"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Oct 27th, 2019
There are a few things that are uniquely “Me and Alex”. Eating shellfish is one of them. We went to the Crawdad and Catfish Festival in Woodland. It takes a lot of work to eat crawdads, but we did it and enjoyed them. We also had a delicious dish of catfish. Dessert was extremely overpriced […]
Posted in FAMILY on Oct 26th, 2019
Our streak lives! Our friend Tim has been bringing his boys down every year for their Spring break since 2009 or 2010. Timing did not work this year for Spring, but we managed to make it work over Labor day weekend and then some! Tim brought his new love Joy down. I’m sad to discover […]
Posted in FAMILY on Oct 26th, 2019
I always look forward to the one on one time with each of my boys. I love the conversations we have; sometimes deep, sometimes silly. Always special. We decided to start our date by going to the Curtis fest in Sacramento where my friend Grace was showing/selling her art. Disappointed to discover we were off […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 18th, 2019
Time out. Family. Creating memories. Reflection. Prayer. Commitment. Love. Presence.
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 18th, 2019
Esperanza “Dada” went to visit family in Colombia and Fabio “Dado” traveled to NYC to visit his daughter Sara, and Oakland/Rocklin to visit the rest of his kids/grandkids! We spent the week playing in the pool, shopping for home decor items, playing VR, etc. The week flew by although we all missed Esperanza, we all […]
Posted in FAMILY on Sep 18th, 2019
Our annual road trip to visit family in July! First night was a stop over in Bend, OR. I was not able to book where we typically stay (McMenamin’s St. Francis), but was able to get a night at the Riverhouse on the Descutes.The moment we checked in, it started dumping buckets. Alex was thrilled. […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jul 14th, 2019
We had an awesome visit from Sara and Charlie (from NYC) and Paul and Shannon (and Baby M) from Oakland. They stayed a few nights. Games, good food, and good conversation, plus some antique shopping!
Posted in FAMILY on Jun 5th, 2019
OK, I think I scored a few mom points with this one. The boys were totally looking forward to seeing “Avengers: Endgame”. Alex said we needed to see it on opening night so he would not have to worry about online spoilers. When I went to book the tickets, the only ones I could get […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jun 5th, 2019
While in Manzanita, the boys and I decided to spend a day in Portland, a 90 minute drive. We wanted to explore the Pearl and the Alphabet districts. Got there and parked in a garage in the Pearl district and started to walk around. We were in need of breakfast and stopped at McMenamin’s Zeus […]
Posted in FAMILY on Jun 5th, 2019
We kind of last minute decided to head out of town over the boy’s spring break. I found a terrific condo to rent in Manzanita. 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, located above a retail store on the main street in town. It is one of my favorite places for us to get away to now. Coast […]