Sunday

 We had breakfast at Porto's today.  It was a block away from the hotel.  

It is mostly a pastry place.  I had an omelet sandwich.  

We headed to Sharon and Michael's for the daily walk to Toasted.  Jamie and Pam joined us there.  Then off to Glendale Park.

It was a very nice park.

Nathan and Ella on the zip line

My turn

Working on a puzzle

I did it.  I had to leave because it didn't take long before it was messed up again.  

Nicole

Nathan sure has fun.

Nathan, Nicole, Sharon, Jamie, Pam, Ella, me, George.  Michael is missing.

We headed back to Sharon and Michael's for lunch. We helped to eat up leftovers.  Then it was nap time for the kids.  Pam, George and I walked up to a coffee shop.  We hung out for a couple of hours playing cards and bananagrams.  

We did have to buy some snacks while we sat there.

We got back about the time that nap time was over.

  

Nathan and Ella made blondie brownies.

Nicole

Snack was good to the last lick.

Ella has homework in both English and Japanese and she is only in kindergarten. It seems like a very complicated process with uploading assignments on the computer.

Nicole

Nathan is being attacked from all sides.

We ordered dinner from Min's Kitchen, Thai food

Another feast.

After the kids were in bed we all played a round of 10, 9, 8.  

Jamie has an early flight tomorrow for work, so we will not see him tomorrow. 

Saturday

The hotel had been the Brandwood but recently changed its name to The Brand Plaza Hotel.

My morning work station.  

We walked down the street to Muffin Can Stop Us.  I had a English Muffin breakfast sandwich and George and Nathan had muffins.

Then we drove over to Sharon & Michael's

Ella was on her bike and Nicole was on her scooter.  They are both pretty fast.

We walked up the street to a near-by coffee shop, Toasted.

Nicole, Ella

Sharon, Nathan

Pam

me, Jamie

After having our morning coffee/treats we headed to the Huntington Gardens.  What an amazing place.  I have been there before but it was a long time ago.

Misting area in the Children's Garden.  You can almost see the rainbow.

Fun tunnel

Nathan in the tunnel.

The Chinese Garden was next.

Then the Japanese Garden

It was all very pretty.  I was surprised that it was not very crowded. 

it was time for lunch so we tried to find the quickest way to the restaurant.

Nathan and Ella

We could all pick different things.  I was not very happy with my chicken shawarma wrap and tomato soup.

After that we headed straight to Sharon and Michael's.  Nap time for everyone (MDT time for us).  George, Nathan and I walked up to the Unique Bakery.  We sat there and played 10, 9, 8 and Bananagrams.  Then we went to Trader Joe's to buy a brownie mix and other "essentials." WE saw Ella work on some of her homework for kindergarten.  Very complicated stuff.

After Nicole woke up and Ella had her quiet time. We went to an ice cream place. Part of the group did Moo Moo Mia and the othe part did Tutti Fruiti 

Cute little doors near Moo Moo Mia's.  (Stuart Little's homes)

I still was not feeling well from the lunch so I did not have any.

When we got back to S & M's we ordered take-out from Giuseppe, Italian.  We had walked by it when we went to Toasted.  I still was not feeling great.  Michael went to get me some ginger beer.  That really helped but I still wasn't hungry.  What I had was delicious. 

Bath time for Ella and Nicole and then some relaxing time.  We headed back to the hotel when it was bed time. 

We have to remember that time change is tonight.