"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FRIENDS on Sep 12th, 2021
A quick little getaway with one of my BFFs. Heidi drove down from North Bend and I met her at the AirBnB we booked in Newberg. A studio mother in law apartment, close to downtown Newberg. It was clean, quiet, and perfect for our stay. After settling in a bit, we picked up lunch at […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Apr 29th, 2021
Spring Break sans TJ, due to college. But we had a good time celebrating Easter together, recording and videotaping a song… Tim and Josiah sang. David mixed the sound, and Alex did the video! Tim and Josiah bought us a sushi kit and picked up some amazing fish for us to make our own sushi!
Posted in FRIENDS on Feb 18th, 2021
Quick visit to the coast. Went by way too fast!
Posted in FRIENDS on Feb 18th, 2021
We live in a courtyard condo that has a total of four units. The other three units are short term rentals. We met a lovely family who rented one of the units for a month. The dad was walking their dog while David was walking ours. They ended up talking quite a bit and did […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Dec 31st, 2020
These beautiful sisters. What a gift from God to have placed me with this wonderful group of women and friends. Each of them is makes this world a better place with their own unique insights, perspectives, humor, intelligence, beauty. We have been sharing life together for 11 years now, (when I moved to CA in […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Nov 29th, 2020
Our annual girls day together. We always gather around Christmas and pack a full day in, occasionally an overnighter. We typically get out of town. This year, we did a full day in Grass Valley. Shanti had a morning meeting, so Tina, Eun and I went for a run. Shanti Joined us after and we […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Nov 12th, 2020
My precious friends Liann and Lacey and I get together once a year for a girls weekend. We go to a different location each year. Last year was Ashland, Oregon. We enjoyed Ashland so much, we decided to do it again this year. However, Covid kiboshed that plan. They did not want to fly down. […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Sep 26th, 2020
Summer gathering with precious friends. Dinner out, then back to Tina’s to hang out on her hammock tree…
Posted in FRIENDS on Sep 26th, 2020
Two sets of families and friends unite! Two families whom we have known and befriended through our local homeschool network have come together with two of their kids getting married. Michael and Lauren and a year or two older than our oldest, Alex. They all played together when they were younger and we were in […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Sep 26th, 2020
My sole/soul sis Aarti is moving back to Australia. On her final week with us, she made us an Indian dinner at Tina’s house. After dinner, we all relaxed in Tina’s hammock tree. I will miss my friend dearly. Grateful for the technology that allows us to keep in touch easily.