Here's To Life!

Fall Trip - 2019 Photos from our trip Taking advantage again of not working and being able to vacation during the school year. This week we are in Texas - in the New Braunfels/San Antonio area. After having snow on Halloween at home, we are enjoying temps once again in the 70s and one day in the 80s. We left our house on Saturday, Nov. 2nd and drove to Republic, MO. We spent Sunday morning touring Wilson Creek Battlefield where Paul had an ancestor who fought there. It was a lovely fall day - hard to picture the conditions of battle in August 1861. After touring the battlefield, we drove on to Oklahoma City - where we started our married life in 1979.  We started downtown where we stopped at the memorial where the Murrah building had been and 168 people were killed in 1995 in a terrorist bombing. Another contemplative site and a memorial very well done. To the State Capital building after that - to see if the oil well is still there in front which it is. Onward to more...

Following   in the Footsteps of St. Paul - September 2019 September found us on a tour sponsored by our church - Following in the Footsteps of St. Paul. This was a wonderful trip to Greece beginning in Thessaloniki and ending in Athens. We stood where Paul stood - visited many of the cities where he preached. Rather awe inspiring! We traveled to Delphi and Meteora. We ended in Athens where we visited the Acropolis and Mars Hill where Paul preached to early Christians. Our trip ended with a 4 day cruise among the Greek Islands of Crete, Rhodes, Santorini and a visit to the city of Ephesus in Turkey. We had some great tour guides who shared what they thought best in their cities. It was an interesting trip and an amazing experience.

A Trip to Cape Cod - August 2019 Had a nice trip to Cape Cod with John, Sasha and Xochitl. Tried out our new car for travel - it was packed but we all fit and made it safely there and back. We enjoyed seeing Xochitl at the   pond just as we did with our own children. We ate out a bit - seafood, clam chowder and pizza. My mom enjoyed watching Xochitl walk around the house with her cane. Also went to see a Cape Cod baseball playoff game for the Cotuit Kettleers. Happy to say they won big - 22 - 2. Did a little wine tasting and beer tasting as well. Made good use of our time there.     

Best of 2019

Celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary with a family trip to Hawaii. Stayed at the Wyndham Waikiki Beach Resort and had a wonderful time. We were in the heart of Waikiki within walking distance of the ocean. Enjoyed good food, walking around and the resort pool. Also took a day to go snorkeling and dolphin watching as well as a day to drive to the north of the island and stopped at the Dole Plantation. Also went to Pearl Harbor and John, Sasha and Xochitl climbed to the top of Diamond Head. Hawaii - 2019

Celebrated Xochitl's first birthday in style - with a grand party at her house. Family and friends both shared in the day. Xochitl's Birthday Part y