I am sorry that I didn't get to visit everyone while we were in California. It seemed like it went so fast. We were busy everyday. I hope no one is mad!

This is Sammy brushing his teeth before leaving for California. We are in for a 30 hour trip south on Amtrak. We were so excited. Below is a little about our trip. Sorry it took so long to get it posted. Keep going to older posted button at the bottom of the page to see more. When you get to Zoe you have seen all the pictures from our trip. I will try to get better at posting more often but, I start school on Monday!


Thank you Lori for letting us stay with you. We had a great time and miss you so much already.

This was Sammy at Lori's house. I think is the first morning after we got to California. This is where we started our journey. The next day we went to Morgan to see everyone. We sat in the Staff Room and got to see so many people that I worked with for the 16 years I was at Morgan. It was great to see them all. They were some of the people that saw me through so many things in my life. I really wish they could move to Oregon and teach with me. You don't realize how much you miss people until you go back and visit them after leaving. Boy do I miss them! I even forgot to take pictures I was so excited to see them.

This is at the Kindergaten Graduation at Warner (SP) the new school in Rialto. I knew almost all the teachers in the Kindergarten group except one. I went the day before but didn't get to visit them all, so I had to go back and visit with them. This is Catherine and Sullivan (sorry if it is spelled wrong). She worked at Morgan and then moved after the baby was born to be able to job share. It was great to see them all.

Liz and Megan! I worked with Liz for all 16 years at Morgan. Megan was my student teacher the year after having Sammy.

Monica was at Morgan for many years and then she moved to other schools in the District. This is her little baby Chelsea that I remember before she was born. ( In monica's tummy) She is so beautiful and grown up!

We went to Claim Jumper for Dinner with friends from Morgan. It was so nice to see everyone. Sammy and Zoe had fun talking at the end of the table. Look at the last picture and you will see them sharing a Hot Fudge Sundae. Thanks for Dinner Pam. Thanks for coming everyone!

I miss these guys so much. I wish you all could move to Oregon. It is so beautiful here.

Ignore the fact that Lori and I gained weight. (we know that) This is Lori, Sammy and I at our favorite hangout. Golden Spoon We used to go to Golden Spoon at least once a week while Lori and I were working on our Masters the year before we moved. Boy do we miss having a Golden Spoon. Oregon doesn't have them. So while we were visiting I think we went three no maybe four times!

I took Sammy by all the houses that we lived in since he was born. He really wanted to knock on the door and ask to see the houses especially the one in Banning. He wanted to see if they painted over the Peter Rabbit room that Doug painted for us. Then the Applewood House in Colton and last the Highland house that the Bank now owns.

It was very weird to see them all. I still loved the 1st house the Banning house the best. It was just so far away from were we did everything.