Busy Sunday

Long day - lots of pictures! Our first adventure was driving down to Sarah's place. We made great time, so we were able to go in. She has a cute little single with her boyfriend, Josh. I had never met him, but heard lots about him, and he turned out to be a great guy! Polite, helpful, just an all around sweetie. And Orion loved him.

Here is the view from their balcony. You can almost see the whole Hollywood sign!And looking down.... I had asked jokingly if they have any good neighbors to watch, and they said yes! This is the window of an older lady they said does yoga and aerobics late at night. They even have a name for her - Delilah.
View to the right. Josh is from Indiana and thought it was somebody's big mansion, so I had to make fun of him for that. For the rest of you not from LA, that is the Griffith Park Observatory. And he is into acting. I was all, "Didn't you see Rebel Without a Cause?!"
Sarah has come full circle. :) We used to have a book about Goddesses when she was growing up, and she always loved Sarasvati because her name was so close I think. Now she is all back into Eastern spirituality.
Orion, thrilled with gift they bought him. It was a Diego themed Easter basket, so it had a bug catching net, binoculars, compass, safari looking hat and the bug house he is playing with here.
The view from the roof, in the other direction toward downtown.
How adorable is Sarah's boyfriend?
Sarah being the teen model.
Elevator door on the roof. Just thought this was an interesting shot.
Then we were off on the long drive to Port Hueneme. Christina was happy to see Sarah as always.
The birthday boy.
Loved this picture. He was looking annoyed because mom was just cleaning lipstick off his cheek, but it made for an interesting, moody looking shot.
OK, favorite shot I have taken in a long time!
Boys busy at work.
And men busy at work. Well, man anyway. Mike is a BBQ virtuoso.
Blow!
A pensive Sarah and her red wine.
Josh filling up Orion's Pez dispenser.

Pinata time!
Orion taking a whack. He had pretty good aim!
Sarah watching and leaning back from the stick.
Looking up at Josh. Just liked this shot of her and was annoyed with myself I had the focus wrong.

Let the big kid take a turn!
But it took Dad to make short business of it in the end.
Candy Melee!
The points of the pinata made great hats.

Sarah and Josh came back to Simi with me, so my mom was thrilled. They plan to spend the night and do some photography for Sarah's class tomorrow.