Our Easter

Easter came real quick this year! Things have been crazy around here and admittedly I wasn't as focused on the day like I usually am. Yet, we managed to have a nice day celebrating the resurrection of our Savior.

My handsome men!

Unfortunately my youngest has all of a sudden become camera shy. He refuses to be in any pictures. The plan was to take some family pics after church.......meaning everyone was to stay in their "church" clothes. That was the plan but he quickly came in and changed his clothes. I wasn't too happy about that and I guess I could have made him change back into his church clothes. I pouted instead and had a bad attitude! Not a great attitude to have on Easter Sunday, is it?

Thankfully I got over it. Family came over later and we had a nice dinner. We also had an egg hunt and the kids got some treats.

Whale Watching

On Saturday we headed to Newport Beach to go whale watching. This was a first for all of us. We were so eager to see some whales but sadly the whales weren't cooperating. The boat gave us $7 vouchers to return another day and try again. We still had a great time and the weather was beautiful out in the Pacific Ocean!

Naynay was a little scared at first since it was his first time on a boat on the ocean.

It was beautiful and sunny!

We only saw a couple of dolphins.

We then saw these California sea lions basking in the sun.

After our boat ride we still had a little time left on the parking meter so we headed to the pier.

When we got to the end of the pier this little guy wanted to play. 

We hope to redeem our vouchers at some point and hopefully we'll catch a glimpse of some whales!

The Getty Center

It's Spring Break.......well, it's almost over but we are really enjoying some time off from school! Thankfully this year we were actually able to take our break. We are up to date with all of our curriculum and we'll have all the compulsory attendance dates in by the end of the year.

Tuesday we headed to The Getty Center. I know, I know........why would 2 boys be interested in going to an art museum? Jojo is taking an art class at PSP and I really thought he'd be interested in seeing artwork from the artists he's been studying. The day wasn't entirely a failure and the boys did have fun with the audio tour. The museum gives you an iPod with headphones at the entrance and at select art pieces there is a number you can enter into the iPod to learn more about the art work. It would take a few days to go through the whole museum listening to the audio tour but the boys were "educated" on some artists and paintings.

Nathan enjoyed watching a short documentary on how these type of wooden statues are made.

Rembrandt........this is Jon's favorite painter.

Edgar Degas.........this painting was created with pastels (chalk).

Van Gogh.......this is the museum's prized painting and the most popular. Took a while just to get near it.

Claude Monet.......one of my favorites

The gardens are beautiful.

The boys aren't very cooperative with pictures any more......Nathan refuses to be in most pictures.

The entrance to The Getty Center is free but you do have to pay $15 for parking. They are closed on Mondays so I would suggest that you do not go on a Tuesday........it was crazy! Took forever just to be able to park.