"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Mar 6th, 2019
I have been incredibly blessed to have my Grandpa Jerry alive and doing well all these years. He is now in his mid-90’s, still lives on his own. He has a condo in the same building as my aunt and uncle. I flew up to Seattle to spend a few days with him, as well […]
Posted in FAMILY on Feb 5th, 2019
Folsom Palladio tree lighting and Bayside Adventure Drive Through Lights…
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 19th, 2018
The boys and I attended a city council session and I spoke as a parent supporting the Coalition for Place Youth in our community. After our turn, we went to leave and a photographer from our local newspaper asked if we would be willing to answer his question about what we are wearing for Halloween… […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 21st, 2018
The last part of our overnight trip was the fabulous Lindsey Stirling/Evanescence concert! It was a beautiful night for an outdoor concert. The boys had school the next day so we drove home after the concert got out at 11pm. We got home at 2am. Exhausted, but great memories were made.
After Filoli, we had a couple hours to kill before our concert. I decided to just get there early and park and then we’d catch up on texts, etc. until we could get in line for the concert. As mentioned in a previous post, we discovered Adobe headquarters. Well, on the same road that the […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 6th, 2018
The next morning, after our San Jose afternoon, we slept in and then drove to Filoli and spent about four hours walking the house, gardens, estate trail, gift shop, and cafe. We were welcomed by a doe and her two fawns as we entered the property. On the way out, we saw three adult deer, […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 6th, 2018
After the Winchester Mystery House, I took the boys on an Urban Adventure Quest -San Jose version. It is kind of a scavenger hunt that takes you through town. We have done the Sacramento one and really enjoyed it. This one was a little frustrating. We kept getting challenges/puzzles wrong and for the sake of […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 6th, 2018
I took the boys for an overnight trip to the San Jose area. Our first stop was to the Winchester Mystery House. Sarah Winchester, the widow to the man who made Winchester rifles, built a house in San Jose. She was told by a medium that she’d be haunted by the souls of those killed […]
Posted in FAMILY on Aug 17th, 2018
We got to have visitors overnight! Baby M’s first road trip from Oakland. Uncle David got some good snuggle time in. <3
Posted in FAMILY on Jul 25th, 2018
My brother in law and his girlfriend just had a baby girl! We drove to Oakland to spend the day snuggling with this little treasure…