Beach Bonfire

After our long day at Disney, Rachel and I were content to hang out at home while Rodney took care of some business on base. That also gave us time to get things together and prepare for an evening beach bonfire!!

While Rodney built the fire, the girls got things set up...

Then it was time to enjoy the beautiful view...

This couple had a gorgeous evening for a beach wedding...

With the fire going it was time to go to the water's edge to get our toes wet and enjoy the fabulous sunset!

Then came time to roast hotdogs and smores :-)

I do believe I enjoyed just hanging out by the fire the most....

But I must give thanks where thanks is due--- the evening was made a success because of our "beach bonfire pro" friend: Becky (and her boys). Thank you, Becky!!

Rachel's visit

October, 2009 ~ Rodney's sister had some time in her schedule and decided make a long weekend trip out. When she flew in her flight was to get in about 11pm. As Rodney and I were driving to the airport, we couldn't believe the heavy fog....and sure enough shortly after we got to the airport, heard the announcement that her flight was diverted to LA!!! Then we had to wait to see what was going to happen next. As it turned out, they decided to bus them down instead of flying them in a smaller plane. So, we went back home, took a few snoozes on the couch and headed back to the airport to pick her up about 2:30AM!!! She realized that with the time difference from Texas, she had at that point been up basically 24 hours!! But, that didn't stop us---after a bit of sleep, we were out the door about 9AM for a yummy Chick-fil-A breakfast, then on the road (back to LA!) to go to Disneyland/California Adventure!!! It was exciting since they were all decked out for Halloween :) Enjoy the pictures.....

Golden Gate bridge in California Adventure

The caterpillar from "Bug's Life" was responsible for the bite out of the candy corn, but I never could get a picture of him!!

Rodney enjoyed the decorations a lttle too much, I think!

Rachel at the Seven Dwarfs' house 

Taking a break in a taxi from Monstropolis (Monters, Inc.)

And of course, we caught up with a few Disney characters....

Pluto

Donald Duck

The Incredibles

Mater and Lightning McQueen

Bashful came home

And what's a Disney visit with out seeing a Princess (Cinderella) and THE MOUSE :-)

And then there are the RIDES!! One thing about Disney, even if you have to wait in line, they keep it entertaining..... Good company helps, too :-)

On the way to ride Indiana Jones

On the way to ride Soarin' Over California

Riding the Tea Cups :-}

And one of our favorites-- Haunted Mansion decked out as "Nightmare Before Christmas"

We had a great day, but after such short sleep the night before, by about 10pm we were ready to make the drive back home!!

GO CHARGERS!!

August, 2009 ~ Rodney called me from the office one day and asked if I'd like to go to a Chargers game (supporting our local team ;) and I thought that sounded fun. A season pass holder had dropped off his two tickets since he wouldn't be able to attend this first pre-season game. The other Chaplains weren't able to use them, either, so they were passed to Rodney. We get to the game and it turns out these seats are in Club Level! That's were you have your own special entrance, get a wrist band, and they come to your seat to take your food order!! Quite cool!! It also turned out that it was Salute to the Military night.... 

All branches were represented in the pre-game show...

Here come the CHARGERS!!!

The coin toss....

And the game gets underway.....

Of course, the Charger Girls were there...

They had a great half-time Military Salute, but it was too dark for pictures, except for this one...

A few days later, the Chargers held a walk-thru practice on one of the bases, so went to watch. Rodney got quite a few autographs, but this was his best pic...