"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 8th, 2013
Our final full day in NYC…took the subway to the Museum of Natural History. The subway station under the by the museum had some beautiful mosaic work. Here is a sliver of it… The lobby… This place is huge. You can’t really see it all in one day. I think this was my favorite exhibit. […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 8th, 2013
David and I walked Carroll Gardens a little and picked up breakfast. First stop was Smith Canteen for coffee and breakfast biscuits, then juice at Bagels by the Park In a previous post, I told you about what ‘r’s top thing to experience was eating NY pizza. ‘A’s answer was to skate under Prometheus at […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 8th, 2013
A red eye from Sacramento to JFK had us arriving in NYC at 8am. Even though non of us slept well, we had enough energy to get us through the day. We stayed at my sis in law’s apartment in Brooklyn. She lives in a terrific neighborhood called Carroll Gardens. A bunch of eateries, and […]
Posted in FAMILY on Dec 8th, 2013
Our good friends, Eric and Crystal, joined us for Thanksgiving. We were also blessed to have Crystal’s grandmother, (Vi), her friend, (Manny), and David’s friend, (Newton), whose family lives in China. Me and my goddaughter, ‘Z’. Soaking up the baby love! The appetizer table. I served one of my favorite appetizer. Here’s the recipe: Northwest […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 10th, 2013
The boys decided to stay home from trick or treating to hand out treats, so we went to our church’s big Trunk or Treat event and filled their sugar quota for the year…hundreds of kids going from decorated car to decorated car. Good times. Meet Ninja Morphsuit Man(A) and Crash Test Dummy(R) This was my […]
Posted in FAMILY on Oct 27th, 2013
The boys and I were here a year or so ago with my friend Lola. We had always wanted to bring David back and finally got the chance to recently. Pictures just don’t do the place justice. It’s so incredible. Black Chasm Cavern
Posted in FAMILY on Oct 25th, 2013
I have a new baby. Her name is Leua (short for Hallelujah)… I am smitten. She is a 2014 Mini Cooper S Clubman… While we were in negotiations, the salesman and manager noticed the boys taking pictures of the Jaguar that was on the show floor. At the end of the sale, they surprised us […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 11th, 2013
I took the boys to a fun, little fair in Auburn. We went on the first night. A perfect time to go before the weekend crowds. Met up with Shanti and her kids… A few of Shanti’s cuties submitted artwork at the Fair! ‘J’ and ‘A’, with a few stuffed friends… Sacramento Bee Keepers Association! […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 11th, 2013
Our September menu for our homeless group included lasagna. ‘A’ was my assistant in making lasagna for 20! My friend, Shanti, brings nail polish to do the nails for the women in the homeless group. It was quiet, so she jokingly asked ‘A’ if he wanted to get his nails done. He replied, “Sure! If […]
Posted in FAMILY on Aug 20th, 2013
Did you notice that I placed the year after the title of this post? That’s because this is a place we definitely plan on making an annual trip. Mt. Hermon is a Christian camp that hosts events year ’round. We attended one of their family camps. Our pastor, Ray Johnston, was the morning speaker, and […]