A Year of Celebrations.....Post Views...21,818

AH.......a year of celebrations.....Gram G is celebrating completing 70 years of life on planet Earth... 2016 is the year...B-day coming in February!!

Celebration One......

San Diego New Year/Lacrosse tourney weekend

(continued)

Jan 2
Hanging with Baby Berklee......



Gram G's favorite Ocean Beach filet mignon with asparagus eggs benedict... 

A chilly visit to the beach..... Jude and Jake out for a bit of boogie boarding

     

Pebble art......

January sunset.....

SATURDAY EVENING GIRLS' NIGHT OUT.....

BENIHANA JAPANESE GRILL

Gemma, Auntie Debbie, Carole, Grandma G

"I'm getting bored, I need some entertaining...."

"Bring on the chef...."

Noodle, chicken and veggies.....

On to Claim Jumpers for Dessert!!

Gram G found her B-day cake...

DESSERT HEAVEN.....

WOW!

                           ...when wow is beyond words..

(just learned that....still practicing)

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A SUNDAY VISIT TO OLD TOWN SAN DIEGO..

 Pizza in Old Town......

Big Fun in San Diego.....Time to head home on Monday.....

to SNOW.....OH, NO....

 Bentley......

WHAT is this stuff?

How do I move in it?

Sunday in Vancouver, WA....

 Monday morning hanging out at John Wayne airport....

Working on computer....trying Russian cabbage soup...Tasty....


We're heading home...





TO.......

                                        SNOW.......

 In Hobbit Town....

I'm waiting for a sleigh ride









This has been a good 3 celebration days in the life of Grandma G.

"Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him."  (Psalm 34:8)

Happy San Diego New Year!!.....Post Views, 21,706

Grandma G's last day of 2015 started out 4 AM in Vancouver, WA and ended 12:30 AM the first day of 2016 in Carlsbad, CA.  

       



Sunrise somewhere mid-California coastline



Keys, Jake, Carole, Deb...and gear..
our flight left 6:20 and landed
8:40 at John Wayne airport in 
Irvine, CA.  

                 
 2nd breakfast along the coast...chicken tortilla soup










Getting ready for Gerry's New Year's Eve party.....after a nap....

 Last 2015 sunset San Diego style....











making Oriental chicken lettuce wraps.
 YUM!!

                                    YUM double....
                                                       Gram G banana bread



Meeting Baby Berklee...

Practicing with the 
selfie stick....

 Gerry's New Year's Eve party of sundry and assorted folk....

HAPPY 2016 NEW YEAR!!

Thumb up for a great first year!!

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We went to San Diego to watch Jake play goalie for the 
Junior Black Rinos of Portland as they competed in the Lacrosse Surf Cup. 


We are from the Pacific 
Northwest....
WHAT is that yellow ball in that blue sky????








 





Mom/Deb, Jake, Dad/Keys
Uncle Bill, Grandma Carole

Good playing, Goalie!!

Schmidt/Miller New Year's Gang.....

Gerry, Jude, Jake, Keys, Deb, Bill, Amanda, Baby Berklee

Gemma, Grandma Carole, Grandma G...

This has been a good New Year's day in the life of Grandma G.

"'For I know the plans I have for you', declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future'." (Jeremiah 29:11)