Showing posts with label just for fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label just for fun. Show all posts

Monday, April 2, 2012

Cimbing ROCKS!


Here is Dad, the family climbing expert! He has been trying to get us to climb for a while, and we finally agreed to go.






Now, as a general rule, I don't post pictures of my behind...but I'm hoping it's so far away it looks really small here! :-) This was my first time on the climbing wall and I made it to the top! Yay, me!





Here is Super, on her way up...





And Dude, rappelling down...






It was fun to try something new! Hope you're making time for fun, too!

Monday, August 29, 2011

The Gateway Auto Museum



VROOOOOM!



Our second field trip of the school year took us to the gorgeous Unaweep Canyon...



...and the amazing Gateway Auto Museum.



What a fun place!



There are early cars from the days when they were strictly for Sunday drives.



And there are super-cool hot rods!



There are ooh la la cars...



...and muscle cars!



And even the rarest car in the world! The Oldsmobile F-88.



The kids learned about gears...



...and aerodynamics.





While I drooled over the interiors of some of the luxury models.



Oh, baby!


Hubba hubba!



I have always loved the details on classic cars!



Swooping sirens...



...graceful swans...



...speeding jets...



...and zooming rockets!



They don't make 'em like that anymore!











Saturday, April 30, 2011

Super-Awesome Friends in Austin

We did lots of fun stuff in Austin, but spending time with our friends was definitely the highlight of our visit.

Wish we could all get together for coffee together every day!

D and H, your lovely Easter brunch was superb! You are truly the migas and French toast champions of the world!

And thanks for pointing us towards Terra Toys. We found some Texas-style Easter basket buddies and other neat stuff there!

We enjoyed our "unorthodox" egg hunt at Pinballz! The guys played their old favorite, Galaga, while the gals burned up the Skeeball lanes.

Lunched at Kerby Lane and had fantastic buttermilk pie at Cutie Pies. (I know, that's actually a pecan pie. The buttermilk was gone before I could get my camera out.)

And we got to hang out with this sweetie pie! You're such a good girl, Daisy!


We saw a few bats under the Congress Street Bridge (but not a million, to my relief!)

Oh, yeah...we saw these guys. Maybe you've heard of them...

You had to be amazingly cool to get into this concert...which is why our amazingly-cool friend had to get us in.

It was great to be deep in the heart of Texas, but even better to be with our big-hearted Texas friends! Thanks for everything, y'all! We miss you already!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Go Google Something


Remember when people used to use the phrase "Look it up?" Now there is a new verb for that. If you haven't been to Google.com today, you need to check it out! Today is Jules Verne's birthday, and Google has designed an awesome tribute to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

Hetzel front cover

Friday, January 21, 2011

Aphrodite's New Ride

The "hard sell" from Dude:


Looking for a new car? Try the Dove 4! It has jewel-encrusted shock suspension tires, it comes in stylish gold (or silver), with four-dove power. And it comes with clam cupholders!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Cookie Artistry!






















And my favorite, created by our friends' teenage daughter...