Quick beach stroll before tennis class…

As in life, there is also beauty in the gray and cloudy.

Our community clubhouse and gym is now open so walked over to check it out. Pool is still in the works.

E & neighbor attempted working out. :D

The clubhouse can be rented for private parties and events. And they have a few conference rooms for meetings/work.

Appreciated the modern, laid back vibe.

Some serious card trading on the outdoor electrical box “table”, haha.

And then this boy turned TEN!!! We kept it SUPER simple this year as too much was going on the last few months. He requested ice cream instead of cake {again!} and made do with this fragrance candle.

And of course, a new Lego set. :)

Karaage and…

Pot pies!

More ice cream.

And a new Japanese sando place… Since when are we paying like more than $15 for a sandwich?!?

And some fun Pocky-ish snacks. Turned out to be a weekend of some of his fave eats. It’s hard to believe we are in the digital digits with our only begotten. :D Happy 10th, Elias! Keep smiling and shining bright! The pre-teen/teen years loom ahead but as always, one day at a time. We’ll get there when we get there.

Annual jog-a-thon fundraiser for school.

Good friend T chasing behind…

Daddy’s turn to run a lap or two w/ him.

15 laps! An increase every year… :))

The school reached their fundraising goals so here they are prepping to color bomb the principal and coach. You can’t tell from the photo but E has been struggling with this rash around his lips for MONTHS. We tried pretty much every kind of ointment, went to several doctors/dermatologists… he finally went on an antibiotic but unfortunately that one made his eyes swell up where he could barely see. Yet he didn’t want to come home and begged to stay for the color bombing.

The nurse gave him sunglasses to protect his eyes and Mommy showed up in case he had to go to the doctor at any time.

Hillcrest Farmers Market after church one Sunday… Hadn’t been in a looooong while.

Love coconut meat!

Decided to go to Cabrillo on a super low tide day for some tidepooling.

Spotted a crab but wasn’t sure if dead or alive!

Neat starfish.

Lots of anemones.

Some pondering…

Rock cairning…

Signs of spring!

**Back to reality** — who remembers that song? :)

Semi-settled down and back to just living life things…

Like (vegan) V-day donuts for Daddy… gotta somehow health-ify ’em, right?

And chocolate from a new chocolatier for Mommy!

Zoo visit w/ buddies…

Given up on that frozen lemonade fight. :D At least they all just shared one!

Hadn’t caught the red pandas in awhile.

Some mini-cakes for J’s b-day.

Then off to the Midway! Meeting another friend there…

Finally caught a wee little bit of air!

This one is almost like J casting a spell on E to jump. :P

Views from the flight deck are always enjoyable.

What is this contraption? :D

Turn all the knobs.

These ruffians!

Perfect sunset on the way out right when it closed.

CNY performance and celebration at school. Happy Lunar Year of the Rabbit!

Their classroom dragon…

Still getting settled and unpacked… Doing HW on a kitchen counter is a thing! But it’s nice to be somewhat back to everyday things and not in limbo.

Our first time at MCASD on a free admission Sunday afternoon. A Yayoi work right at the entrance… :)

We really enjoyed perusing all the works.

The “artwork” outside was also a masterpiece. ;-)

Ahhhh, so bright!

Took a break from unpacking to check out the trails around our new ‘hood… they’re still in the process of joining up some of the pathways but we were able to go up the big hill right in front of us.

We spot our abode. :)) All the residences are definitely closer together than our other place due to scarcity of land…

Dusk.

Sailing continues in the winter! The days are definitely shorter and it gets a bit nippy in the evening but can’t complain.