LEGOLAND ans Sealife

Thursday our school went on a field trip to LEGOLAND and Sealife.
First we enjoyed LEGOLAND.

Kids lined up waiting anxious for the time to enter the park.

Had fun working together building LEGO houses

We did fast fun rides!

We did slow rides.
Saw LEGO jungle aninmals

We rode on LEGO cars

Mexican Mariaches singing to us, pirates eating.....all kinds of LEGO structures everywhere!.....

Walking among miniature cities and towns made out of LEGO.
We felt like giants:-)

President Obama Inauguration Day
All made out of LEGO

Las Vegas made out of LEGO

Towns made out of LEGO


After LAGOLAND we went to Sealife that is next door

Under the fish

Observing and touching creatures of sealife

All kinds of beautiful fish

Valentine's Surprise Gift!

This year for Valentine's day I did not get flowers. I received a gift from Gordon. This was a surprise because we never have given each other a gift for valentine.

Gordon gave me and iPod!!!! Did not miss the flowers.

LOVE my gift! But LOVE Gordon more!

Our January 2009 Vegetable Garden

Still harvesting tomatoes and green beans from our backyard vegetable garden.
It is the last day of January. Well be eating this harvest the first two weeks of February so far. Good job with the garden Gordon!

After Eating

This Christmas my family did a lot of eating out and that is when we took pictures.

My family outside of Mimi's Cafe, Sacramento

Mom and Dad

Ada Mom and Dad

Cesar, Ada, Mom, Dad, Carlos Ana, Zulita and Gordon waiting for our food at Mimi's Cafe

Mom and Dad at our table at Fresh Choice, Sacramento

Ana and Carlos after our meal at Fresh Choice

Us

Ana, Gordon and I
We were happy and full!

A Day at the Park, Sacramento

Ana, Carlos, Ada, Gordon, Zulita, Tico and Tita enjoying a day at a beautiful park in Sacramento.

Gordon enjoying a ride on a A-bike

Gordon and Carlos

Gordon, Carlos Ada and I


Ana, Carlos and Tico

Ada, Ana, Tico and Tita

Gordon and I

Us

Tico, And and Gordon crossing the bridge

Christmas With the Hartys 2008

The Harty Christmas was at Richard and Karey's home in Lodi.
Richard, Karey, Greg, Kieth, Stew, Erik, Andrew, Mom Harty, Gordon and I had a nice get together. Thank you Richard and Karey for opening your home once again :-)

Opening gifts time!

Mom Harty opening her gift.
First Christmas without Dad Harty.


Zulita, Mom Harty and Karey

The Harty brothers

Christmas dinner time!

Visiting the Getty Villa

We visited the Getty Villa. It is a museum located in the Los Angeles area by the ocean near Malibu. It is a gorgeous place! The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa is home to an extended collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiques, one of America's finest holdings of ancient art.

This museum is a big house (villa) modeled after a Roman country house.
The Atrium was the main public room in a Roman house. The ceiling, open to light and air, allowed rainwater to enter and be capture in, where it was channeled to a underground cistern. The Romans were experts in creating houses that utilize the rain water well.

Inside the galleries

The exhibits are well presented

Which one is Zulita?

The Getty Villa is modeled after the Villa dei Papiri, a Roman country house in Herculaneum buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvirus in A.D. 79. Because most of the Villa dei Papiri remains unexcaved, many of the Getty Villa's architectural details are based on elements drawn from other ancient Roman houses in the towns of Pompeii, Herculanaeum and Stabiae.

A court garden inside the museum.
The Romans liked water and statues in all their gardens.

Beautiful long hall ways with great pillars

The main garden has a big long pool.
Outer Peristyle garden offered a peaceful place for conversation and contemplation.

Enjoying the garden by a fountain. Love the tranquil sound of the water.
I thing I want one of these fountains for our backyard at home:-)

There were statues among the gardens.

Gordon enjoying a walk around the pillars