Easter: Earthquakes, Turbulence, and Other Fun

It was another beautiful holiday in California...a bit more mellow than usual. We only left the house to lay in supplies (essentials like 47 avocados) and go to what was deemed a "Country Fair," but looked nothing like any fair I've ever seen. There was enough time in the pool to devise a couple different obstacle courses, and you'll see evidence of my athletic prowess in the movie.

So after days of relaxing by the pool and taking naps, and generally getting all soft and mellow, we were visited by a 7.2 earthquake. Good heavens. Give me a tornado any day. Plenty of warning with those. Cloudy skies, bit of wind, and super obnoxious sirens. Earthquakes give you none of this. This one went on quite a while and even the Californians around us were calling it a doozy.

Not long after that we all got ready to drive to the airport. As we ate our beignets (well done, Beth) we couldn't help noticing that it was a palm tree bending kind of windy day. Not surprisingly, this led to some turbulence on take off. The kind of turbulence that makes every passenger scream like a little girl--and is followed by the attendant picking up lots of barf bags. Awesome. We felt sick for about 72 hours afterward.

So now you know what we survived to bring you the following movie, produced entirely by genius-brother-in-law Dan (though everyone contributed pictures). I think it's fabulous that youtube chose the picture that's showing to represent the movie, considering it's one of my least favorite photos of myself ever. What am I doing with my arms? Weird-o.

This movie is LONG and probably only interesting to family members. Except for the first 20 seconds or so, which will amuse most folks, I think.