It's All About the Trees

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Did the Revelation Trail and became Junior Rangers.

Fern Canyon

Location of a scene from Jurassic Park II.

This place was amazing.

Gold Bluffs Beach

Redwoods Coast.

Grey sand.

Tour Thru Tree

Worth $5.

Trees of Mystery

Cool trees.

Tram above Redwoods.

Justin especially loved.

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

Star Wars filmed here.

Hands down favorite spot (Stout Grove to Smith River).

Went twice.

Battery Point Lighthouse

Windy.

A disappointment after the amazingness of Jedediah.

Ugly tide pools.

A Beach off the 101 in Klamath

More Redwood coast.
More grey sand (that looks tan).

Ravenwood Motel and Suites

Great for the price.

Klamath River Overlook

Klamath River met the Pacific Ocean.
Amazing view from the top.
No need to hike down/up a steep trail, fall in a bush, and have cranky kids.

Avenue of the Giants

The drive home was scenic.
This detour was even more so.

Drive Home Bonus

Sally bugs Drew.

We went on a family vacation!

Just us.

To somewhere we'd never been.

7 1/2 hours north to the coastal and old growth redwoods.

Totally worth the drive and sleep-deprived August.

Local Tourists

6/2 on Cannery Row

Happy 6 to Tes

 Sarah knows how to throw a party.

School is Cool

 This year all 3 teachers were so great.

Like so great I could cry.

Perfect matches for my kids.

Mrs. Wright got Sally to open up and could deal with her highs and lows

(which weren't major, but she had a few funky days).

Ms. Hirst is so even-tempered and consistent and helped Drew like school again.

(his teacher last year had ruined it for him)

Notice his teary eyes in the picture above. He loved her.

Ms. Valdez is amazing all around.

Owen struggles with school and she has been a huge support and so positive for him.

 Drew and "The Monkey Club" (Jack, Talen, and Peter)

They're the monkey club because they all like monkeys, obviously.

Also, they love sports.

One week they each chose a day that was for their favorite team.

Then all the kids dressed in that team's colors.

Drew's favorite team is randomly the Blue Jays.

Anyway, they're a fun group of boys.

Sally and Tes showing off their ABC books they worked so hard on.

 Sally's tears (sad to leave Mrs. Wright) kicked in a little late.

She had to be helped to stay in the picture (notice the shoes of Drew's friend, Justice, behind the sign).

After school, we went to Talen's neighborhood.

His mom's friend owns this truck and she surprised the kids by having it there.

It was a cold last day of school, but maybe if we eat enough ice cream it will still feel like summer.

BBQ Day

A church BBQ, Owen's team party BBQ, then another BBQ with friends.

Memorial Day was fun but nuts.

These pictures are all from the church party at Via Paraiso Park.

Justin is always awesome to get involved with the kids.

And I love when other people love my kids.