Catching Up { August happenings }

August was a somewhat busy month. Lots of wedding stuff: Rachel had her first dress fitting and Emily said yes to her dress! Yes, we have been planning for TWO weddings! Rachel had 2 bridal showers and lots of dance practice. Here are a few snaps.

 

On August 7th, the day before I was to return to work, I decided that I needed a day at the beach! So, off we go in the Jeep driving up Pacific Coast Hwy 1 from Venice to El Pescador State Beach. Oh what fun we had!

above: coastline from El Pescador State Beach

below: lunch and drinks at Spruzzo Restaurant and Bar, Zuma Beach

 

above and below: relaxing!

On August 17th, Rachel's first shower was given by her

sister-in-laws, Allie and Rae

at Rae's house in Hesperia. It was lovely!

above: Stephanie, Rae, Rache and Allie

below: Rache with her maid-of-honor, Em

 

above: me with my lovelies

below: Rache and me :)

 

above: Rache with her "moms"

below: yup, always drinking... haha

On August 24th, Rachel's second shower was given by Emily and Aunt Becky at Becky's house in San Bernardino.

above: Angie, my mom and Rache

below: Stacie, Rache and Daphne

 

above: Cynthia, Laurie, Rache and me

below: Rache with Aunt Melissa

 

above: Kim, Rache, Haley, and Darla

below: with Mary Ann

 

above: Aunt Becky, Rache, Aunt Roberta and me

below: Rache with Stephanie and Ashley

 

above: Tiff, Rache, Che and Debbie Jo

below: Rache with her maids, Alyshia and Em

below: with my lovelies

On August 30th, Rachel, Andrew, Rick and Stephanie

came by to practice dancing- for the wedding :)

We spend a few hours practicing and picking out

music for the wedding. A fun night!

At this point, one month to go!

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Catching Up { July happenings }

July was a busy month. We had two road trips: one to Pacific Grove for a family reunion and the other to Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Rachel had a graduation party and my beautiful mom turned 85!! Here are some snaps.

 

below: hummingbirds on the back patio on July 4th

 

On July 5-7, we drove up to Pacific Grove for Brian's

family reunion. We stayed at the Pacific Garden Inn. Across the street, was the Asilomar Boardwalk.

 

 Along the boardwalk, we found a pamphlet that described

some flowers you might find. I did find a few.

 

 A little ways down the road, was the Point Pinos Lighthouse.

 

On July 6th, the reunion was held at the Point Pinos Grill.

The reunion brought together family and friends of

Brian's maternal grandparents,

 William Wallace and Martha Merrill Simpson 

 

above: group pic. photo credit: Richard Burnett Photography

below: Linda Luo dancing a traditional Chinese dance

 

above: singing and banjo playing

below: Brian with his uncle, Bert Simpson

 

above: Brian's sisters Karen and Melissa with Uncle Bert

below: Brian and me

On our drive home, Brian and I stopped at

Pinnacles National Monument. We entered from the west

and there really wasn't that much to see from this point

without hiking a good distance. So, we walked about

a 1/4 mile to take a few snaps.

 

 

 

 

When we left the park, we drove south along Metz Road (G 15)

toward King City where we connected with Hwy 101.

 

On July 13th, we had a graduation party for Rachel.

To see graduation snaps, go to my archive and click on June 6th.

 

below: Here's Rache with my parents

 

above: Rache with Emily and Billy

below: Rache and Andrew

 

On July 26 - 29th, we drove to Kings Canyon and camped. What great weather we had! We enjoyed camping, hiking and relaxing.

Our friends, Joanna and Tony joined us for a few days and

took in some sights.

above: standing in front of the visitor center's sign

below: next to 'General Grant'

below: a drive to Sequoia National Park

In August of 1975, Brian and I went camping with his family to Sequoia N.P. and had our picture taken on Moro Rock. The ONE snap I really wanted on this trip, was us on Moro Rock. The 1/4 mile, 350+ step climb was worth it!

Thanks to Joanna and Tony for making it happen.

 

above: Brian and me

below: Joanna and Tony

 

above: Brian relaxing after the climb

below: the four of us at our campsite

 

On July 31st, my beautiful mom turned 85!

above: isn't she beautiful?!

below: with my mom

below: Emily, Dad, Mom, me and Brian

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