Take me out to the ball game...

Jacob and Joshua are on the same team this year. (Jacob is almost 9 and Joshua is 7.)
This is good for the boys. Josh is learning a lot from his big brother.
It also makes it easier to watch a whole game instead of going back and forth between 2 different games. They were warming up with the team when grandma got her camera out. Without having to say anything, they both looked at the camera and said "cheese".






Jacob was the only one to hit home runs on both teams that played. This was his second one that game. These 2 home runs brought home a total of 6 runs.
Joshua did great too. He got base hits each time he was up to bat and even made the final out of the game. He was playing 3rd base and stopped a ground ball then tag the base making a forced out. He did it so naturally even tho he seemed so surprised at what he did.

Fort Bragg

After Tax season, Bob & I spent a few days at Fort Bragg. We walked the beach, gathered tumbled glass at Glass Beach, visited the lighthouse, museums and botanical gardens. The weather was great with only morning fog on one of the days.





...and the sunsets were spectacular...if you look close, you can see Bob standing near the point. Just click on the picture to enlarge it.





We strolled the streets of Mendocino. These pretty flowers were growing outside the restaurant where we had lunch.





We took a drive "through" the redwoods, so to speak.





These trees are so huge! You can see how little our car looks next to them.

Mt. Calvary...(AKA some hill near Butte College

At the very top of this hill/mountain are 3 crosses. Bob and I refer to this as Mt. Calvary. Many times we have gone there for sunrise services on Easter Sunday. Usually 30 or more people will be there. This time the gate was locked and we seemed to be the only 2 that took the chance in climbing over the fence and hiking to the top.....It was really very intimate.



Up on top...It was sad to see one of the crosses broken.
Sorry the pictures are blurry. I set my camera for "twilight" since it was before the sun came up. Never try new camera settings before an important event.


Here comes the sun.....It was so awesome to be praying by the crosses while the sun came up....to each of you, have a blessed day!

Table mt. hike

Joshua spent the week end with us.
He is in Cub Scouts and needed to go on a hike to help earn one of his badges.
So Grandpa & Grandma took him for a hike to Table Mt. We went to the big waterfall, only there wasn't much water going down. It was fun anyway. Joshua, being a typical little boy, thought it was more fun to walk beside the stream (and sometimes in it)instead of on the path. (I had to buy him a new pair of shoes for church the next day.)
It was a good day for kite flying. He was so proud to get his kite up in the sky. In fact, it was so high he ran out of string! Boy...he could hardly wait to tell his brother. It was a very rewarding week end.