The Stephenson Families' Great Californian Adventure

Taking advantage of my time off work we took the family to the Ice Rink for Karinas first time on the ice... we had no idea how that would go - in fact we expected she'd fall over and immediately decide thats not for her. Quite the opposite, she loved it and by the time we left she had become really quite good at it - sometimes managing to skate unaided. We're very proud of her, hopefully we will find time to go on a more regular basis as she seemed to have a lot fo fun. The rink itself is themed on "Snoopy" - the cartoons of the famous Charls M Schulz who, it turns out, was from the area. Funny how I grew up watching Charlie Brown cartoons and now we live right in the area they were originally created! Theres a museum to his work too, we'll take a look in there next time.

Kyle, however, hated the ice and didnt even put on his skates, so Daddy had to return both the boys skates, get a refud, and watch. Bored. For an hour :(