6. Another of my favorite things that we did was going whale watching off Ventura by the Channel Islands on Tuesday, December 29th.
This is Sam and I awaiting for our adventure to begin! Can you feel the excitement in the air?! We had a fun time, but Sam had to spend some time at the back of the boat (Sea sickness. Eww!)
The dock right before we left the harbor.
Kyle and Amanda....how digustingly cute (I'm just kidding guys!)
Mom and Dad
Sam....you look a little on the cold side. Perhaps he's attempting to be a "homie".
We saw TONS of pods of dolphins on our way to the islands. They were SOOO cute! They would jump out of the air and chase our boat. I told Sam that I wanted one . . . but I think he was too busy at the back of the boat! :(.
Santa Cruz island (one of the Channel Islands)
Once we got to Santa Cruz island, we actually saw our whale! It was a pregnant gray whale on its way from Alaska to Mexico. It was such an amazing site to see. The gray whale was HUGE but so graceful! This is the hump of the whale. 
Look Em....whale tail! Hahhaha! We followed the whale for about 30 minutes, and then headed back to the harbor (it was still another 45 minutes just to get back to the harbor). We had such a great time going whale watching that we want to come back in the summer and find some humpback whales (Sam will take some medicine before we go!).
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7. Pride and Prejudice. . . the 6 hour version. . . need I say more?! Valerie came over New Years Eve day and we watched Pride and Prejudice on the big screen (take that Sam...and you thought the big screen was only for sports! Ha!). It was actually amazing to see it on the big screen because we could see more of the things in the background. It was awesome! Maybe next time I can recruit Sam to watch it with me! :)
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8. Shopping with Jeremy and Valerie.
The day after New Years, Jeremy, Valerie, and I went shopping at Victoria Gardens (I LOVE that mall). We had fun hitting all the sales and then eating lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. Then we found out that they had a Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt store there. So we had to partake of its yummy goodness. It tasted like regular yogurt, but frozen (what a concept!). It was pretty good!
Well, this will conclude this section of the Christmas fun. I still have one more section to blog about...visiting Matt and Em in San Diego.
To be continued. . . again!
2 comments:
Pride and Prejudice! Makes me remember our P party. That's the one time I've seen the movie (that version) but I should watch it again. Also, I love your header picture. It's so cool you got to see a big whale.
fun stuff... whale watching, shopping, chick flicks on the big screen, and partaking of yummy goodness...can i come next time?! oh, and p.s. i just bought a gray short sleeved jacket number very similar to yours. i haven't worn it yet, but it sure looks cute on you :)
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