Birthday Party of the Year

Wow, what a party! The kids had a great time along with all their friends and family at the annual birthday party! The family is recovering today and just relaxing. Here are some of the high lights of the party. Enjoy!

Ben, Seth, Nicky, and Josh.


Em opening her presents.


Sarah and her presents.


Brandon loves his Bionicle!


Sarah's friend Josh.


Sarah and Marion.


Brandon, Zachary, and Luke.


Darth Seth, Brandon, Luke, and Zachary.


Seth's Dad, Zachary, Luke, Sam, and Kenny.




Cake Time! There were some trick candles in there!




Phillip and Claire.


Crystal and Mo ready to dance off!


Jylen.


Christiana and Kaila.

Castaic Lake Field Trip

Today the kindergarten class went on a field trip to Castaic Lake and learned how to kayak.



Mr. "Soggy" giving directions.

It LIVES...

Bring Your Child to Work Day

Today the older kids went to Disney Animation Studios to hang out with the artist and see what Matt does all day.

Here is Ben's flipbook. The spent some time with the artist and learned how to make a flipbook and then it was scanned into the system. Enjoy!

Griffith Observatory on a cloudy day

Today we went to the Griffith Observatory with the kindergarten class. Today we spend the time in two movie shows in the planetarium which were awesome! Here are a couple of outside shots on the cloudy cold day!

California Science Center

We went on Ben's field trip to the California Science Center. The kids had a great time see all the ecosystem exhibits.



A giant lever with a truck and one end and the kids trying to lift it on the other.


Ben and his classmates.


A stealthy war bird.


Entry atrium to the museum.


Ben giving instructions at the water wave machine.


The kids watching the diver in the kelp tank.


ooooohhhh, mud!


Brandon under his foam block arch.

Sierra Panoramas

While at the cabin, Matt took a few panoramic shots...

Enjoy!

View from the balcony of the cabin.


High Sierra


Courtright Reservoir


Wishon Turnout


The coming storm.

The Cabin Life

This is Shannon's Dad's Friend's cabin at Courtright Reservoir located outside Fresno pass Shaver Lake. The cabin sits at about 8500 feet.



A huge snow drift coming off the east side of the cabin.


Icicles on the west side of the cabin.


This is how we got in... Matt made a trail to the stairs from the road.


A view from the living room of the kitchen and dining area.


The kitchen from the upstairs loft.


The downstairs.


The Indian on the stairs. Brandon said that the Indians live in the cabin, but they were not there right now.


In the basement, there was the generator that charged the batteries for electricity.




A neighbor's house... all covered in snow!