The Daffodil Garden

Here in Running Springs one of the neatest things to do in the Spring is go to the Daffodil Garden. Cameron and his family went every year growing up and I wanted to take my children to enjoy it. It is a garden created by a single woman. There are tons of fields of daffodils and it is beautiful to walk in.

I called my friend, Julie, and we decided to go today. It was beautiful a beautiful day. The birds and squirrels woke me up this morning because they were so excited for spring. The sky is blue and there are only a few clouds floating by. It was warm too, much warmer than I expected. It felt like spring and the flowers were spring.

The girls were so excited to go to the flower garden and it was so fun to take three little girls. The third girl is Laiha, the little girl I baby sit almost every day. They ran around and posed at each spot for pictures. I thought I would share with you the pictures.

Easter Dresses

Easter Egg Decorating

We had Mike and Sue over to join our Easter Egg decorating. It was fun and they were the pros at decorating the eggs. Everyone enjoyed the time together. Mike decorated the best egg. At least I think so! Ali enjoyed dipping the eggs in lots of different colors and making multi -colored eggs while Ashling just wanted to make the egg really dark and kept stirring the eggs around.

Bon Voyage

We were able to get to the port of Los Angeles with no problems. We went through the check in process fast and painlessly. Soon we were on board the ship. We enjoyed watching the ship pull out of port and seeing all the sights of the port. The port of Los Angeles is pretty amazing in of itself. My favorite picture of Sue is here. She was very happy to be on the cruise and showed it by doing lots of silly things to entertain us all. We spent the first day learning to relax over a long 5 course dinner.

Our second day on the cruise

Talk about relaxing. The second day was perfect. It was warm, not too windy and very beautiful. The seas were calm and we were all ready to relax. We spent the day running around the ship, relaxing in the sun and hot tub, (the pool was freezing,) and eating. What else could you want. I will tell you I was amazed because Cameron did actually read a lot of the day. In fact he even passed up other things to read. It was a climbing book so maybe he was imagining himself climbing the 8000 meter mountains like Ed Vestures. Who knows?

At night we went to dinner again and then spent the evening exploring the ship. We went to a magic show, played games and even went dancing. And of course we ate.... and ate.... and ate....

Formal Night

Alcapulco

The cliff divers were pretty amazing. They climbed up the rock and then prayed to their saints in the shrine at the top. Then they dived into a small channel when the waves were right. It was cool because they were unionized and everything. They only dived a couple times a week to make sure that they did not hurt themselves. I bought Ali and Ashling a shell that had the sea in it. It looked like fun to swim across the channel. Any chance they will teach the tourists?