4 WEEKS OF FUN!
Oh goodness…
What a whirlwind of fun!
A quick idea of our time in California:
Number of Family Members Seen: 30-ish
Number of Friends Seen: 20-ish
Number of Crafts/Activities done with nieces and nephew: 17
Number of Cities Visited: 3
Number of Weddings Attended: 1
Number of Bachelor Parties Jim Attended: 1 (but it was the whole weekend)
Number of Hugs: Countless, all enjoyed and appreciated!
Number of Photos Taken: 900-ish
Number of Baklava eaten: Too many, but all so yummy!
Number of Birthday parties attended: 2
Number of pieces of birthday cake eaten: more than 2
AND THAT IS ABOUT IT!
Okay here are just a few photos of all that!
REMEMBER…YOU CAN GET TO THE ALBUM IF YOU CLICK ON THE PHOTOS!
Half Circus Man Half Birthday Lion!
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| From From Funny Feet to Funny Faces! |
Good Times at the Sacramento “GOOD” Event!
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| From Sac GOOD Event |
“Let Us Out!” Pretending to be in the old jail at Sutter Fort!
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| From Sutter Fort |
Celebrating with the Birthday Boy!
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| From Brad’s 50th! |
At the playground with the girls!
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| From Reading and Park Playing! |
4th of July with 22 of Jim’s Family…including these 3 Knuckleheads!
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| From The 4th of July! |
Celebrating with another Birthday King and…boy oh boy…that cake!
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| From Carl’s 11th Birthday! |
Pool Time!
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| From Backyard Pool Time! |
Antique-ing with the kids and Sandy!
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| From Dawn & Sandy’s Weekend with Dawn & Randy’s Kids! |
This is SF!
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| From This is My SF! |
Henderson Time!
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| From MARTINEZ TOWN & FAMILY TIME! |
Wedding Fun!
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| From Jason & Enid Wedding! |
Play time with the kids…no bones were broken!
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| From Fun in My Brother’s Garage and Then Some! |
Good Times!
BUT THEY ARE NOT OVER YET!
Nephew & Brother’s Big Adventure!
It all started with just our 11 year old nephew coming for 2.5 weeks!
And this is how that went:
Sports/Outdoor Activities: 9
Outdoor Tiki Restaurants: 4
Places Visited in Florida: 5
New Foods Tried: 2
Hamburgers Eaten: Countless!
Animals Seen: Countless…way way more than Hamburgers eaten!
And then Daddy showed up and the adventure continued!
Including Randy “molesting” manatees, feeding stingrays, watching dolphins, running from sharks, bird watching, fish finding, net casting, driving through wild animals, riding a camel, feeding a giraffe, sunning on the sand, driving around Southern Florida, seeing old friends, hanging with his brothers, shelling hunting, and most importantly, relaxing!
Photos to prove all that and more!
Surfing!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #1 |
Kayaking!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #2 |
Animal and Everglades Watching!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #2 |
Hiking!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #2 |
Sailing!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #3 |
Boogie Boarding!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #4 |
Body Surfing!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #4 |
Skim Boarding!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #4 |
Boardwalk Arcade Game Playing with Uncle Todd!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #4 |
Dining with Grandma!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #4 |
Hanging with Wayne!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #4 |
Lawn Mower Riding!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #4 |
Stingray Feeding!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #5 |
Fathering and Son-ing!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #5 |
Casting!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #5 |
Tagging!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #5 |
Camel Riding!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #6 |
Giraffe Feeding!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #6 |
Bird Whispering!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #6 |
Snorkeling!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #6 |
AND
RELAXING!
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| From Carl’s Florida Adventure #6 |
GOOD TIMES WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER AND MY NOT SO LITTLE ANYMORE NEPHEW!
OH HOW I MISS THEM NOW!
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.WE.ARE.GNOMADS. 
Always fun to read about your adventures – You lead sucha n interesting life. Thanks for sharing.
I love this! Simply a wonderful time that I will always remember.
I too had a wonderful time…wish it did not have to end!