California

A couple months ago Dave and I got to sneak over to California together on a little work project. Oh, I am so very grateful for any time I get so spend one-on-one with this guy in the midst of a crazy life. It was a work trip where we…

Speaking of our “little girls,” we got to hang with them over Fall Break. We went to Newport. We basked in all the minutes we could get with this girl: Even though half of our home town was there too, and we had to share her a little 😉 Ha!…

Back in June I got to meet up with some college friends in California. And gosh, am I ever happy for any chances I get to gather with these women who have taught me so much through the years, and been part of Dave and my story in so many…

After school got out, we got the opportunity to join up with these girls in California a couple days after they got there: Loved getting to spend some time with them and have more windows into the pre-senior-year thing for them. We had a little home-family-church (complete with ice cream)…

A couple days before Thanksgiving Dave and I snuck away to our friend’s son’s wedding. We were living on the wild side (ha!). But really, Thanksgiving week is so busy leading up to the Turkey Trot we didn’t know if we’d be able to make it work. But somehow it…

I am sitting here basking on the memories of all the hoopla surrounding celebrating the 4th of July. That is a good holiday in my book. We sat in church last Sunday…in California…our first Sunday back since Africa…all crowded in the same pew with my sister-and-brother-in-law’s visitors from Denmark (who…

Warning:  There are a lot of pictures in this post.  And a large percentage of them are jellyfish.  And part of the story is a little serendipitous (and crazy) which is just what we were looking for on this road trip 😉  Despite the large number of pictures though, included…

For years I’ve been dreaming of driving the coast of California.  So much beauty there!  It’s been beckoning me to come explore.  I’ve always thought it would be such a great way to spend an anniversary or drive with my sisters or girlfriends “some day.”   Well, this year I…

This summer we spent a big chunk of time in California. When you live in the desert you’ll do anything to try to beat the heat, and California is the perfect spot to do that. It is not, however, a great spot to beat the traffic.  This was our map…

Back in October I had the opportunity to sneak over to San Francisco with my girls. Not my baby girls (they will always be my babies), I’m talking these girls: (oh boy, that picture cracks me up) …plus a few more, and minus a couple in that pic who couldn’t…