Sunday, May 25, 2008

Sitting on the dock of a bay...

Someone please explain who in the world would ever buy such a thing...



And no, I'm not talking about Nalani.

Here's a close up of what she's holding...



It's a stainless steel chicken and beer can holder. Apparently, you stick the can of been in the holder, then put a whole chicken upright over the can. You put it in on the grill and let the beer turn into steam and cook the chicken.

The title of this blog refers to our family's "nonsenical" travels, but I'm beginning to think it refers to the nonsensical things you can buy at Wal-Mart.

Cari and I were there recently and of our kids, only Nalani wanted to come along for the ride. We also had Cari's nephew Tyler for the day, but apparently there was simply too much going on for this little boy. Halfway through the store, he was completely worn out...



We did stop for lunch, however, and he found his energy when he saw Nalani's strawberry covered pancake...




This afternoon our entire family was near Cari's sister's house in Stiles so we took a quick diversion to the Bay...




Alyssa brought along her guitar and started to play...



Of course, seeing that I was taking a picture of Alyssa, it only took a few moments before Nalani had to put her head in the picture...



Malia was a little less excited to be by the water, however...




Malia has inherited my fondness for the outdoors so when Bretty pointed out the bugs crawling by her feet...



It was only a moment before Malia was completely outta there...



Malia found a much better place to sit and view the Bay...



As far as she's concerned, the best way to appreciate the beauty of the great outdoors is looking through the car window.