THE FANTASTIC FOUR

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Golden Gate Bridge

For a youth activity we went to San Francisco to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.

We started the day off at IHOP...

(This is the table of cute girls I got to eat brunch with)

and then we were off to the bridge.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day in San Francisco. It was the first time I have ever walked across the whole bridge. Any time I have been there before we only walked until we couldn't stand the cold anymore and would turn back.

We all had a great time!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Brownlee Fieldtrip

I recently went on a great fieldtrip with Logan. We road on this boat down the Delta. It was a beautiful day and we learned a lot.

They broke the kids into four groups and rotated around the boat being scientists for the day.

In Logan's first group they threw a net in the water to see if they could catch any fish.

They pulled the net out of the water themselves and caught some very cool fish.

Being the scientists that they are they had to figure out the names of the fish they caught.

Next they put a little net in the water to catch some plankton which they looked at under a micropscope to learn about all the little things that live in the Delta water.

I think Logan's favorite section was when they pulled mud up from the bottom of the Delta and discovered what lived in the mud.

The instructors told the kids to put the mud on their faces. Of course Logan went the extra mile and put it all over his face :)

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Ringing In The Near Year

Preparing the traditional New Year's Eve dinner -

little pizzas, punch, pigs in a blanket, etc. etc. etc.

This year we actually went a little untraditional and celebrated on Thursday night so we party before the last of our visiting family returned home. The kids weren't too sure about this change, but it worked out great and they seemed to be able to still celebrate like it was New Year's Eve...