Santa Barbara 2

This is day 5 at the Beebe's in Santa Barbara and we haven't missed a day at the beach yet. This afternoon the waves were huge and the kids were lovin' it!

Lizzy keeping her head above water.

Chase about to get pummeled.

Jayme after getting rolled around and beached by a big wave.

Jodie ridin' a wave.

Chase getting pummeled again. He's a glutton for punishment.

Oh man, look at that wave!

Lizzy knows how to handle these big waves...she just dives right in.

Pummeled.

We've been to Yogurt Land twice now. It's the coolest place. They have about a dozen flavors and you serve yourself. You choose as many flavors as you want, then put on your own toppings - everything from fruit to cookie crumbs to candy bits, then put it on a scale and pay by the weight. Ingenious!

One of my favorite parts of the backyard is this lemon tree. It was one of the only trees that managed to survive the big fire last summer. We've plucked some everyday. Jayme and I like to eat wedges of them, plus we put them in our water and iced tea. They are super juicy. They also have avacado trees, lime trees, orange trees, grapes, peach tree, fig tree, strawberry plants, tomato plants and squash. These have all been planted new since last year after the fire so they are young and don't have any fruit ready yet....bummer. Guess we'll have to come back next year and see how they're doing. :-)

In order to save on energy and parking, the college has asked the Beebe's to use a golf cart when getting from their home to campus. Lizzy and Jodie have had fun picking Anna up from work at the college bookstore and picking Ricky up from basketball camp. I think Spring Arbor should be a golf cart community!

Hangin' at the house.

Lizzy and Jodie made a wonderful lemon meringue pie with fresh lemons from the tree in the backyard. Wow!!

A bit of fun in the kitchen.

We eat almost every meal out on the patio.

Kids are eating breakfast on the patio.

That's it for yesterday and today. Tomorrow we are going to lay low except that Pam and I are going to lunch together and then picking up cupcakes to bring home from a place called "Whodiddly" which should be a real treat. I wonder if the previous 2 weeks of hiking will somehow keep me from gaining weight while I'm here. Not likely I guess. Oh well, livin' for the moment baby!