Joy

Well, the joys of being grown-ups are upon us. Truly, it is satisfying to finally live in a place that has that homey feel. We've done our best to make our other places feel homey, but this place really has it. Maybe it's because we had friends and family to help inaugurate it! Thanks to Nana again for visiting and helping us move!! She was invaluable, despite the lack of photographic evidence. Her flight was delayed on account of Kodiak winds, so she got to spend an extra day and celebrate her first goddess party experience. Whew! We've lived in the Stately Wilco Manner for 2 weeks and already hosted 2 sets of visitors and had 2 parties. Not bad!

Part of the reason for not blogging lately has been because our "waterproof" Olympus 1030 SW has failed us again, after being taken into the water. We should have known! We did send a grumpy consumer letter to Olympus, so we'll see how it pans out. The warranty has expired but we're hoping they will make an exception. This is the last picture it took before dying, as Boppa swam out to take a picture of Justin.

Justin and Elle came up for a visit and we took a stay-cation to make the most of it. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. A three day blizzard ensued. The surf was good, but it was pretty cold for these San Diegoans!

Here's the one successful action photo of Justin. This is at Pillar Creek beach, one of our favorite places for in town waves. Those little dots in the picture are snowflakes.

Justin makes surfing look pretty easy. (Boppa makes it look pretty hard. Which is a more accurate representation.)

Of course, we took them on the assorted tour of ruins and tasty coffee shops.

Luckily, on their very last day in town, the weather cleared up and they got to see the mountains and sunshine. Kodiak is fantastic with blue sky, blue ocean, and snow-covered mountains.

This guy may have been mad at us for eating his tasty cousin. He certainly didn't feel like getting out of the road.

A few beach shots:

More action photos: