When this post publishes, we’ll be in an airplane on our way home from our vacation to California. Our first purpose in going was for my grandma’s memorial services, but we decided to make a full-scale trip out of it. We went to Disneyland, to Legoland, and to go tourmaline mining. We went to Fresno for my grandma’s committal, which I planned and facilitated, and for her Celebration of Life luncheon, which was beautifully planned by my aunt and had an excellent and touching turn out (260 people when we only planned for 200). Then, we ended with four days at Pismo Beach where my uncle has a condo. Everything went well overall and I will post some trip picture albums soon. For my Tuesday Tidbits this week though, I’m just offering a couple quick shots:
Lann ended up going on Space Mountain three times! I like this picture because the strangers behind us look so casual and like they should be on an ad for Disneyland.
Playing at the beach in Carlsbad.
Waiting for the gate to open at Legoland! We went on Memorial Day, which I was dreading, and it was shockingly deserted!
Couldn’t resist a pic with Lego Indy because he’s holding a birth goddess! The classic golden “idol” from Raiders is really an Aztec birth goddess figure—for some reason in the big Lego version, there is no baby emerging though. 😦
Alaina loved the “tea party ride.”
Had to have one of these iconic pix, taken by friendly passerby!
Lego Darth Vader!
We were dragging by the time we got to Miniland and to Star Wars land, but these guys were so cool!
The crew getting ready to catch some waves. My brother and sister-in-law, plus my uncle and cousins and Mark. (I love Zander in this picture!)
My uncle showed us how to take silhouette pictures at sunset at Pismo and I love how they turned out. 
Okay, so that was more pictures than I originally thought!
I’ve heard my grandma’s blue hydrangea is blooming at home and I miss my woods and my own house! Homeward bound…
Talk Birth 