or A Family's Life in the 21st Century

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Practice Camping Trip (Day 3)

Sunday 6/27/10

Cereal and last of apple struddle for Breakfast
G, D, and C had hot Chocolate
J was still asleep
Strike camp
Tent master executed flawless packing up
Pack car
Quick tetherball
J won
Home through Boonville
Through the forest
Lots of little towns
Fairly uneventful
Warm vineyard-covered countryside
Barbeque in Cloverdale
J-World famous Cheeseburger and “Izzy” drink
(Proven with thousands of postcards from around the world)
G/C shared an order of ribs and French fries and “Izzy” drink
Daddy-Tri-tip sandwich and Diet coke
Ice Cream in Sebastepal
At a foster freeze
G/Daddy- ½ ice creams
J/C- Vannilla
Home to an empty house
Mom had taken all the furniture 

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Practice Camping Trip (Day 2)

Saturday 6/26/10
Got up
Breakfast
cereal
Apple struddles
Tea
Coffie
Milk
Early foggy walk on the beach
Saw dead seal
Picked up a bunch of blue rocks
Tetherball tournaments
Met ryan
Had mullet haircut
From patteson
Walked back to campsite
Walked around
Made hot dogs and chips
Put on bathing suits
went to the lagoon
Built sand castles
Had wars
Goslings
Teenagers digging a pit
Went to beach
Surfed on floaties (kind of)
C and daddy had stick battle on the beach
Had hot showers 
$1.50 for seven minutes
Crammed in
Went back to camp 
Had steak and Ceaser salad for dinner
Sat around the campfire talking about Kevin
Talked about Christopher Mckinney and tetherball
Messed around
Waited for dark
Went down to beach
Broke glowsticks
preformed glowstick show
J’s broke
He had to throw it away
Walked down to what used to be a little stream
Was now a big part of the ocean
Walked by the teenagers
Saw them in their fire-hole

Friday, June 25, 2010

Practice Camping Trip (Day 1)

Friday 6/25/10
Got up
Had showers
Cleaned house
Finally left at 4:30
Drove over Straight bridge
It was only supported by 3 pillars
Shopped in Petaluma
Got sunglasses
J: Black
G: Yellow
C: Green
Healdburg
Cloverdale
Yreka
Willits
Turned left for the ocean
Drove an hour down a little squirmy road later
Pulled into a campsite by a fine sandy beach
G=Tent Master
Set up camp
C and Daddy bought a chicken
Had it for dinner
Made Campfire
Had S’mores
Birth of kevin’
Went down to the beach
Glowsticks
Full moon bliss
Went to bed

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Practice Camping Trip - Be Prepared

Thursday 6/24/10 - We are planning a short weekend camping trip as "Practice" for a week long outing in August.  
Packed
Packed
  Packed
  Packed
  Packed

Had Pasta  for dinner ... Daddy is getting better. He makes 'green stuff' to dip the bread in and we all love it.  


Sunday, June 20, 2010

SUMMER WEEKEND !!! (Sunday)

Sunday 6/20/10

Fathers Day – J and C slept in Dad’s room
Had pancakes for breakfast
Drove to beach to meet with Oma
        Had lots of fun
        Built mini-fort
        Had chicken, cookies, chips, strawberries, pasta, and soda
        Walked around -
        Buried ourselves in the sand
        Dad slept on beach
        Drove home
 Had pizza on the deck
Gracie watched a few more Cartoons and C and J played poptropia


Saturday, June 19, 2010

SUMMER WEEKEND !!! (Saturday)

Saturday 6/19/10

Called and Thanked Oma
Decided where to go for Father’s Day – BEACH!
Had Showers
Went to San Francisco
Went by Dad’s old Apartment on Octavia St
Drove down the Crookedest Street in the World (Lombard)
Then drove over to Union square and parked in Stockton Garage
Stopped at Shreuers and bought some dish towells (LaMonts are overpriced!)
Walked through Stockton street tunnel to chinatown
Went through Chinatown
         Everyone is short
         And Chinese…
Lots of Shops
People buying fruits and vegetables
Walked into North Beach and up Grant ave – there was a street fair with music and food venders on all the streets. The streets were closed off to car traffic and people were walking in the middle of the streets…
Ate lunch at North Beach Pizza
        Good
We had pizza, lemonade (dad had a glass of chianti)
Walked up to Coit Tower
       Windy
       Open Roof
       Shaped after a fire hose
       Saw all of the big murals
       Depicted the time the paintings were done (during the great depression 1930’s)
       C wanted stuff from the gift store
       Lots of steps to get to the tower, and up to the top
       Looked out all the windows 

Went back to Street Fair. 
       Listen to the band
       Lady at French Fry stand gave us Garlics fries with Crab on them because somebody ordered them and then didn't want them. 
       They were GREAT !!!!




Friday, June 18, 2010

SUMMER WEEKEND !!! (Friday)

Friday 6/18/10


Layed in bed all day
Watched cartoons (350 Classic Cartoons on 4 DVD's - How long will it take to watch them all???)
Did absolutely nothing...All day long
Had cereal for breakfast
Had sliders for dinner
Finished the Matrix III Movie (First was the Best, First was definitely the Best, idk)
Watched Rat Patrol (a wanna be 'Combat' show)
Had Golf Tournament
       J won
       6 holes
       J got “TNT MINI Bombs” for winning the Tournament
       Like Sprite bombs but in tiny bags


Thursday, June 17, 2010

SUMMER WEEKEND !!! (Thursday)

Thursday 6/17/10

Mom dropped us off at Daddy’s house
Oma came to take us to KOA (a “kamping” place)
J did some Summer Homework
It was fun
We swam
We played tetherball
We ate a good lunch
It was in Mendocino
We drove back
Watched Star Wars III Revenge of the Sith
          Good
Went to bed

-J

Sunday, June 6, 2010

SUNDAY, FUNNY SUNDAY

Sunday 6/6/2010


Mom dropped us off with daddy today for some reason
Got some new books
Played catch with new hardball mitts
Played baseball in the yard
Very hot so we had smoothies on the deck
Went to play tennis at 11:00
        J hit most of his tennis balls over the fence
       G won tornement
Played in nearby playground after that
Explored creek
an unusually large swarm of bees flew by
        3-4 thousand bees
        Sounded like motorcycles
Looked at the beginnings of The Family Way Photo Album
Installed Microsoft Office Pro 2003 on J’s laptop
Went to a pizza place (Amici’s New York Pizza) for dinner
Hiked at Roys Redwoods
        Lots of poisen oak
        J didn’t get any
        Pretended we were indians
        J and G got lost