June 12- Lazy Day in Minden and pictures from Thursday

Yesterday, we spent the day hanging around the house.   Emily and I took a nap.   Benjamin helped Tim and Les with planting flowers.   Tim made the best ribs that we had ever had.  EVER!  They were amazing!  We went to bed early.   Emily got up at 7 even with napping yesterday and Benjamin slept till 820 today which is unheard of.   Plans for today is running some errands this AM and swimming at the Minden Swim Center this afternoon.   I will update again in the AM.

With J.'s help, I was able to figure out how to get the pictures from Thursday, June 9 on the blog so here they are.  :)

Aunt Nelly Sue saying goodbye

If you can read the sign, it is something we do not see in TX, only CA.   "Electrical Vehicle Charging Station- Next Exit"

Emily looking at the La Brea Tar Pit

One of many dinosaur fossils at the La Brea Tar Pit Museum.

The children are trying to see what it was like to pull out of tar at one of the exhibits.

The size of a mammoth foot print and Benjamin's hand.

All of the different kind of wolf skulls they have found.  I can't remember how many there were.

The children were fascinated with this mock of a sabertooth killing a sloth. We watched it several times.  :)

Real scientists were in this glass compartment, separating dirt from mice teeth and things like this.   I don't know how they do it because it all looked the same to me.  

Comparing Benjamin to the size of bear.  Bigger than a black bear, I remember.

Emily comparing herself.   Bigger than a black bear but barely.

Beautiful waterfall inside the museum.

I think we counted 12 turtles.   There were many.

We were right across the street from the E! studios.

Stirring water in the sculpture garden at LACMA with another little girl.

Interactive exhibit at LACMA

Tim Burton exhibit.

Emily trying to fit herself into a pole.

Benjamin doing the same thing.

Where they let us use the potty.  :)  Very nice people.  :)