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We went to a nice beach up the coast at Carpinteria yesterday. This was a loosely organized Cub Scouts event and we met up with Andy and Michele and their family and several other couples and families that we know.

Josh digging Tide Pools Noah’s Lunch? the surfer

The beach is long – clean white sand – and reasonably tame water. The boys had a blast – body surfing and boogie boarding. Both Josh and Noah caught some nice (child size) waves – enough for them to peek their enthusiasm. They had a great time. Now they want their own boogie boards – maybe next summer!

We hiked south down the beach in search of shells and starfish.

We left the beach about 6:30 we are went to Rusty’s Pizza for dinner and then headed home. It was a great afternoon.

Yesterday was Josh’s last swim meet of the season.

This was a late afternoon meet so we bought a portable barbeque and food and had a picnic at the park after the meet.

This is a zucchini that got forgotten – and grew and grew and grew . . .

Liane continues to self decorate . . .

Chris’s garden:

The Cherry Tomato tree. This single plant yields about
250-400 cherry tomatoes a season and grows to
over 7 foot tall.

Zucchini              and           Tomatoes . . .

Basil          and                Beets . . .

Looking up the back hill

Grapefruit growing . . .
Chris’s little patch of paradise . . .