"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 26th, 2011
Our church had yard signs made for the members to post in their yard. We saw a few others in our neighborhood and decided that a fun way to meet some of our Bayside neighbors was to go on a ‘Bayside Christmas Sign Hunt’. We bought some ornaments made for bayside, where the proceeds go […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 26th, 2011
The day after ‘A’s birthday, we extended the festivities by meeting up with Paul and Shannon in San Francisco. This is the lovely view from our backyard early morning… We spent the day at the California Academy of Sciences. They let everyone in for free on this day! So glad we got there early; it […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 25th, 2011
We have a tradition where the kid’s get to decide their menu all day on their birthday. ‘A’ asked for bacon, sausage, toast, eggs, potatoes, ketchup, and egg nog… After breakfast, we went to our friend Eun’s house. She asked me and our mutual friend, Maggi’s, and our kids, to join them in a service […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 26th, 2011
Our friends, Katie and Chris, have a tradition of going to Apple Hill and chopping down a Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. The invited us last year and were invited again this year. It is quickly becoming a wonderful tradition for us as well! We left our house early and it was such a […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 25th, 2011
It was an early morning for David. He played a breakfast concert at Safe Haven Ministries, a homeless shelter in Sacramento. These two pictures were posted by our friend, Sandi, who was the female singer… I stayed home and slept in. I was greeted this morning by a pilgrim, shouting “Happy Thanksgiving!” Both boys […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 22nd, 2011
One of my WA state BFFs joined us for the weekend! She flew in Friday night and I took her to visit her great aunt and uncle. They live about 20 minutes from me. After a good night sleep, we had a leisurely morning around the house, then drove up to Apple Hill. First stop…wait […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 17th, 2011
Heading toward the Iao Valley, there is a tropical garden that you pay to walk the grounds. They have the most incredible flowers, trees, and plants. I always have the hardest time trying to figure out which pictures to post. More rainbows… Waiting out a flash rain storm…we were walking along the boardwalk. This […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 14th, 2011
If you were to ask what is are the three things you want to do on this vacation, the boys would say: 1. “Dress in our costumes and act out our characters on the beach…” 2. Drink out of a real coconut… 3. Go to a luau. As we were driving to our bodysurf beach, […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 13th, 2011
Our original plan was to go the first week in December…calling to make reservations mid-October seemed reasonable…I never thought the property would be sold out that week! And not only that week, but the whole month of December! And not only, the whole month of December but the last three weeks in November as well! […]
Posted in FAMILY on Oct 5th, 2011
I adore small town festivals! Loomis is the town next to us. We all enjoyed eggplant parmesan for lunch! Handing out free eggplant… They were a little bummed, yet relieved, that is was not egpplant flavored…