Week 13

Happy Tuesday!  Yes!!  All caught up :0)  I'm so happy to be back on track and thanks to spring break for giving me the extra time to do so.  We had a full and wonderful family week with great weather and no rain.  Now it actually feels like spring instead of winter and we're so ready for that.

Here are the pictures from last week:

Day 85- Monday, 3/26/18

We hit the road again and headed further north to show my kids where I grew up. The surrounding snow capped mountains were very pretty and and it was fun passing by my old high school and the house I used to live in.  We also stopped at Burney Falls which is a great hidden treasure in that area.  Justin was so impressed he didn't want to leave.  Now back in the car to head west through many mountain passes to the coast.

Day 86- Tuesday, 3/27/18

We're in Arcata which is home of California State University, Humbolt.  It's time to check out this college for Justin.  He's interested in either wildlife or marine biology and this is a great school for both--lots of hands-on, back-to-nature teaching here taking full advantage of the natural surroundings.  There is a community redwood forest just steps behind the campus with wonderful hiking trails so after the college tour we did a little hiking.  Then after lunch where we ate at "A Slice of Humboldt Pie"--so yummy--we hit up one of the many beaches to explore a bit.  Another great day!

Day 87- Wednesday, 3/28/18

Today we are headed home.  It's a long drive with curvy roads and a lot interesting places to stop along the way.  We didn't have time to stop at all the cool places but we did at least stop here and drove through this tree.  I was a bit afraid my car wouldn't make it but it did and it was cool.  I should have had one of the kids outside filming or taking a picture of that but didn't think of it until after we went through.  At least we got a picture of us by the tree anyway.  We'll need to plan another trip to check out some of the other interesting stops like Confusion Hill, the One Tree Cabin, or the World Famous Tree House.  I'd also like to take the skunk train ride through theses amazing redwoods. So much to explore here--oh and more beaches to see!

Day 88- Thursday, 3/29/18

So much for all the fun.  Now that we're back it's time to get to work on school stuff.  John was kind enough to pick up a new printer while we were away and had it set up and ready to use when we returned. Brandon put it to good use printing up all the pages he had already prepared at school and then worked on setting up the board for his science fair project.  Almost done!  I really hate that it's due the first day back from spring break.  It sucks having this hang over your head all break but it is what it is.

Day 89- Friday, 3/30/18

Justin had friends over for a movie watching birthday party.  They were trying to get through all the Harry Potter movies but only made through the 1st four since there are so many.  This is a great group.  They all chipped in to buy him a new bike!  That was a wonderful surprise and much appreciated.

Day 90- Saturday, 3/31/18

And today is his actual birthday.  Happy 17th birthday Justin!  A Cold Stone store just opened in our area this week so he requested a Cold Stone strawberry ice-cream cake. Yum!

Day 91- Sunday, 4/1/18

Happy Easter Sunday and Happy April!  We're so happy to have Tyler join us this year.  Last year he missed out on Easter since it was later in the year and his spring break had already passed.  He still had to fly back today but at least he was here to enjoy a nice brunch with us.  Justin was kind enough to pose with my monthly marker mostly because I let him much the ears off that bunny right after ;0)

Wait one more:

March's Family Photo

Taken just before Tyler flew back to LA for the last quarter of his 2nd year.  Sadly we won't see Tyler again until mid-June.  It's actually now April but we're counting this as March since we couldn't pull it together enough to get a picture yesterday.  Such is life!




OK!  Now that is it.  See you next week.