Cambria

Don and I spent a wonderful weekend in Cambria with our dear friends Tim and Sally. On Saturday morning Don and Tim headed out for what turned out to be a very steep and challenging bike ride. But, they survived it and actually enjoyed it.

Here is a picture of Don outside of the house we stayed in. Notice the hole from the woodpeckers in the tree behind him. There were many woodpeckers in the area. I've never seen a tree so full of holes with nuts in them.


Here they are leaving at 8:30 in the morning. They were suppose to meet us at 1 o'clock for lunch and they made in spite of the very steep terrain.

So, here is just one of the many woodpeckers in Cambria.




Sally and I brought our bikes, but we headed down to the ocean. We explored the tide pools. Here is Sally with her back to the ocean. Check out the next picture. "Never turn your back to the ocean." We both actually got a bit wet. But, we had a wonderful time. And we never did get on our bikes, but that was fine with us.

We saw Star Fish and and kinds of things that were alive. What a great tide pool.
Here is a playful sea otter enjoying the day.

On Sunday we headed to Hearst Castle. Don and I hadn't been there for over 30 years. We actually had a wonderful tour. The pools were my favorite part. Below is a view of the outside pool and the inside pool. The inside pool was a mosaic made with Murano Glass. Since I have been looking at mosaic lately, I was very impressed.

Here are Tim and Sally listening to our tour guide in one of the gardens. Thanks so much for inviting us to join you Tim and Sally. We had a great time.

Megan's first visit to San Francisco

Katie, Kevin and Megan came to San Francisco for a couple of days. Kevin was given an award for Excellence in Values and it included a trip to San Francisco, a stay at the Fairmont Hotel and many other amazing perks. I got the pleasure of taking care of Megan (3 months old) while Kevin and Katie attended the fancy events. Laurel came over one night and we played with Megan and even took her for an evening walk around Nob Hill. I also spent Wednesday touring around the city with them. I have to tell you that Megan is such an easy baby. She is always in a good mood. What a doll!



So here is the family all dressed up the night of the big dinner.



This is the view from their room at the Fairmont. It was stunning during the day and at night.

In these pictures Laurel and I were trying to teach how to touch the top of the Transamerican Pyramid. Nice job Megan! You may see Megan in the new Sci-Fri movie, "Giant Baby attacks San Francisco".

Here are some of our tour pictures. I love the city and it really was a beautiful day.

Megan slept so much, it was hard to take a picture of her while she was awake. Here she is after strolling across the Golden Gate Bridge.OK, who can guess what Kevin is about to do? If you get it right, you know him pretty well.
Laurel is teaching Megan to be expressive. What a kick! Megan has such a happy personality.









Megan can come visit anytime. What a sweetpea!

Dave & Brooke's Wedding

Here are the Youman's Family (Mike, Tim, Carol and Dave) before the wedding. What a fine looking family!
Since this is a mother's group wedding, it seemed appropriate to have a picture of mother and son.
What a perfect setting in the Berkeley Hills. The wedding and the weather could not have been more perfect. It was held at the Brazilian Room in Tilden Park. Did you know that the Brazilian Room was part of the 1939 World's Fair on Treasure Island? I just learned that last night from DB. It's a great wedding location.

The Kiss!
The Wedding Party

Kelly and Jeff's Wedding

As Kelly and Jeff entered the reception area, the music played "Another one bites the dust". It seemed very appropriate. Kelly is the 3rd of our mother's group kids to get married. That is 3 out of 12. (Next week will be wedding number 4). Kelly was a beautiful bride and the wedding was wonderful.
Here is a picture of our mother's group. What a fine looking bunch we are. Can you believe that we all started meeting on a regular basis 28 years ago? This is our village. It does take a village to raise a child.

I can't believe that I didn't take a picture of the food that we ate. It was wonderful. But, here is a picture of the wedding cake. It was also outstanding and chocolate.

I didn't take very many pictures, but I wanted to include this one to show off Kelly's dress. I know everyone wants to see the brides dress.