Our garden...what a praise to see things growing again. Many plants we wonder what they even are...but we planted them :)
Trey loves Link
Lily loves Ash, Link's sister
"Don't be afraid, I am with you, I am God." Encouragement from Isaiah 41:10
Maggie got to spend time at Lake Almanor
...and at the coast
...and in Alaska at Victory Bible Camp. Here she is on a staff trip to Seward.
Trey is working at a farm a couple hours
He also likes trying his RC car out on jumps.
Hanna is an EMT
Trey was acting goofy on our road trip down south after too many hours in the car
Santa Barbara sunshine visiting family
Church service with the Naumanns and Oma and Opa
I love my Vati
On to Oceanside...the beach and surfing
We love acai bowls
Carl preached at Redeemer Bible Church in Oceanside
Lily and I walked on the pier, and met this fellow
Carl and I got to enjoy a few days on Coronado Island
Trey learned to sail
...and Lily did too
I helped Maggie set up her room in Chico
...with some breaks for lemonade
...and checking out downtown
Her room turned out super cute!
Sisters...and a photo bomb by Papa
Our new backyard is growing
These siblings sleep in the funniest ways
Trey plays soccer for Empire Soccer
More and more produce--so wonderful!
Lily loves the kittens
Lily and I got to go to Bodega Bay Seafood Festival
She also did very well in a JC Art class
Acai date with Hanna
...she's working so hard
Maggie went on a college retreat
My sister, Maike, came to visit in Santa Barbara, and I got to go see family and get her. We enjoyed some time with Vati.
Father and daughter walking on the beach
Sisters and brother time
Maike and I spent 2 days in Yosemite on the way back north, enjoying a night at Yosemite View Lodge on the Merced River
Half Dome
Bridal Veil Falls
Vernal Falls
Emerald Pools
Nevada Falls
These trees were growing in the tiniest crack!
We hiked into Little Yosemite, and then back to Nevada Falls, splitting a sandwich for lunch by the upper pools with a foot soak
Nevada Falls, so beautiful in October
Sister day in San Francisco, starting at Marin Headlands
Japanese Tea Garden
The view from above the 16th Avenue Mosaic Tile Stairs. We also went to the Hidden Garden Stairs, Arizmendi Bakery (delicious focaccia and scones), Snowbird Coffee (lattes)...
Lands End
Lands End Labyrinth
After driving through San Francisco, walking to see the Wave Organ, driving down Lombard Street, checking out Coit Tower, looking around and tasting things at the Ferry Building, driving through Chinatown, eating at Sushirrito, we had booked a tour of Dandelion Chocolate at their 16th Avenue Factory. Best. Tour. Ever.
Cocoa Pod
We got to taste what's inside
...and the nibs
Tante Maike and her niece, Lily
Trey loves soccer and we love watching him play
Our home amidst the neighborhood of Coffey Park
Nordquist ballroom dancing...and they got paired together!
I got to fly to New Jersey and visit Aunt Cathy and Uncle Steve
Time visiting Stonehill Church of Princeton (used to be Westerly Road Church...)
Fun with friends
...and sweet high school classmates
Driving old, familiar roads
Bedens Brook
Visiting friends
...such a blessing!
Time with my college roommate Jocelyn at Jammin' Crepes in Princeton.
Princeton
Time painting on Mountain View Road
Visiting my mom's grave in Blawenburg
Fall colors
Sacred Coffee Roasters--latte
I got to travel to the Highlights Foundation for a Children's Book Illustrator's Workshop in Honesdale, PA
Review time
Trey attends orchestra rehearsal, playing the violin
Lily helps me prepare for our Grace Church Fall Tea
Link and Ash
Mandatory Evacuation with the Kincade Fire bearing down. Our home is where the black dot is...we spend days watching the map and have to leave in the middle of the night.
Our friends take us in in Rohnert Park, where we look at the map, pray, and I keep seeing these verses.
View of another sunrise
The smoke is so thick...
We get to go on a "smoke-action" to South Lake Tahoe.
School pictures
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