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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Good times with The Fam

Ava and Lily are shown here in the middle of dancing to the tune "My Guy". It is one of their favorites. Don't read into it-- it does have a catchy tune! Ava is almost 2, and Lily is 3 1/2.
I guess you could say that Lily is a ham. She knows I almost always have my camera, and she asks me to take her picture all of the time!
Courtney, Wynter, the girls, and I all had a day to share. So we decided to go Christmas shopping. It was a fun experience and we all vowed to make it a tradition. Here are the girls, as Aunt Chels was trying to distract them with my camera in Target.
We went into Borders and Ava immediatley grabbed a random guitar magazine, and started to "read" it. She was really into it, and kept asking us questions like "Who is that guy?"
Wish this turned out better, but it was a nice lunch at the taqueria in Folsom. Dave met us for lunch, and we had a nice lunch outside.

San Luis Weekend

My good friend since 4th grade, Michelle Hurff is getting married November 10, 2007. I was able to attend her bachelorette party down in Grover Beach. We went wine tasting. This winery was my favorite because they were playing James Taylor's Album October Road. (Ironically it was the weekend of 10/19-10/21) The vines were all turning colors, what a gorgeous sight.
We borrowed a friend's suburban to fit all of us while wine tasting.

Ashley and I at Mother's Tavern.
Gotta have a beach day! It was such a nice day, we walked from Grover Beach to Pismo along the ocean. We had lunch at Splash Cafe, who is known for their clam chowder. Then, we walked back and said so- long to San Luis. What a nice escape of a weekend! Thank you, Michelle!

Saturday, October 13, 2007

September

Unfortunately Gramps suffered a stroke late in September. He is doing better, and is now in Transitional Care. We were able to visit with Aunt Claudia, Jerry, Rick and Shari, and the rest of the bunch over some delish Chinese food.



Paul and Janet were up for a visit, and we went to 2 RV shows with them. We also hung out with their friends Paul and Sharon. Here is Paul and Paul pretending to drive a massive RV bus.
Here I am teaching a class to Seniors at a Senior center. That was part of my rotation at Senior Nutrition Services (Meals on Wheels.) That rotation has come to a close, and now I am doing my Food Service Rotation at San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp/Stockton.
















Sunday, September 2, 2007

Aubin, Bowen, Britton, Schledewitz Camping 2007

This year, we went camping instead of to Bodega Bay. We went up to Hope Valley for the weekend. It was nice to get out of the 104 degree weather and enjoy some 80 degree days and 40 degree nights.
Always have to have a goofy picture. We missed Grammy and Gramps this year, but they were happy to visit with Aunt Sylvia.
Chris and Robert out on Blue Lake on the Bowen's Kayaks.
All of the girls enjoyed a complementary hairdo by yours truly. Even Lily has little braids. I attempted Ava's, but I kept pulling her hair.
On the last day, we hiked over to this big rock. At the top we could see the dwindling creek, vast valley, and a gorgeous mountainscape 360. What a peaceful trip. It was so nice to get out of dodge with the crew. We look forward to it all year. We are still craving a Bodega trip....

Another Birthday Celebration!

I got a little spoiled this year and had the type where you just keep celebrating. I sure wasn't complaining.

The Grover's came over for a dinner that Chris cooked. We had lemon herb chicken with mashed potatoes, and summer squash and corn. Jay made me the best chocolate cake ever! Elly was such a sweet heart and wore her birthday dress for me. Mat was the photographer, so he is unfortunatley not pictured. Court and Robert came over since they didn't make it to the first celebration. Another great birthday!



My Birthday Celebrations


We Celebrated my birthday a few days early since I was starting my internship on that day!
We went to an old family favorite, Mints. As usual, the place was practically to ourselves.





This was a good thing, since Ava was eating all of the rice in the joint, and I was breaking glasses.
We had a great dinner, and I was so glad to have my family with me.















Thank you for coming to my birthday dinner! I love you!

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Summertime comes to an end

Summer ending means school and internship beginning. We have been referring to this summer as our last summer as kids. We have had such a great time, really enjoying each and every moment. The funny thing is, though, is that we are so excited to move on and begin our careers. Ok, I won't get too ahead of myself. But for Chris, he graduates from nursing in May, and I finish my Dietetic internship next August. So, we are almost there, and so thankful to have some wonderful people to support us!

Me, Court, Nicky, and Karli at a Southern Living Party.







Our new second Cousin Jack Lowery was born this summer! He lives in New York.
















The Grandparents took us out to The Olive Garden for Chris's Birthday.
















Chris and Court pose after a dinner at Mom's. We were laughing so hard all through dinner that I felt like I was having hot flashes! We enjoyed a walk around the circle before heading home.

















Court, Robert, Chris, and I went for a cycling jaunt around Lake Natoma. We got our sweat on, and then headed for lunch at Mikuni.


















This is the adorable Rylee Rudnicki. Her mom Kim is who got me into this blogger thing! Kim works with Chris at Kaiser, and Chris even sees John come into his work as well. They are a fun couple, we always have a lot in common with them. (Featured below at Sutter Street Grill in Folsom).




































I consider my greatest accomplishment this summer to be:
getting Lily to be excited about eating spinach! We made carrot sandwiches with spinach for "bread." She was into it, and she still asks me to make them for her!!


Chris's greatest accomplishment this summer:
Re-modelling our floors, baseboards, and door casing. This picture is before!
















Before......


















After!! Our house feels so much cleaner now, with the wood floors. Chris did it all himself, and refused the help of a few friends! He wanted to do something on his own, and it sure looks great.
Cheers to an eventful and blessed summer, and hope that our school year goes strong, healthy, and happy.
Will be interesting to see what we blog about when in school....Tune in!