's new one as she plans to major in journalism

Main pedestrian thoroughfare at PLNU

New Theology Department

Sign in front of Study Abroad Office

View of PLNU dorms

Entrance of PLNU overlooking Pacific

Sunset at PLNU from Cooper Music Building

Writers Symposium by the Sea

After a Week of Storm and Snow...

... mayhem arrives.

The kids started off with a normal snowman, with definite plans for its annihilation. When that didn't work out, Timothy was inspired by Calvin and Hobbes' snowmen mayhem. So miniature snowmen...

... were cannon-balled...

... impaled...

...beheaded for bowling practice...

... and pursued by ravening sharks.

Yes, mayhem at its finest, as carefully built by T and photographed by Keith and me.

This is what boys do when they've been stuck inside all week.