Our family is riding the birthday wave! We capped off Memorial Day weekend with a combined birthday lunch celebrating Leslie’s birthday (June 1) and my birthday (May 27). What fun! Go figure, as kids we…

Saturday night, John and I took in an early feature of “Stars Wars, Revenge of the Sith.” This is the 6th in the series of 6 Star Wars films and unfortunately I think I missed…

Tonight, John took me to the Melting Pot to celebrate my birthday :-). We feasted on swiss cheese fondue, mushroom salad, boullion fondue with meat, shrimp and veggies AND chocolate fondue. I have a lot…

With our adventure on Vancouver Island’s West Coast Trail only a few months away, we picked the perfect day for a short practice hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park…high humidity, rain and clouds!…