Sailing on Santa Monica Bay

Today Maya, Shiho and John went sailing on ABRA, we sailed all the way to the Santa Monica Pier and back. I think Maya is going to be a great sailer, she seems to love to be outside and was checking out my sail trim. I'm sure she had some tips for me as I was a bit rusty! Both the girls did really great and it was a beautiful day on the water!

Return of the Swallows

Or not...last weekend Maya, Shiho and I made a trip to San Juan Capistrano to partake in the "Return of the Swallows Festival". We didn't see many swallow returning on this overcast and drizzly day, but we ate some yummy food, toured the old mission, and drove around the area and looked at a few open houses.

and the bees made honey

this weekend Maya, Shiho, the G-parents and I went to Diamond Valley Lake – the region’s largest reservoir near Hemet to view wildflowers. The drive out there was fantastic and there is a very nice loop trail at the lake open only in the spring while the wildflowers are in bloom. After that, we drove up to Big Bear Lake and Maya got her first glimpse of snow. We stayed in a very nice cabin and Maya really enjoyed being mesmerized by the fire...

New to Blogging

Well, in an ongoing search for the best tool to share and record the Life and Adventures of Maya, I've turned to the blog option...we will see how this works...will we stay with flickr...facebook....or the new blog option...too soon to tell.

Today Maya, John and the Kojima grandparents visited the Trump Golf course and explored the tide pools...Shiho had to work...poor gal.