My good great grand friend Jaclyn was visiting for a while from Las Vegas. Being part of "her girls," I was happy to meet up and enjoy some wonderful food with some wonderful women.
Me, Charlene, Annika, Jac, Penny, and Cousin Suzie.
Guess what? She is moving home December 30th! I am so glad to have her close for a while!
My little baby sister has turned 21! This is a crazy thing. She had a bash at Mom's house, where your ticket in was a bottle of wine. (Pretty smart idea, huh??) There was a great turn out, and Court even showed up ( a little late due to a volunteer opportunity.)
Cousin Erik and Brother in Law Dave chilling at the Bar.
Uncle Chris posted up on the couch where he discovered that the Fox and the Hound was not the best choice for wee ones.
Erik, Lori, Fethiye, and Wynter hanging out in the kitchen. There was yummy snacks, brie and goat cheese, and lots of chocolate. Oh, yes, and some wine.
The underage ones of the group, Austin and Bryce, our cousins. All in all, it was a great night. We stayed over since we were consuming alcoholic beverages!
Michelle and Ben were married at the Federated Church, and the reception was at Sequoia. It was a beautiful day, with some good luck sprinkles.
Friends since 4th grade!
Look at that couple! They tore up the dance floor!
We had another enjoyable time with The Vanburens.
We had 7th row seats, on the ground floor. After James suggested a 20 minute intermission where they would go backstage and think about what they've done, he started to sign autographs. The stage seemed kinda far away, so I just watched. After a minute, Chris said "What are you doing? Go up there and go for it!!" With a nudge like that, I did, and I was able to worm my way slowly up to James.
This is him, signing my ticket! He was so happy to do it! I got to shake his hand and talk to him, and get an autographed ticket! Can you believe it!!?? He asked how I was, and I said great! I said that it was great to meet him, and thanked him so much for signing my ticket. I told him to go take a break. He was doing all of this on his intermission time. I was in SHOCK and I felt like those teenage girls who were going crazy for the beatles back in the day. But I kept my cool and kept those crazy emotions inside.
Me and my ticket! I have to find out how to keep it in primo shape. What a neat experience! Thanks to Chris for that extra push in the right direction!
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.
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!
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.
