June and into July

 Just to catch up:

                                Last weekend a surprise birthday party for Randy

                               turning 70. He likes zebras . Hard to inflate but fun.

Lots of hikes to train for our backpack

Leaving Monday 22nd for the Sierras, Starting

at Mono Hot Springs and backpacking

for 6 days into Evolution Wilderness.

Janets Corgi Franklin 

enjoys digging in the firepit

Paulie, Jordan granddog,  enjoys the creek

A day at the beach with Kelly and Bixby

followed by music in the park

to celebrate Mikes 74 th birthday

A grazing deer on our front deck

a cloud over Ragged point on our 

4th of July hike

I enjoyed spending time with my friend 

Chris grandchildren

Unfortunately Chris is in the hospital.

A concert at Stolo winery

A beach day with Chris daughter Stephanie 

and her 3 fun sons, Chris son Matthew 

and Kelly and Bixby.

Bixby at 14  and Kelly

Kelly and Stephanie know each other

from childhood. Chris and I  had our children 

together and many adventures together

as they grew up.

Another training hike

Soda springs

A rocket  launch from the 46

and a beautiful sunset

Salmon creek hike

Mike and I finished staining our house

Another trash pick up on Hwy 1

Another campout at Santa Margarita Lake

with friends.

Mike played in the tennis club tournament

Randy and Barrett came in first.

A hike the end of May with Chris and Lucy

up the 3 bridges trail. This was our last get together

before Chris fell while walking her dogs.

She bruised her intestines and has 

been in and out of hospital ever since.

Her kids are helping her, 

and we send her healing thoughts.

A wonderful three weeks in Ohio

 We flew to Ohio to spend 3 weeks with Cameron and Tina and the family.

                                     Flying into Dayton let the fun begin. 

       

Lunch and a tour of Sinclair College

with Jack

Both Arlo and Jack have 

the lucky Farmer thumb...

like my dad

Cameron graduated from Sinclair with honors 

with a degree in Engineering.

He began a second degree this summer in

Sinclair's Unmanned Aircraft program. 

Sorry you cant play the video

but it was fun to see on the Megatron.

Thanks to Tina for taking the video

Arlo will return to Wright State to finish 

his degree in Engineering after completing 

a 6 month internship at GE Aerospace.

Cameron collects antique cast iron

and we worked to restore this bean pot. 

Aislinn loves the kitties.

Always an opportunity for fun.

And figuring out a new smart watch

We enjoy the rain showers

And mowing the fast growing lawn

Cooking together is a treat 

in Cameron's outdoor kitchen

Exploring the Stillwater river

at the nearby Englewood Metro Park

We saw the Northern lights from the back yard

The Dayton area Metro Park system is wonderful

A bit of a muddy hike

And a nice picnic

Jack picks thorns from the Hawthorn tree

for Aislinns creation

Arlo fishes in his lucky? hat

Mike cleans the mud off his shoes

We take turns on the mower

Aislinn and I plant sunflowers

Jack and I walk to a lake park and 

enjoy frozen custard 

Cameron show us the drone program campus

And the Airforce base

 and a trip around Cabelas

before joining mikes sister Sharon 

and her husband Mike and their family 

for dinner

Steven in the black hoodie and Cameron

All grown up from this baby picture

Aislinns graduation from

 Northmont high school

Her other proud grandma

Jack still enjoys Legos

And Arlo takes a quick nap

after going fishing with his friends at 6am.

Cameron tries out his new pizza oven

And uses his prior Dominos experience

to even toss the dough

Arlo shows off his knife skills

The crazy Californians have to have

the traditional last night fire

even though its hot and humid

The end of a great family visit