Monthly Archives: October 2008

Mom's Birthday Trip to San Francisco

For my mom’s 60th birthday, she wanted us to take a family day trip to San Francisco. We all piled into my Aunt Mary’s 15-passenger van, which she had thoughtfully decorated with banners, confetti, and little party bags for each of us. It was the Party Mobile! Our first stop was the newly remodeled California ...read more...

Palm Springs

After visiting us in Burbank, Bethany and Joe headed to Palm Springs (Rancho Mirage) for a few days. Since it was only about 2.5 hours away, and since I’d never seen Palm Springs, I braved the vast desert to meet them (Nate had to stay home and study). Because my AC is not the best, ...read more...

Joe and Bethany

Bethany and Joe, Christiana’s sister and brother-in-law, spent the night on their way to Palm Springs. They were our second overnight guests, David Norris, being the first. It was wonderful to have them visit! They went with us to church at Grace Community in Sun Valley, and then we had a great brunch at Foxy’s ...read more...

Pumpkins

Yay! Carving pumpkins at Vanessa and Daniel’s (friends from seminary). Nate’s “Kung Fu Panda” creation…My, I have such a creative and talented hubby! Nate and Christiana’s pumpkins. Mine has a fall leaf and our initials…haha…this was my second time carving (the last time being when I was 14)…I had lots of fun!

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