The summer is ending

This amazing summer is coming to an end...between two weddings and many adventures...it is officially time to get back to work. Fitting that it is Labor Day weekend here in the US.

 A "whale watching" trip to the farallon islands...
no whales, but LOTS of seasickness!

A rainy, but beautiful, day for our UK wedding

My mom, Nancy, enjoying some wine on our wine tasting tour

Emma, Eunice, and Amber enjoying some street
music

See....the whale watching tour was not that great for Eunice and I! Mark, Niel, and Emma had no problem and saw many birds (but no whales!)

An American baseball game! Go Giants!!

A very patriotic party indeed!

Naomi, Gabrielle, Natalie, & Amber

Grace picking out the best cupcake

Neil and Eunice

Eunice, Emma, Amber, & Nancy

Emma and Amber

Amber and Emma wine tasting

Mark and Emma braving the cold to see the view

And little Jackson enjoying the festivities!

Our US wedding day

Wine Tasting










This was just a taste of the incredible summer we shared with our family and friends around the world. Thank you to all of you who played a part in making it an amazing summer. But the "sun has set" on this adventure only to start a new one soon! Emma left today to head back to the UK and then on to South Sudan on Tuesday to start a new work season...

So until next time...

So....it turns out I like this blogging thing! Love that people have made comments and that you have looked at what we are up to. Today we drove along the Avenue of the Giants in Northern California. These trees are some of the oldest trees in the world....that's right...the world...

http://avenueofthegiants.net/

We had an amazing day. Saw some enormous trees, had a picnic in them (I got 10 mosquito bites in the 10 minutes we scarfed our food!), and even drove thru one.

I have lived in Northern California for 13 years and only have 4.5 months left so am trying to get as much in as possible.

That's us...driving thru a tree!

A quick picnic as the mosquito's wanted to have lunch too!

Cheese and crackers in the woods

A log so big I could stand up and touch the top!

welcome to our journey

Welcome to our blog! It will follow where we are in the world and what we are up to! There will be photos and stories...hopefully!

 

 

 Emma doing some bird watching on the lost coast in Northern California

Amber enjoying Black Sands Beach

Cheese and Salami on the beach

Tide Pools

Loving our "mini-moon"