Note to Jenny M. H. re: trip to So. Utah in 1990

That was fun. My memory is an oddthing. I do remember the trip though. I remember walking/hiking without a ton of clothes on and realizing that that actually feels pretty good, typical 1980's I was pretty covered up. I think I also got TWO tickets, moving violations, within 10 (5?) minutes of each other on the way back. Thanks for posting these. I LOVE seeing Silly, he was the best!

Hi H,

Between Half Moon Bay and Pigeon Point Lighthouse, the San Mateo beaches we saw last week were San Gregorio State Beach, Pomponio State Beach, Pescadero State Beach, and Bean Hollow State Beach. The kids went digging, running and getting wet and sandy at Pomponio Beach. We saw the 'green flash' there. The Walgreen C.D. photos are from there and the Pigeon Point Lighthouse.
You can look up Green Flash on Wikipedia.

xxx, ooo, hugs,
Mom


Just right for her new Facebook pic.


Hey Kids! This is a Ph-one-boo-th! Phonebooth! Kinda like what Superman used... you know what I mean? No.

G is for Gilgal.

Glacier Bay, Alaska

Lovers' Grotto

I'm sure you are surprised to read this is not actually our home. ha is not C in the purple pants. Although our bedroom walls are pretty much that color. And, just for fun, I clip on fairy wings...
Nope. This is from the amazing Miniature World in Victoria, Canada. One of the top highlights of our recent Alaska.

Went to CIRQUE DU SOLEIL!

In April we went to Las Vegas and while Gama the Greatest played with M, the big kids went to the show. Oh wow! What a show! If I didn't have 5 children, a great dog, a lovely home near the mountains and a heck of a great cleanhouse loving Sweetheart, I'd run off to Vegas and try to get a job as an usher (costumed!) just so I could watch this show over and over... hmmm, maybe that isn't such a bad idea?!
J and K look a bit pooped but they LOVED loved the entire production! Speakers in the seats, so that the volume was perfect, the costumes, the lighting, the theater, the lobby, the tricks and surprises.

This is S & C.

S and C in Southern California. They went last week (?) to visit the Ostergars. S played on the beach while C went to a conference about local banks and marketing. Thanks Ostergars! They had a great, fast time! rented a Mustang to make it extra fun.

S is for a Sunday Stroll. (17.5 miles by bike.)

Yesterday we went for a Sunday picnic up the Provo Canyon. It was lovely and everyone was on a bike, 'cept M who slept her way up the canyon in the trailer. N, J, K, S all cheerfully rode and rode and rode to the over-crowded park where we hung out for a long time. Picnic in tow -- feta walnut dip is messy, fresh pineapple is great. I rode with a wacky colorful chair on my back and my new helmet on my head. S made sure she was always about 200 feet away from me. She, in 16 year old modern style, text-ed friends (non-stop) and listened to her iPod.

It was a dream come true for me, like everyone skiing together. And, like a dream... no pictures.

Next time I think we'll head up American Fork Canyon... less commotion?

C is for Car Trip Critters.

Here is N with one of his recent car trip critters. Playdoh/wikistix aren't really so great for car trips. N made fantastic things on the windows; the window in the WAY back of the van.

He is a doll. Wish his CI was working better. On Saturday he said that he thinks M hears better than he does. That is an amazing statement. She does hear better, how does he know that? Chance pointed it out to him and N has noticed too.

:(

G is for a Garden Gate.

G is for a Garden Gate.

These pictures are from our recent, brief trip to Seattle on our way to Alaska. I went on a long walk and found this garden and met a very friendly gardener.
Loved the gate/fence. The conversation started when I took some pictures to remember how it was built.

More from Fillmore.

C is for Culture.

Several of the blogs that I read are covering travel and the many wonderful sights they are seeing. In the spirit of summer travel I thought I'd post the first of a few pictures from a recent trip to Fillmore, Utah. (Actually our destination was the Grand Canyon.)

We stopped in Fillmore at an amazing house. Next to the house was a small shop full of odds and ends, created and stored over a few life times. These rocks were J's favorite. An old joke is new if you've never heard it before.

Digital cameras are the best. You can take a picture of all the things you don't want to buy and bring home.

T is for the TSA. Oh bother.

My favorite brother, D, sent me a link to an article about a fellow who couldn't make it through security with his nifty MacBook Air. Read it for yourself:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/14047

Yeah, that is crazy. I appreciate what they are trying to do and always cooperate. But ... I've wondered about TSA training. And who can't tell that a MacBook Air isn't a computer?

On my last flight from Oakland to SLC I ran out of time and didn't get my car keys out of my suitcase... (which of course was lost. We didn't get it for 2 days. C & S had to "rescue" M and me. S didn't mind the drive.) I also ran out of time and didn't take my sewing shears out of my carry-on and re-pack them in my checked-in bag. Oh shoot, maybe they can mail them to me, I thought.

There is NO WAY those things should have gone on a plane. Sure enough they stopped me. The TSA nice-guy (dope) took the sharp "knife edge", shinny, pointy shears out of my bag and measured them against his hand and said they were ok. They can't be longer than 7 inches. "Just barely, maam." 'Eh? How many of your key-chain pocket knives have they tossed?

M is always wanded, felt and generally checked-out no matter what sort of documentation I have, what I show or explain about her cochlear implant. Lucky me, last time I was given the same PERSONAL treatment. M now always travels in two piece outfits so that we don't have to lift up her dress ever again.

(Listening to ELO, "Don't bring me doooowwwwwnnnn.... Brrrrrruce" Who/what is Bruce?)

C is for China.

K and C left for CHINA a while ago and will return tomorrow. (K is going to kill me for posting this picture!) We are happy for the return of course and yet we've have a relaxing time around her. A lot gets done when C travels. Why is that? Perhaps they will appreciate the peach shortcake, or maybe they will miss the duck tongue...

Wanna know more about the trip? Check out C's blog: http://dialectbrand.blogspot.com/