Went up north for Spring Break--too much fun!! It was so hard to go back to work this week!

Spent some time with the in-laws and played lots of mahjong...

Heavenly @ Lake Tahoe (Windows Movie Maker is addicting--pure time suckage!)

Then we went to the Dodger vs. Giants game at the super nice AT&T Park. Dodgers won!! And nope, I still can't name a single Dodger player...but they had yummy garlic fries.

Eleanora even had a Giants onesie--too cute!!

Loved catching up with SB people at Ray's Sushi (Catherina got us one of those cool sunken bamboo-y rooms)

Went to Easter Service at GRX and then met up with Ange and Walt at Tomatina's to caravan home

Thanks for hosting us, Cons!

 Very useful piece of equipment, but in adverse conditions BEWARE!

So we were driving to Mtn. High on the 15 and the wind was CRAZY strong there!! Loud whistling, trees bowing over, cars shaking all around, etc...when suddenly! The wind rocked the minivan in the left lane ahead of us so hard that its entire rack, plus the 4 snowboards caged within, blew off the roof, flipped up like a wall, kinda hovered like some sort of metal kite for a split second, and then headed straight for our lane!

I swerved quickly into the right lane, and Dan swerved quickly to the other lane just in time to escape the blasted thing as it crashed onto the freeway (though we did nick it with our tires), while all other traffic screeched to a halt. Thankfully, no one was hurt! ...except those poor snowboards... j/k

Even though I'm still a bit shaken, when I think about it, it could have been a lot worse and just serves as a reminder of the necessity of prayer before any road trip!   And, it also validates the 3-second space cushion rule they teach you in Driver's Ed. 

Praise God that we arrived safely and were able to enjoy a day of snow and fun!  Thanks for the videos, Allen!

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=709652EBB5EA5E15

Had the day off today for Yom Kippur, so a bunch of teachers from my school decided to go golfing. So fun! This was only my second time, but I think I'm getting better! At least, I was actually hitting the balls straight this time! There is such a satisfying sound when the club makes contact with the ball and goes THWACK!

The teachers in my group were all serious golfers, which was intimidating at first, especially when they're throwing all these terms at me like loft, wedge, hook, slice, cut, woods, irons, pitch, and mulligans. Huh? But they helped me a lot, especially on the correct stance, grip, and swing. There were so many things to remember at once: grip your thumb, choke the club, put pinkie in between pointer and middle finger, feet apart, rotate your hips, brace your shoulders, elbow in, bend your knees, shift your weight...oh yeah, and SWING!

We went to the El Cariso Golf Course in Sylmar, which was much nicer than the Van Nuys Course we went to last time. 18 holes, baby! I almost made par on the 8th one! I think it was called a bogey when you go one stroke over. Anyways, yay!  Can't wait to play again! But I think I need to practice on the driving range before I go out with them again. Any takers?