Good News

Baby Skabelund's gender has been revealed!

And we are excited.

And I am getting fat.

And I bought our son his first gift tonight.

He's gonna love it.

Twice Upon A Time

I went to Ventura, California.

First time was in 2010, with my buddy Tatum.

Second time- in July with my friend BERT!

Tatum had just gotten home from her mission to Florianopolis, Brazil and we had to go hang out in the sun. So Amber and I set out on our trip. We drove allllll dayyyyy loooonnnnnnggggggg. But we beat Tatum to Ventura. By a whole day. And when we got pretty close we stopped and rewarded ourselves with some delicious pizza.

The next day we got to go to the Ventura Pirate Festival! It was legit- so I dressed up for it.

Amber's lucky they had the whole harbor geared up to help her dress the part.

 That's what you get for forgetting your pirate costume at home.
Lesson learned.

We went to lunch at the 805 Bar and Grilled Cheese. YUM. But since we weren't drinking, we got put on the back burner as far as service went. Even so, that grilled cheese and tomato soup was perfect.

 Only fun was had at the Pirate Festival.

Later in the trip we got to spend time with Tate and her friend birthday Alissa.

 

We also hit up the beach- during the day.

And got much too sun burnt. I still have tan lines from it.

Then Amber and I went to Knott's Berry Farm. Which would have been a lot more fun if I had not gotten sick. (thanks baby Hass.) Still, fun.

 

 We got held up on the train and I didn't even cry this time!
 And while we were close-ish, we went to Downtown Disney for good measure. We were looking for Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, and Disney Golf Balls. We found none of these things. Boo.
But we did find Amber a new boyfriend.

And just for entertainment sake, here are a few more pictures of the trip.

This car is known to give cancer.

You leave the Tsunami Hazard Zone just after you leave Ventura Harbor, who knew?

There are random 'Electric Car Charging Stations' around.

This compass was on the ground in downtown Ventura. We tried to go shopping there, but the whole place closes down at 5- and we had no idea.

This was the wine rack at the 805 Bar and Grilled Cheese. And the tree line at the harbor.

Basically, you should go to Ventura.