Graduation & Summer Glimpses

We celebrated Hanna's graduation

Trey and Lily enjoyed boating camp

 Our annual Gerle Creek camping trip started by Bridal Veil Falls

 When the creek got a surge, we went rafting!

 We enjoyed a visit with Fred

 Boating camp and 4th of July

 Cat sitting

 

 Trey enjoyed fencing

 We visited Grandpa in New Jersey

 And we spend beautiful hours a the Jersey Shore

 I got to visit Blawenburg/Skillman/Princeton with Lily

 Back to the beach

 Celebrating Grandpa's 88th birthday

 Carl got some great surf sessions

 To Staten Island and Manhattan

Carl and his professor, Steve Lawson

 Maggie in Alaska

Hanna and Maggie at Matanuska Glacier

 Hanna and Maggie at Victory Bible Camp

Kitty watching

 Peaches and produce from our garden

Birthday Hike & Field Trip

We hiked Taylor Mountain on my birthday.

 I got these beautiful flowers from my sister.

 Field trip to Bear Valley Visitor's Center at Point Reyes National Seashore.  Here is a Miwok village.

 The fault line where the fence jumped 14 feet.

Graduations & Shows

  Lily's ballet photos

 Hanna's high school graduation.  Carl gave the charge.

 Hanna's EMT Academy graduation

 More Lily ballet photos

And in the show

Opa's birthday!

We had such a fun weekend celebrating Opa's 80th birthday, May 7th.  Georg drove up with Opa, Oma Heidi, Christine, Sophia, and picked up Maike at the airport on Friday.  Saturday, we headed to the redwoods at Armstrong Woods.

 Sisters

 And our brother :)

 We went to Bodega Head and saw a whale.

Opa and 3 of his 4 kids

 Screamin' Mimis for Opa's favorite Hazelnut ice cream.

 Sunday worship was wonderful with lots of music: Opa on violin, Maike on piano, Georg on guitar, and Kerstin and Hanna on violas.

Maggie runs a relay.