Sea Lions and More

Our hike at Rodeo Beach.

Sea Lions at Point Bonita.

I was playing around with my camera to see how far I could zoom in and still get a good picture. I discovered that the pictures come out a lot better when you have it on the "action" setting
when you are trying to zoom in to something that is really far away.

Michaela only lasted about 10 minutes in the car before she fell asleep. How can she sleep like that? The other two followed shortly after. It was a nice quite trip back home.

Point Bonita Lighthouse

This is part of the trek down to the lighthouse. It is a good 15-20 minute walk. It is not bad going down, it is the going back up that kills you! You can barely make out the tunnel at the end of the trail. You go through it to get to the lighthouse.

After you pass through the tunnel, you follow the trail to an old, narrow bridge. Only 2 people are allowed at a time. There is someone at each end to direct traffic. The line you see are the people waiting to go back across to the other side.


We finally made it to the lighthouse. We were not sure that we would make it. It was closing right when we got there, but the nice bridge man let us and a couple other folks go on to the other side before they closed it off. Thanks nice bridge man!
I don't know who Dale is looking at.

Dale and Morgan going across the wobbly bridge.

A view of the lighthouse from the trail. You were supposed to see the Golden Gate Bridge from the lighthouse, but as you can see it was way too foggy.

Rodeo Beach

We took a short trip to the Bay area and visited a couple of beaches. They were not too busy, but it was very foggy. The description of this beach said that you could see the Golden Gate Bridge. You couldn't see it today.

Enjoying our lunch on the beach.

The girls on the beach. Michaela and Madison got disoriented with the waves, and we almost lost them at sea. (Not really, but they were pretty freaked out about it)



We took a short hike up the mountain side. It was a pretty view. Foggy, but pretty.

Jog-a-thon

The Track

The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders had to jog / walk for 30 minutes. And yes, that is AstroTurf. It is a very nice track.

Here is Morgan jogging, but it does not last very long. She was able to complete 5 laps. One kid in her class did 11 laps, that is almost 3 miles!

Morgan's class celebrating their hard work.

Madison's class getting ready to start.

Madison on her 5th and final lap.

Pears!!!

1 Asian Pear tree + 1 Asian Pear tree =
23 quarts of pears
24 pints of 'pear'sauce
6 dozen pear muffins
2 pear pies
and lots of yummy fresh pears to eat!!

The First Day School

The first day of school. I wonder how long those white shirts will stay white!!
Morgan starts 5th grade and Madison starts 2nd grade at their new shcool. They are both a bit excited and nervous about going to their new shcool. It is huge!! 750+ students. But they are excited about wearing their school uniforms.

Michaela's first haircut

Michaela has been dying to get her hair cut. I usually wait until they start kindergarten to chop all of their hair off. Michaela's hair was just so thick and heavy, that none of the styles that I did for her would stay very long. So she got her hair cut a year early. The next step is to mail that braid off to Locks of Love. Michaela is very proud of her donation.