Ice Cold Juice

Every day for the past two years and multiple times as a child, I have passed by this cider stand. 

I love it.  It is a spot that will always remind me of my childhood and living in Sonoma County.

But lately I have been driving by and wondering when it will be demolished, or just fall down. 

I mean, it is obviously neglected, but the charm it has is so great.  I thought before it falls to the ground with the next storm, I should get some photos.  Because one day, I will drive by and the sign will have fallen. 

Till then, I just wanted to share this with you.  A chance to give an old shack a little glory.

Love it!  Seriously how cool is that sign?

Hwy 1

Highway 1 or the Pacific Coast Hwy is a fun, tourist attraction and I have to say, I have driven on Hwy 1 about a million times, but not all at once.  Well, with a house guest in town, we did a mini drive from Stinson Beach up to Jenner.  It was a half-day drive and we stopped a few times for walks on the beach, lunch in Point Reyes Station and views of the waves. 

The weather was not great, but the rain stayed away and we enjoyed the relaxing drive.

Lovely Northern California!

Busy Busy

We have been busy the last few weeks, so I thought I would give you yet another update.  With a lovely house guest in town from Germany, we got to do some fun things...

Sparkling wine anyone?

Then, we were off to Yosemite.  We hiked up to Vernal Falls and then had a chance to play in the snow up at the Wawona Hotel.  Can you believe this is the same day.  Sun in the morning and snow in the evening.  Crazy!

I love this place!   Can totally see us vacationing there in the summer.  We had fun!

And my favorite picture of the day.

Plans for Summer

I am a planner.  I am! I like to think my Grandma had a little to do with that. She would always plan our summer vacations 6 months in advance.

Anyway, it‘s March already and I haven’t even planned a single family vacation for this year.  Summer is going to be here before you know it and seriously, we need to do something.

We will go camping, that is an easy weekend jaunt.  I do have a project in mind for our campsite.  More to come on that. 

Conn mentioned he would like to (one day) get to Hawaii.  Let me clarify that he did not specify when.  Of course that planted a seed in my little brain, though.  And, some friends of ours are currently there and posting comments on Facebook.  Ooh.  Aloha!  Yes please.  The boys playing on the beach sounds great.  Sunsets and mai tais.  Add it to the bucket list.    

One day, a little Aloha would be fantastic or maika'i nui loa (that’s very, very good in Hawaiian).

I think this little guy could totally hang loose there.

Baseball Season

Spring is here!  And you know what that means, Spring Training is upon us.  That sure did sneak up on me, but here we are, mid March.  We are big A's fans in this house.  In good times and bad, we love our Oakland A's.  So, in the spirit of baseball season and in hopes that we can get to a few games this year, EJ is sportin' the gear.

Yeah baseball season and Let's Go Oakland (clap, clap, clap clap clap)!

A Thought

Saw this and loved it.  I do hope they remember some of what I teach them, but I am also trying to have more patience.  Thanks Jim Henson!

St. Patty's Day

We have been so busy around here lately, but I didn't want the day to go by without saying Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I hope you are having a pot of gold and wonderfully green day.  Here's some fun over at Say Yes To Hoboken.

More soon!  Till then, here is a funny pic of EJ was he was just about a month old.  Ha!