Ahoy! I'm a Sailor! I Sail! I'm Sailing!

For some odd reason, James likes the movie What about Bob. He thinks it's hilarious, I think it's stressful. Just thinking about it makes me feel a little anxious. There is one scene, however, that we couldn't help but quote over and over again on Saturday while we were sailing in the ocean. Bob is extremely proud of himself for overcoming his fear of water and is literally tied onto the sail yelling, "Ahoy! I'm a sailor! I sail! I'm sailing!" None of us knew any sailor-lingo, so we pretty much repeated those simple phrases for four hours!  

James' firm took us on this adventure, and we were SO grateful that they allowed the whole family to attend. They split the attendees into two groups and we sailed on boats like the one above (two pictures above). Luckily our group was super accepting of our crazy children and were so gracious. Coming out of Marina Del Rey was beautiful. I loved all the houses and colors.

As soon as the boat started backing up Talmage wanted treats! I bribed him with all sorts of goodies in exchange for him not embarassing his father in front of all of his co-workers. It worked. Both boys were excellent (and ridiculously full of junk) by the end of our trip.

While our Captain, Ash, was fixing the sails, he asked me (and T) to steer the ship. At first it was easy peasy and I was doing my best What about Bob impression.

But soon we started really moving. The water got a little more choppy and the sails were definitely doing their job and I'll be honest, I questioned Ash's judgement in assigning me and T to take the wheel (it probably didn't help that I had watched a 4 hour mini-series on the Titanic the night before!) Luckily, Ash said we did a great job and resumed his duties.

The glasses-on-Evie pictures never get old! For some reason my glasses are way cooler to him than his own glasses are!

Before long, the little love had been rocked to sleep by the waves. What a treat! It was about this time that Talmage started to get a little sea-sick. He layed in my arms for a little bit before downing a whole sleeve of ginger snaps and proclaiming that they made his tummy feel much, much better!

By the end of the trip, Talmage was at the wheel again and Ash was so nice to let T steer! We saw lots of birds, seals and even dolphins. They were beautiful!

Again, we are so greatful that Jim's firm invited us to such a lovely outing. We loved it, loved it, loved it!

On the way home, we hit up Tito's Tacos. His co-workers were raving about it, and I seriously am disappointed that I didn't find this place sooner. The line was atrocious (we waited more than an hour) but the shredded beef tacos topped with freshly grated cheese and super fine salsa made it all worth it...not to mention mug root beer from the tap. Yum! Such a good Saturday.