a new year

 Happy New Year. .. 2024...wow... We are working on a new lap top set up for us by Arlos friend R'dwan. Thank You R'dwan for your computer savvy. They have been visiting us from Ohio this last two weeks. I need to say how impressed and hopeful I feel after spending time with these two young men and what they have to offer in the future. Arlo is so focused on his path forward in life as he attends Wright State University and interns at GE Aerospace. R'dwan, who is in the same engineering program, has such passion and insight into his past life in Syria. Both are very knowledgeable and exciting conversationalists.  

We enjoyed a trip around the local antique store

with my ultraviolet flashlight

looking for glowing green uranium glass.

lots of games

visits from Kelly and Bixby

and hot tubbing

glowing uranium glass

woodworking in thew garden

trips to the beach

Bixby helps grandad with his phone

and cooks us a delicious meatloaf

Another trip to look for uranium

more game fun

Over the 46 to Kellys house...

and more uranium glass.

Arlo applied the knowledge that he acquired

from his dad and fixed Kelly's

treadmill.

Some back yard archery

We had to search the bushes for the 

wayward arrows

bent arrows

Grandad shared his knowledge

and...more games at Kellys

We drove up the Big Sur coast

to hike Salmon Falls

Lunch at Ragged Point

Most of the beach sand and rocks had been washed 

away by the high tides but we found a few rocks

Arlo also has some auto maintenance knowledge

and helped to replace the RV air filter

We toured Cal Poly with Kelly and Liam and Noah.

the architectural design village

Lunch after at Firestone

Then it was time for Arlo and R'dwan to fly back to Dayton.

We dropped them at the SLO airport in the RV

 because then we headed out to Santa Margarita

to camp for the weekend and take part in the

5 k run on Sunday morning.

Kelly brought the VW camper out on Saturday.

Bixby and his friend Jaxson rode their bikes

 from Atascadero to the lake to join us.

More fun and games

And the 5 k was a great success.

Kelly and I actually did double

milage walking from the campground.

I love our family...we like each other.

  and we have fun together. 

We are blessed