LA

The Vining/Bradford ladies got tired of rainy Portland and the single mother lifestyle and headed down to LA to visit AB, aka Reverend Doosh. We stayed in an old friend's modern Venice pad, which came with 2 dogs and a Toto washlet. One of the dogs bit Elsie and the washlet blasted Theo right off the toilet. We had a great time:

telling secrets:

swinging:

Easter egg hunting:

digging in the sand:

braving the bouncy house:

spurned!

AB's cousin Emma and Aunt Judy came to PDX to check out Lewis and Clark College. Emma and Judy are very dear to our hearts - you may remember that at our ring ceremony SIX years ago, cousin Emma provided acrobatic entertainment , and Aunt Judy was mistress of ceremonies.

Theo took this photo of Emma:

Elsie took this one of Judy:

Elsie and Theo turned on the charm,

but sadly, Emma decided to attend college back east.

PS. here is Elsie's first movie. not that we're competing with cousin Ida or anything: