Some amazing color after yesterday’s soft rain (tint and colors unaltered)

It was definitely a handful keeping my nieces and nephews entertained while they were visiting this weekend, especially since it was raining and everyone was cooped up indoors.  Kids when put together, will always be kids.  They “forget” to share often, poke, push, pull, scream, cry, and tattle  every 5 minutes, and spill food, water, and hot cheetos all over the place.  It’s easy to lose your patience, and even easier to take it out on other people who do nothing more than be at the wrong place at the wrong time.  Fortunately for me, I came up with the fantastic idea of renting “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”, and after sitting down and pressing play…….there was silence.  Kids, adults, babies were all glued to the TV, watching just a stunning display of color and animation, a beautiful rendition of clouds and weather, and a witty script full of puns and sight gags throughout.  It was a phenomenal movie, and I definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn’t seen it yet.  And as a side note, the photograph above was taken today shortly after it stopped raining.  The colors reminded me of the movie…

Go get it….Red Box has it for $1.00

On vacation…not missing work, the busy streets of LA, or the traffic!

Taken from an overpass along the freeway on my daily commute to work

Just a hint of Jesus Rays in the southern California sky - (taken with the iPhone on the 55 Freeway)

The ever-so versatile rain boots

Snow all around

Mt. San Jacinto

I LOVE SNOW!

Snow time!

Baby’s first day in the snow

“WHERE ARE MY ARMS!?!?”

Riding solo

Sledding

The camouflaged assassin

The snow eater is back!

Brotherly fun

The end to a perfect day

Is that a new watermark on my pictures, you ask?  Why, Yes!  There is now a fresh and hip new watermark on my photos.  Unfortunately, I found some of my images being reproduced on the web without permission, which now requires me to take a bigger step in preventing copyright infringement and the distribution of my images without permission.  It takes an extra 30 seconds of my time, but I guess it’s worth it!  (Anyone wanna design a cooler water mark for me? I’m willing to pay you $1.00 (US Money).  It’s a hot offer, so i’m expecting my inbox to be flooded with emails in the next hour or so…so email quick!

It’s always an ordeal to leave my sister’s house for any kind of trip.  Whether it’s the grocery store, dinner, school, or daytrips, you have to pack…and not just “pack”…you have to have extra clothes, in addition to milk, diapers, napkins, snacks, baby wipes…the whole shabang basically ready at ALL times.  This weekend’s trip to Palm Springs and Mt. San Jacinto to see the snow was definitely no exception.  Screaming kids, food everywhere, and bathroom stops every 30 minutes–the life right?  It was fun…mainly because family is always fun (and just for clarification: by “always”….i mean sometimes).  Pictures to follow shortly, but here’s one I picked out that pretty much sums up how much control I had over the weekend.

Me:  ”Aaron, don’t eat the snow okay, buddy?”

Aaron:  ”Okay, uncle Sam! … because eating snow is bad for you right?

Me:  ”Right!”

5 minutes later:

Aaron trying to act all innocent