Last Sunday, Mark & I had a great time hanging out with Nate and his dad down by the river. Nathan is a senior so we met to take a few casual senior portraits. Briar, their beautiful, friendly lab joined us. Today I started going through all the images and wanted to share this one as a sneak preview…. 
Thank you, guys, for a fun afternoon!
Last weekend one of our good friends celebrated her third birthday. I just love how expressive she is….

Happy girl!

I think she's loving the gift she just opened...

Concentrating...

"Ahhhh...I love my Holly."
Tonight I’m feeling full – so grateful for these days. Yesterday I had such a great time with my 7 year old and her class; we went on a field trip to the Sacramento Zoo. It was so fun to speed around the zoo with happy, energetic first graders. And today, I went on another “field trip” =) with two wonderful friends to Napa. We had a tasty picnic and a beautiful day together.
A few pictures…

This old guy was loving the sunshine.

She was watching us….
And now a few pictures from Napa:

Yes, these are garbage cans but old wine barrells always look pretty cool =)
Flowers everywhere…


Here is just one of the truly splendid views from Mount Diablo…


(This was carved into a large rock at Mount Diablo. I find it fascinating that people carve their names on trees, boulders, picnic tables, etc. It's like they are saying, "I was here. I matter.")
On February 19, 1973, I was 7 years old probably looking forward to my upcoming 8th birthday that was only 7 days away. At the time, I think my family had recently moved to Garland, Texas from Ponce, Puerto Rico. I was the goalie for our soccer team, the Eastgate Gators. My mom was the coach. Living in Texas was a fun time for me. I have good memories of playing outside a lot with my best buddies, Anne and her brother Howard.
Where were you on February 19, 1973?