AND THE CELEBRATING GOES ON!!!

IT'S ALWAYS TIME TO CELEBRATE

WHEN ONE OF THE GRANDKIDS

COMES HOME FROM COLLEGE.

IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS NOW
SINCE ELISE HAS BEEN HOME,

SO WE WERE ALL HAPPY TO SEE HER LAST NIGHT
WHEN SHE FLEW IN FOR SPRING BREAK.

WHERE DO WE HEAD
WHEN ELISE COMES TO TOWN?

TO IN AND OUT BURGER
THAT'S WHERE!
NO IN AND OUT BURGERS
IN HER LITTLE COLLEGE TOWN.

ABOUT SIX HOURS SLEEP

AND WE WERE ALL HEADED FOR THE FERRY
TO SAN FRANCISCO,
TO DO A LITTLE MORE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATING
WITH SYDNEY.

OK,
WHAT'S THE BIG ATTRACTION?

IT'S NORA ALL DRESSED UP FOR THE OCCASION,
AND RARING TO GO!

THE KIDS ALWAYS LIKE
THE TOP, OUTDOOR LEVEL
OF THE FERRY,

AND NORA THOUGHT IT SOUNDED LIKE FUN TOO.

AT THE FERRY BUILDING
ALICE INTRODUCED US TO THE ITALIAN DOUGHNUT.
SHE DIDN'T THINK THEY
WERE QUITE THE SAME AS IN ITALY,
BUT I'M HERE TO SAY
THAT THEY WERE PRETTY DARN GOOD.

WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT
A DOUGHNUT FILLED WITH
REAL CUSTARD!

WE SPENT MOST OF THE DAY
AT THE EXPLORATORIUM,
AND CAN YOU BELIEVE,
THESE ARE THE ONLY PICTURES I TOOK.

THERE WAS SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO,
LIKE THIS FUN BUBBLE BLOWING.

JUST LOOK AT THIS ONE!

DOESN'T THIS LOOKS LIKE
THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT BUBBLE.
DON'T LET IT POP!

AFTER A GREAT DAY INSIDE
IT WAS TIME TO GET OUTSIDE
AND SOAK UP SOME OF
THAT CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE.

ELISE IS DETERMINED
TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL
WITH A CALIFORNIA TAN.

HOWS THIS FOR A HAPPY BABY,
AND THIS IS HOW SHE WAS ALL DAY!
SHE LOVED THE EXPLORATORIUM,
AND ALL THE FAMILY THAT WENT WITH IT.

 TIME FOR DINNER

AND IT TOOK TWO TABLES
AT OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT

TO SEAT THIS LARGE FAMILY,
AND A FEW FRIENDS.

AND FROM  ANOTHER ANGLE- - - 

 HEADING BACK HOME,

AND WHO'S THE BIG ATTRACTION ONCE AGAIN,

ASIDE FROM THE BIRTHDAY GIRL THAT IS,

WHY IT'S NORA OF COURSE!
STILL JUST AS CONTENT, AND ADORABLE,
 AS SHE WAS
WHEN THIS WHOLE DAY STARTED.

ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF A LARGE FAMILY,
THERE'S ALWAYS REASON
FOR CELEBRATION!!!