"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 20th, 2011
Oh, dear river….how we love you!! Spending our days tubing, swimming, skipping rocks, jumping from rock walls, lounging, napping, dreaming, sharing, bliss… Bev and ‘R’ coming down a little rapid. ‘R’ wasn’t to sure about that… Spending time in Worship… Close up of my cuties… Each campsite had electricity, and Bev draped Christmas lights on […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 20th, 2011
The Bradley have have had a tradition for the past 20-something years, camping at the River Rest Resort, in the teeny, tiny town of Washington, CA. (pop. 99)…they were gracious to invite our family, and two other families (also friends of ours), to join them. Located on the most beautiful river I have ever seen, […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 20th, 2011
In an area known as the High Sierra, about 28 miles east of Placerville, toward Tahoe on Hwy 50, we spent a few nights tent camping. David and the boys had been there a couple of years ago, and we ended up staying in the same spot they did last time. It is located on […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 20th, 2011
About 90 minutes from us is a large theme park; the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. They have a wonderful incentive for area children within 120 miles. If they log 40 hours reading within a certain timeframe, the child receives a ticket to the theme park. Many schools participate, and the teachers get tickets as well. […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 19th, 2011
Woo Hoo! Boymom representin’! Would I have chosen to go to the demolition derby had it been date night or mom night out, mmmm, probably not. But, was it a great night with the boys, YOU BET IT WAS!! Watching the horse races a little bit before we moved on to the derby… This year, […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 19th, 2011
A nice perk to what we do for a living is that we get free passes to the CA State Fair. We also have access to the grounds while it is closed. This is one of the days when the boys and I got to enjoy the Fair… We entered the grounds a couple hours […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 19th, 2011
We picked up new bikes for both boys. ‘A’ was wayyyyyyy overdue for one; we were almost headed into negligence. We spent a full day researching different bike stores and bikes. Both boys are thrilled. These are the official next step with hand brakes and gears! Our first few rides were just in the cul […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 19th, 2011
A favorite tradition of our WA road trip is the Qdoba dinner we share with our friends, John and Ann Jenks. Same time, same place, with the same precious friends!
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 19th, 2011
Our close friends, Scott and Liann Smith, hosted us a couple nights in North Bend. They spoiled us rotten and made it so hard to say goodbye! Oldest daughter Sarai’s husband, Matt, was deployed just a couple of days earlier. He left a flack jacket in the garage. The boy put it on. Well, I […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 16th, 2011
One of the boys favorite memories of North Bend is the Twin Falls Hike. I remember when they were little peanuts and our goal was to just get to “Face Rock”. Now, we reached the rock within 15 minutes, if even that! And, we made it to the second falls as well!! This is a […]