"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 17th, 2019
My nieces, Paige and Kaylee, are incredible young women. They are pursuing their passions and are rocking what they do! I am so proud of their determination and dedication to excellence. Paige was honored with the “Best in the Valley” for hair artist! Kaylee won 1st Place Women’s Rimrock Grand Prix!
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 17th, 2019
My awesome cousin Katy lives about 1.5 hours from me. We try to get together a couple times a year, but between our busy schedules, it’s sometimes easier said than done. However, we did recently manage a sweet day trip. Met up at Cosumnes River Preserve.We walked on their trails a bit, then headed to […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 17th, 2019
Our church is a large church in the area. There are eight different campuses throughout the region. Once a year, we close down our campuses to serve the community. the day is called ‘City Serve’. Everyone signs up for a service project. There were over 200 service opportunities. After a weekend of serving, all eight […]
Posted in FAMILY on Nov 13th, 2019
We made a quick trip to Manzanita. Just a few nights. The boys and I decided to make a spontaneous day trip to Portland while Dad stayed home with the puppers. First stop: VooDoo Doughnuts. Their first time…loved it. A little mall time. Why? I don’t recall, but it did include a chair massage… Ramen […]
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. […]