Awana Drive-In Movie Nite

Kelly just started going to Awana with her friends, Annie and Emma on Tuesday nights.  This Tuesday they had a special drive-in movie night.  Each of the kids decorated a box and made it into a vehicle so they could sit in it during the movie.

Tom and Kelly worked hard to make her VW.  Here's what it looked like while they worked on it.

Here it is on Awana night.  Kelly even won a prize for her car.

Here is a rear view of the car.  Notice the Maine license plate!

Tom even took apart instrument clusters to put in the car.

Here are all the Awana kids with their cars.

Tom surprised me with a new digital camera for my birthday.  It is the Nikon D40, and boy, do I love it!  I still have a lot to learn about using it, but I've already taken tons of pictures with it. Below are 2 shots I took for fun.

Valentine's Day

On Saturday we visited Bass Pro Shops up in Rancho Cucamonga.  The store is full of fishing, boating, camping, and hunting equipment. It is very similar to Cabela's, but bigger. We also celebrated V-day with dinner at their restaurant. It was a fun day!

This is the front of the store.

This is the restaurant which is attached to the store.

This is the second level of the front of the store.

We had to rest our weary legs after looking at the entire store.

Kelly sits at the pond and checks out the raccoons.  There were all kinds of stuffed wildlife throughout the store.

Kelly shows off the alligator she was eating.

It's a little blurry, but it's the only "couple" shot I have from the day.

Another Birthday Comes and Goes

Mandi's 32nd Birthday

On Friday night we celebrated my birthday with a yummy chocolate cake.

Happy Valentine's Day

Kelly went to school yesterday dressed in her Valentine's Day outfit.  They didn't have a party, but exchanged Valentines before the end of the day.  I did a craft with her class to make heart pins.

Here's Kelly making her heart pin.

Kelly loved her Valentine present from Mimi.  It was a pajama set that she and her American Girl doll, Felicity could wear.  Thank you, Mimi!

Friday Night at the Seling House

On Friday night we gathered at Rob and Kristin's for our weekly Friday night fun.  This particular night there was cause for a celebration-Tom's promotion. Yes, this week Tom found out that he was selected for Major-yay!!!  We celebrated with yummy cake and ice cream. 

Congratulations Major-Select Brannan!!!!

Lou plays the fiddle while Tom strums the banjo.

Tom pickin' away on his tenor banjo.

Musical talent runs in this family. Andrew plays violin while Rob plays the guitar.

Andrew strums the guitar.

The Beach

Kelly and I spent a little time at the beach on Saturday morning.  The weather was so beautiful, about 70, but the water was cold.  We went in as far as our ankles, that was enough!

Kelly made this "OCEAN" sculpture from the myriad of smooth stones that were on the sand.

The cold water didn't keep surfers away.

It was a nice time to lounge in the sun.

The two of us had a lot of fun!