Just the Two of Us

Thanks to some beautiful, forgiving, sweet people, Caleb and Marci, Nathan and I escaped for a few days to Los Angeles. They were real troopers in watching our four yay hoos for so long. When we picked up the kids, Marci was even smiling...oh wait...that may have been simply because we were picking them up. Anyway, we were celebrating our 10-year-anniversary. Wow! Has it really been that long? It was so fun to get away and spend some one-on-one with each other...sleeping and eating and sight-seeing.

We spent quite a bit of time at the beaches in the area. Here we are on our last day at Venice Beach. We loved watching the interesting people: the fishermen, the surfers, and the street dancers. Oh yeah, and I think every person in L.A. owns a dog. No kidding.

The last day we were in L.A. we visited the Getty Museum. It was HUGE! The gardens were gorgeous and so was the architecture. However, if you are immature like us, the art INSIDE the museum may not be for you. Mucho, mucho, mucho bare-chested women. I just don't get that. There are so many other beautiful things to paint...right?
Here is just one of our favorite pieces at the Getty. Nathan's interpretation was "jungle gym" mine was "light bulb cut in half". What do you think? We are sooo artsy.


See the floating shrubbery? Love it.


I loved these things. So gorgeous.


One of the days we spent in So Cal we went to Magic Mountain. Can we just let it be known that we are officially old farts? After the second ride, we were both sooo sick. Blahhh. We had to wait about 45 minutes between rides for some recovery time. I know, I know...pathetic. We were disappointed in ourselves as well. We did have a great time people watching though. And eventually found a few rides that were more our speed (slightly geezerish, but still fun).



Being in California, we learned that capris are "in" for men. So here is Nathan trying to pull off the look at the beach. Woo woo.


Our stop at the tar pits. Waaa Hooo!