Last weekend

On the spur of the moment, we found out that my friend Jodie and her kids were in Newport Beach last weekend visiting her dad! We dropped everything and drove down there to see her on Saturday, and Wendy did too:

We played a bit at the Balboa Fun Zone and spent a little time on the beach.


Then on Sunday, the girls and I met Darell, Kathryn, and Kathryn's mom Maddie at the Huntington. We had a lovely time visiting the gardens and the European art gallery. It was my first visit to the new Chinese garden: