Hello...Goodbye

Ann came into town for a wonderful visit!  So we decided to take advantage of her and go on an overnight without the kids.  We say "Hello, and then we leave her...Goodbye".  Daniel and I did spend some time visiting with her while she was in town.  The kids love it when our parents come in town.  I wish we could have visitors more often!

Our overnight consisted of a drive to Half Moon Bay, a nap on a bench on the pier and then a drive down to Santa Cruz.  We ate a great Mexican restaurant and then found a hotel.  We woke up early and drove home in time for church. 

Is this normal?

So, I am getting dinner ready and Sam walks up to me and says, "Look mom, I built a machine."
And then he shows me this:

I have no idea how he knows this, nevertheless he does! It reminded me of this funny clip I saw... by the way, my dad is an engineer. So I love them!