Mexico

You may have been wondering what we did on our 4 day cruise to Cabo. Mostly we got dressed up, ate a lot and took pictures of one another. Well, look at the pictures. We did a bit more, but it really did seem like we dressed, ate and took pictures. It was a great sister bonding time. Mary

Betty

Sue

Carol

Here are some pictures from our activities. I don't have a picture of us playing cards, but we really did a lot of that. Watch out for Mary, she is competitive and pretty good at cards. Well, maybe you could say that about all of us.

Here we are on the tender after tour Cabo in really hot and humid weather.

Here we are in the town square.
You can see these rocks from where our ship docked in Cabo. I tried to take pictures with my SLR and had problems with the humidity. So, most of these were taken with my pocket camera.
Well, I guess everyone needs to have their picture taken here. No, we didn't go inside.
Here is a hodgepodge of pictures. Cabo, on the ship, on the ship drinking and of course, taking pictures.

Miniature golf on the ship was fun. It didn't matter that I wasn't very good because it's hard to golf on a moving ship. Oh, did I mention that I did get a whole on one. It went down hill after that.
Getting ready to sail
Yes, Mary put a swimsuit on and got in the pool. Is that a first?

OK, it wouldn't be my blog if I didn't include food. This is the night (and the only night) that I actually had 3 desserts. The chocolate lava cake was my favorite. I had that every night. I just couldn't help myself. Also on this plate is black and white bread pudding (not bad) and black forest ice cream (rather ordinary).

A visit with Nancy

Mary, Sue and I picked up mom and went to visit Nancy's grave. Since the ground is so uneven, mom couldn't walk to the actual grave, but we parked close. At 93, we didn't want to chance a fall. We miss Nancy very much and it only seemed right to visit her before we headed off on our earthly adventure. I know that she is with the Lord on her eternal adventure. I appreciate all that Nancy taught me and her close walk with the Lord will always be what I hold on to most. Thank you Nancy for your earthly legacy. You have touched the hearts of so many. So, when I am sad that you are no longer here, I remember what a wonderful job you did. I know that is God's plan for each of us, to share the love of the Lord with others. You continue to shine in that regard. Praise God!

Last week at Community Bible Study one of the personal thoughts was : "Is there somone to whom you should express gratitude for their role in your spiritual journey? Why not write a note... or make a call...? This is my call to Nancy.

My 59 3/4 Birthday Surprise

I had my 60th Birthday Party only 4 months before I turned 60. That is a big improvement over my 50th Party which was 8 months before I turned 50. My sisters actually managed to have me coordinate my entire birthday party. They forgot to tell me that they would be celebrating my birthday. We had a wonderful get together at Steve's house before taking off for our Mexico Cruise. It was a lot of fun and great to see everyone. The most amazing part of it was that they put together a photo a memory album that most of the family participated in. Since we have such a large family, that is hard to pull off. I appreciate having such a thoughtful family. Thanks!

Here are a scattering of pictures from the party. I really loved watching Steven chase after the twins. The twins are a year older than him, but he really tried, with awe, to keep up.

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.