"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 21st, 2017
Our annual ringing of the Salvation Army Christmas bells! This year, we adorned ourselves with ugly Christmas sweaters 🙂 My friends Stacy and Janice came by to donate! After our shift, I treated the boys to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. Yes, that’s peach fuzz on Alex’s upper lip…
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 26th, 2017
Day after Thanksgiving, here we go!! The boys did 90% of the decorating on their own. Looks great!
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 26th, 2017
Started the day with a five mile run with my run club. We collected canned food to donate as well. That evening, dinner at McCormick and Schmicks! Everyone got to order whatever they wanted. David had the traditional turkey dinner. Alex had oysters and crab legs. Ryan had a Caesar salad and filet mignon. I […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 26th, 2017
I decided to make my mom’s birthday an official family holiday. Here is the cake we made on her birthday in honor and memory of her. This is the family favorite, yellow cake with chocolate peanut butter frosting! I made a vegan cake hack by using 1 box yellow cake mix + 1 cup unsweetened applesauce + […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 26th, 2017
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 26th, 2017
Headed for Apple Hill to find our pumpkins for carving. We learned that we were too late for the pumpkin patches! All the farms were stripped! We finally found a few at the last farm we went to. Ended up getting a few more from a grocery store. Still, we had a blast! It was […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 26th, 2017
Michelle, the boys, and I went to Pumpkin Nights. This is the firs time this event was in our area. It was located on the Auburn Fairgrounds. This event has about five or six different “worlds” displays that you walk through. Each has a different theme and was decorated with fake carved pumpkin sculptures. the first […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 20th, 2017
The boys have been working hard for their first few months of ninth grade. I decided to treat them to a day of fun and get our of our heads for a while. I took them to Sacramento and we had lunch at the Capitol Garage. The boys loved the urban vibe. Ryan asked that […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 2nd, 2017
While the boys flew to Seattle for a weekend with their Auntie Shell (their first time flying solo!), David and I went up the hill a bit and spent the weekend in Nevada City! We stayed in a terrific property called the Two Room Inn. It is located right on the main street of town […]
Posted in FAMILY on Aug 25th, 2017
We were unable to have David with us due to work, but the boys and I still had an excellent time at Family Camp. A week in the woods, focusing on spending time with God and each other. The Best! The creeks were running well throughout the grounds. This time last year we were still […]