This is the sunset on the beach the night we got into California for the Orchestra Competition. We had Pizza and a birthday party for one the guys in Orchestra. His mom had pre ordered a cake from Costco. A couple of the parents on tour had driven and followed the buses, so they picked up the food. It was a fun evening. some of the kids had to get in the ocean even if it was really cold. Crazy.

Looks like someone else wanted pictures of the sunset on the beach. It was a perfect night, it just didn't last long enough.

Pelicans on the rocks. there were just about a million pelicans. They are amazing at catching fish. It was fun watching them.

Brittany on the beach at sunset. It was cold!

Heres a sailboat we saw on our dolphin and whale watching cruise. It is an amazing boat and I'm glad we got close enough to it so that I could get a good picture.

I got a sweet shot of the sea lions when Britt and I went on Orchestra Tour. I should have realized as I posted these pics that it goes from the bottom up. oops. You'll read as you go that I couldnt get any good dolphin or whale pics, but these sea lions were easy to take pics of. they don't move and are above the water. They swim and feed and night and sit on these buoys in the day. What a life.

This is the only good picture of a dolphin that I got on the dolphin and whale watching cruise we went on when we went on Orchestra Tour. It was alot of fun, but I didn't get any good pics of the 3 whales and million dolphins that we saw. I was getting very frustrated at trying to get the dolphins coming out of the water. They are really fast and I kept missing the shots. I finally decided to just enjoy the moment and watch rather than have my one eye in the camera and miss everything.