Day 5: All in One....

I was daring enough (or foolish enough, take your pick) to take all four kids (three teens and one "tween") clothes shopping. All day.

We stopped for lunch at nearly three at a Pizza Hut where J, our middle son (and newfound fashionista who spent his money on some great wardrobe basics) proceeded to stuff an entire slice of pizza into his mouth at once. I snapped photos and E took video while the Pizza Hut employees laughed their behinds off...they didn't believe he actually could do it.

We did.

Day 4: Stained Glass

Keith just finished this small window for a friend in Japan, so tonight it's all packed up and ready to go. He's my Guest Photographer today since he took these photos with his good camera. I knew that my little point-and-shoot couldn't do it justice, especially in the lovely morning light....

Day 3: Tenth Day of Christmas

Today is the Tenth Day of Christmas. And the sparkling lights are just as gorgeous and dreamy as the First Day....

At Taco Bell

While running errands after church today, we stopped by Taco Bell for lunch. The restaurant was very busy, so we waited a long time for our food. And Benjamin decided to make his own Taco Bell version of a "house of cards" while waiting....

Starting 365 Again....

Now that there's a new Facebook page with all my former 365 friends plus a bunch of new friends-to-be, I decided to restart Project 365, posting a photo a day. I am far from a professional photographer, but I hope to learn more about photography. I will occasionally post photos by family members, too, since my husband is semi-professional (a former high school photography teacher who attended Brooks way back when) and my daughter and eldest son are both avid photographers.

So here's my first contribution: a sunset scene taken in our yard. I'm glad to be back!!!

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