Summer- The Second Installment

     During the middle of July, as this summer's heat wave descended on SoCal, our baby Honda, Harley, got a bit of a cold. Well, more like a 'hot'. Her head-gasket needed to be replaced, which came with a hefty price-tag. Meanwhile, one of Joseph's co-workers had a $2,000 outage and was fired, so he picked up her hours in order to help compensate for our unexpected bill. It is quite fabulous how one door opens after another closes. 
     Joseph working full time put a bit of a damper on our summer plans (what plans?) but there was still plenty of fun to be had.
     Living in SoCal (and with a self-professed 'water-child') makes us obligated to hit the waves. We headed back in July for a short fun trip, and again in August for the 'Super Trip'. We were in Huntington for ten hours, hanging with friends (including many of my old high school buds), boogie boarding and roasting s'mores when the sun went down. Ah the beach!

 {After drying off and waiting for pizza to arrive}

Then came another trip to Disney after the summer black-out. You know us- can't get enough. Hopefully we can afford to renew our passes. Prices are getting ridiculous!

 {Jungle Cruise with one of the best skippers we've had}

When September came, it was finally time to use our Huntington Library Free Day passes. The Huntington had been on our list since our early dating days, and we were so happy to finally make it.

                                                                                                                       {Can I keep him?}

                                                                     {Royalty must ponder}
 
To keep myself occupied between adventures, I've been cultivating my 'domestic' side. I made jam with my sister-in-law Rebecca, Joseph and I babysat her two oldest for three days (never met kids that were easier to put to bed...means they wake you up at 6 am though), and I tried my hand at baking bread. 

{Honey Oat Bread}

It was a delicious first attempt- I highly recommend throwing around some dough of your own. Its rather therapeutic: Honey Oat Bread