"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Jul 12th, 2009
Our church, Bayside, hosts a huge vacation Bible school called ‘Breakaway’. This year, they transformed the grounds to look like an old western pioneer town, including a field full of inflatable bouncy toys (a highlight for ‘A’). ‘R’ felt a little shortchanged because he was in a younger class that stayed inside for most of […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jul 9th, 2009
Have I ever told you how much I love San Francisco? It is one of my favorite places to visit. I don’t think I could ever live there, though. However, living 90 minutes away makes for some fabulous opportunities for day and weekend trips. We wanted to tour Coit Tower, but when we got there, […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jun 23rd, 2009
I love it that we are close to so many great locations for day trips. David took Friday off and we all sauntered over to Lake Tahoe. We stayed on the South shore. I was stunned to realize how much there is to discover there. We barely even scratched the surface. To acclimate a bit, […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jun 22nd, 2009
One of the things that made me excited about moving to this area was that we are 2 hours from Napa Valley. I had never been there, but I love seeing aisles of vines all terraced on a hill. It reminds me of being in France or Italy. We left early and made it to […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jun 22nd, 2009
We live close to a delightful historic town called Auburn. I prefer to take back road to get there, instead of the interstate. These roads go through some neat little towns. We stopped in the little town of Newcastle to meet up with a friend for a minute. She suggested we meet at ‘The Tin […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jun 21st, 2009
We were excited to have Grandma Margaret join us for a week! We packed this week with a bunch of wonderfufl day trips. The first trip was the day she arrived. The boys and I picked her up at the airport and took her to Old Sacramento. After walking around a bit, we stopped for […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jun 11th, 2009
Our Turkish friends, Sema and Cem, invited us to celebrate a rite of passage for their son, age 8 (9?). They held a big party at their house with all the trimmings…delicious food, delightful friends, a clown who face paint and made balloon animals, etc. It was an honor to be invited and get to […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jun 11th, 2009
What a treat to have Antee Sara road trip down from Seattle to our neck of the woods, before trekking on to San Francisco! We went to ‘The Fountains’ to shop and walk around. Here is Antee Sara modeling a dress. Note that the store (Anthropologie), wrote her name on the dressing door. Clever! The […]
Posted in FAMILY on May 24th, 2009
Our friends, Jeff and Connie, were on their way back to Washington from a stay in Texas. They joined us for a night of some fantastic "catch up" time and fun before heading home. We took them to our favorite Thai restaurant. So good! Then, after a tour of our church…Frozen Yogurt!!! Some time in […]
Posted in FAMILY on May 24th, 2009
This is an annual family tradition for the Carters. We have joined them for the past three years and the Holz’s for the past two. We spent a day driving from California to Washington, then three days at the beach, and another day driving back. Of the three days, only one had decent weather, but […]