Memorial Day Weekend with the Higgs

So much for Sunny California. Memorial Weekend 2008 was Cloudy and Cold.

The day started with breakfast at Schooner or Later, Yummy. Then we stroll down the Seal Beach Pier and the Shoreline Village. I love taking pictures of Randy and Cris when the don't even know they are being watched. Oh yeah, the pic of the 48 car was taken in Amanda's honor at Irwindale Speedway. We had to show Randy how they race in So. Cal.

The Point Vicente Lighthouse. You can see Catalina Island in the background.

Wandering around the Mission San Juan Capistrano.

Wonder what would happen if someone were to "Ring the Bells"?

Our First Visitors - April 2008

The Long Beach Skyline at Sunset as seen from the upper deck of the Queen Mary. Dinner at Parker's Lighthouse, one of our favorite places to dine. Loron loved the Fish & Chips.

Time to venture down to San Diego. We stayed at Worldmark which was just a hop, skip and a jump to Sea World.

While in San Diego, we spent the day wandering through Balboa Park and enjoyed a variety of gardens and sites. We also visited the model train museum.

On our way back from San Diego, we stopped in Escondido and since we were hungry, we had lunch at one of Nana's favorite places. I remember the last time I ate there with her, we shared a piece of chocolate-peanut butter pie.

First stop in Escondido was the Pink House. As you can see it is no longer Pink but the memories of sleeping on cots in the garage still makes it The Pink House.

Then over to 1130 West 13th Avenue. The've added a car port and a fence out front, but it's still the quaint house that Nana and Mayme built and turned into the home we all loved to visit.