"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Apr 25th, 2015 by leigharev2
Our friends, the Veths, invited us to join them for a hike at Lake Tahoe, called Eagle Lake, near Emerald Bay. DH was away on business, so it was just the boys and I. After the hike, we went back to John and Stacy’s cabin on the Tahoe Keys for a my steak dinner. A great way to end the day!
Apr 24th, 2015 by leigharev2
Woo hoo! Here we go! Too fast, too fast!
Special birthday breakfast menu…
The boys have a tradition where they make a scavenger hunt for the birthday brother. At the end, ‘A’ gifted his brother time to play with his new video game, and a shirt that they had been sharing, but ‘A’ knew ‘R’ would want it for his own…
DH stayed home for the day, and we had a full on family day doing whatever ‘R’ wanted to do. We went and shopped the mall (they both love that…), came back and played video games, then went to the Studio Movie Grill for dinner and the showing of ‘Insurgent’. It was a fun day for us all.
Apr 24th, 2015 by leigharev2
My wonderful husband had to travel to visit clients, so I invited my friend Michelle down to spend the weekend and go on an adventure with us….
Yay! She’s here!
We drove along a magnificent country road to a town called Mokelumne Hill, about an hour(?) south of us. This is an old gold rush town, with original buildings along the main street. My friend, Marisa, owns a fabulous fine art gallery there. We went to check it out, but it was closed. I texted her to let her know that we had stopped by and she contacted someone who was able to let us in and look at the gallery on our own! We felt so spoiled! Petroglyph Gallery.
This building is actually an adorable hotel. A romantic getaway spot. We took a look in some of the rooms. Each room was decorated with individual antique furnishings. Hotel Leger
We drove on to Moaning Cavern, in Angels Camp, Calaveras County, about two hours south of us. This cavern is so large, you can fit the Statue of Liberty in it. It was quite impressive.
Hanging out in Angels Camp, another lovely gold rush town….
OK, this might be a little weird to you, but we liked visiting the local historic cemetery. This section was dedicated to the Serbian population that settled here…
After checking out the cavern, the boys and I went on their zipline! Michelle wanted nothing to do with it, so she took pictures at the base. It was fun, but went by too fast!
The next day, we visited another terrific little town, Murphys. Here we are enjoying yummy grilled cheese sandwiches at Roquefort
This is a cool God story. While we were driving down, Michelle was telling me how she had fallen in love with a cockalier puppy at a pet store (cross between a cocker spaniel and a king charles cavalier spaniel). When she went back to get him she was dismayed to discover he was already taken. We decided we would look online to see if there were any cockalier puppies in our area for sale. After we checked into our hotel in Angels Camp, Michelle and I both went online to search for Sacramento/Bay area breeders. No such luck. The closest we found was Missouri.
The next day, while walking along the main street of the quaint little town of Murphys, we noticed posted flyers on telephone poles of, guess what?!, king charles cavalier puppies! It did not take long to recognize that this was (literally!) a sign and it must be followed. Michelle called the number and we visited them at the end of the day. She took one look at this little fellow and it was love at first sight. He was too young for her to take him, so she put down a deposit and scheduled to return the next month. Guess what she named him? Starts with an ‘M’…
Next day, we went to the Calaveras County Big Trees State Park. This is home to the California Giant Sequoias, —the world’s largest trees— native only to the western slope of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. (As opposed to the California Redwoods, the world’s tallest trees….). We hiked through part of the grove, then hiked above it to a vista, took a break for lunch, then back down into the grove to continue the hike. It was a good, solid day, and made for a well earned hot tub back at home that evening.
It was a short, but full packed adventure with my lifelong friend and my two awesome boys.
Apr 24th, 2015 by leigharev2
Always a good time…
Apr 24th, 2015 by leigharev2
A few shots from our weekly park day with friends! My sweet hubby gave the kids a little basketball lesson.
Apr 16th, 2015 by leigharev2
Apr 15th, 2015 by leigharev2
My wonderful husband recently turned 50. At first, we were planning on a big party to celebrate him, but as we were getting closer and I was trying to nail down specifics, he became increasingly uncomfortable. He did not want a big party at all. So, I started to think about how to celebrate him and make it really special for this milestone moment.
Should we go on a family trip? Should we do a romantic weekend somewhere? A new guitar?
Then I thought about all the time he has spent watching guitar instructional videos. He has often mentioned one of the instructors as being “the best guitar instructor ever”, and then would mimic his accent, (he’s from England, but has been living in Nashville for many years).
I decided to look this gentleman up to see if maybe we could go to Nashville and have David attend one of his workshops. I sent an email to Robbie Calvo to see if this was a possibility. He immediately responded that although he would have been happy to try to make something happen, the timing was wrong because he was thinking of moving to Hawaii. Well, I promptly responded that we’d follow him to Hawaii! He then suggested the possibility of him coming to our house and giving David a lesson, then from our place fly on to Hawaii. Wow, really?! OK!
I kept it a secret from David until the night before. When I shared with him what was going to happen, he freaked out a little. But, as it all sunk in, he became more and more excited.
Robbie arrived early afternoon and worked with David for about five hours, then we all went out for dinner. He is one of the most kind and humble musicians/men we have ever met. It was a blessing to be able to share a little bit of our lives with him and vice versa.
As he leaves the rat race of Nashville and joins the lovely pace of the Hawaiian islands, we pray for him a wonderful community that surrounds him with love, joy, collaboration, inspiration, peace, vision, and friendship.
Apr 15th, 2015 by leigharev2
Apr 8th, 2015 by leigharev2
I think it’s been a while since we have done an interview, so here we go!
Name: ‘R’ Age: 11
Favorite thing to do? Playing football with friends/ Park Day with the Homeschool network/ Video Games/ Swimming/ Sleeping outside
Favorite thing to eat? Cheese Pizza!
Favorite thing to wear? Seahawks jersey and hat/ Pajamas
Favorite thing to read? Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Favorite thing to watch? Dr. Who
Favorite thing to listen to? Overwerk/ Toby Mac/ Mord Fustang/Perry Gripp
Things I loved about this year: Celebrating my birthday/ Traveling to Maui
Things I am thankful for: My family/
Things I want to do soon: Go to Disney world/ visit my great aunt and uncle
Name: ‘A’ Age:12
Favorite thing to do? Going to the gym to workout/ snowboarding/ swimming/parkour
Favorite thing to eat? Sushi eel roll or the Benjamin roll at Mikuni
Favorite thing to wear? My Seahawks jersey or normal white cotton shirts
Favorite thing to read? Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Marvel comics
Favorite thing to watch? Phineas and ferb/ Dr. Who/Guardians of the Galaxy
Favorite thing to listen to? Owl City
Things I loved about this past year? Maui trip/ My 12th birthday/ Christmas/ watching Guardians of the Galaxy/ playing air soft
Things i am thankful for: My family/ technology
Things I want to do soon: Turn 13/ Go to Disneyworld/get good at working out and martial arts
Mar 24th, 2015 by leigharev2
The boys are having a great time getting into Airsoft Battles with their friends. It’s kind of like a plastic bb. It can cause some stinging and welts when hit on unprotected areas, but it does not keep them from playing!
