Spring Break

Hip Hip Hooray Easter Vacation is here! 2 glorious weeks of sleeping in, 3rd week is Tempe conference, but I am so so ready for this break! The kids got out early yesterday and we went bike riding at Coronado, it was a beautiful warm sunny day. We only had one minor casualty, Jessica bit the dust as she was riding as her sisters would say "daredevilish" Poor girl . Just to give you an idea though of how excited the kids are to be on vacation, Arty was asking Isaac if he had any homework to which Isaac replied" Dad I have no homework , I've been set free!" Gotta love that Boy.

And now... a couple of yummy healthy  Spring recipes for you.

Crispy Kale

1 bunch of kale rinsed and shaken off, drizzle with a little olive oil, season with garlic,sea salt, and pepper and bake in oven at 350 for 15 mins or until crispy. Tastes like pumpkin seeds and the kids love it!

P.F. Chang cucumbers

slice up cucumbers and drizzle white or red vinegar  with garlic seasoning , add enough soy sauce to coat the cucumbers and top with sesame seeds. Yum! 

Grand Canyon

I really cannot figure out how to to space my pictures and my words so I can tell about a picture before I move on with my words so that is why my pictures and my words are separate today! Any tips would be appreciated. Anyways.... Over the Columbus Day weekend our family got to go visit some dear friends of ours The Garcia's in Nevada. We had the best time with them! Friday we all piled in the van and drove about 3 hours to the Grand Canyon. It was the whole entire Marin family's first time ever so we got lots of pictures. One of my highlights was on our way seeing some of the beautiful trees changing colors. I love love love Fall and seeing the trees change is such a treat for me. That really made my afternoon. I just put a couple pics of the Grand Canyon as I am sure you do not really want to see ALL of them. One of the pictures is a "window" cut out of the rock, It is called Angels's landing, we actually got to walk on top of it. A little scary for me as I do not care for heights, but it was a great view. My next post will be about Zion National Park which we did the next day but enjoy for now...

Grand Canyon pictures

Catalina Trip

One of the fun things we got to do this past spring was go to Catalina Island. We drove about an hour up to Dana Point and then took a boat to Catalina. I think the boat ride was one of the most fun things. Isaac especially loved it because it went really fast as in speedy. Catalina is a really tiny town on a fairly good size island. You can walk from one end to the other in about 20 mins. I loved it becouse there are very few cars and you have to walk everywhere, so much fun. Its also very hilly in the more residential area(where all the non-tourists are) so Arty and I would go walking in the morning up and down while the kids were still sleeping. We got to go kayaking and saw dolphins! I wish I would of been able to get pics but didn't want to ruin the camera in the water. Arty took the girls parasailing too! I'm not brave enough so Jess, Isaac and I just watched. Here's some pictures that the girls took, they're my photographers, Bear with me as I get this blogging thing down:)