Highlights from January…

Ghana summer project reunion

Wandering around with the daughter taking photographs

A new gymnastics season starts

Dear Evan Hansen in Sacramento

Facetiming our college student

The adventure continues….

Happy New Year!  We had a really great 2019 full of new adventures, new friends and time with family.  Here we go…walking into a new decade.  I never want time to pass (it always makes me a little sad to say goodbye to now), but I know there are so many good things to come.

Highlights from December…

Celebrating the end of an era at Berkeley Cru

Lots of holiday fun with friends, making cookies, Christmas tree lane, hot chocolate

Zac home from college

Lunch at Union Square

Dad and Sherry coming for Christmas

Soaking in the joy of the season and remembering God’s gift to us all

The adventure continues….

Highlights from November…

The leaves turn in California (late November)

Celebrating our 17 year old at Disneyland and taking her friends along

Hanging out with the cousins

Breakfast and lunch with grandparents on the road trip home from LA

Thanksgiving with Nonna and our college student

Enjoying time as a family

The adventure continues

Highlights from October…

A new driver in the family

Homecoming festivities and dance…Airbands…amazing!

Carving pumpkins and giving out giant handfuls of candy

Northstar student conference in Washington DC

Stanford Alumni coming for a visit during reunion weekend

The adventure continues….

Highlights from September…

Celebrating birthdays (Spud and Luna)

Another week in Cuba bring hope to people through clean water and good news

Nonna coming for a visit

Spending an afternoon playing pétanque with Bill and his friends

Face time calls with our college student

The adventure continues….

Highlights from August…

A new school year begins

Spending time in the city with friends

Exploring Fort Fun with Luna

Lots of great music being produced

Going to Hamilton

The adventure continues….

Our family slideshow of our time in Wyoming.  I hope everyone gets a chance to experience the wild, majestic mountains in Wyoming.

Highlights from July…

Henry the unicorn cooled us off by spraying water from his horn in our backyard…magical

We had fun spending time with friends at our work conference in Colorado

We got our outdoor fun in during our family vacation in Wyoming–hiking, rafting, kayaking, huckleberry shakes, a new puppy and the majestic Teton mountains.

The adventure continues….

Highlights from June…

Spending the month in Ghana as a family coming alongside the efforts of the International Justice Mission who rescue children out of slavery in the fishing industry

Meeting and serving with college students from around our country and college students from the University of Ghana

Many conversations about life and faith

Playing games, teaching math and english, painting butterflies and taking photographs

Delivering a donation of shoes from Nike for children who have been playing soccer in their bare feet

My husband teaching our group about history, slavery and race

Learning our Ghanaian names and making connections to others around the world

The adventure continues….