Trip to Hawaiian Chieftain & Lady Washington and the Bodega Headlands

We had the privilege going on the Hawaiian Chieftain for a tour and to learn about a sailor's life.

The trade routes between the US and China and Europe included trading fur and tea.
Maggie and Hanna with their friend, Nina.

We saw all the tools for navigation and learned about how boring the days were--lots of waiting, making/mending rope...
Next we set sail with the Lady Washington for a few hours. There was a lot of work to do with all the lines.




Heave, ho, heave, ho...

Some of the swells were big--hold on!

Lily helps pull too.









Time to sing some sailor shanties like "Chicken on a Raft."








Here is "Martha" at the bow.
We enjoyed going to Bodega Head after we disembarked.


Blue heron
We found a nice beach.
There were loads of caterpillars there.
We had lots of fun climbing.

Resurrection Sunday! And a Good Friday walk!

We went to Riverside Park with friends for a beautiful walk and picnic on Good Friday.
Russian River was really flooded.
There were lots of wildflowers and butterflies... (photo by Maggie)
We had a wonderful celebration with our friends. The kids enjoyed finding eggs in the backyard. I hid the ones for Hanna and Maggie, trying to make it tough :)

Jackson and Trey search together.
Maggie finds all the red eggs.
Hanna finds the yellows.
Trey gets all the greens.
Lily finds the purple ones.
What a feast!Bonus California poppy pic!
Trey and Maggie have been on a cowboy kick lately....Here's our little cowboy!

Happy Resurrection Sunday!!!

I'm about to enjoy the company of many friends! The house is decorated, table set, everything ready.

The verse on my mind today as we celebrate Jesus coming back from the dead:
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" John 11:25-26 So thankful for His overcoming death! Can't wait to see Jesus, my mom, my grandmother, Ezra, Nehemiah (reading through those books in the Old Testament lately....) Happy Resurrection Sunday!

1 Corinthians 2:9

"No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
What God has prepared
for those who love him."

How good it is to trust in Him.

Maggie's Olden Days Photos

Maggie posed Lily and Trey for these photos.

Trip to Sonoma Wildlife Rescue

We had the wonderful opportunity to see some of the wildlife that is from our area. It was a beautiful view and we got to see animals that can no longer survive in the wild, so their home is now the Sonoma Wildlife Rescue.
We saw some red-tailed hawks, and then 2 shy foxes.


Next we saw 2 coyotes, one if which was missing a leg. We got to howl and they started howling like crazy!

These bobcats are brother and sister. The boy was missing a leg.
The raccoons were really inquisitive.



Then we saw a skunk (but he went back in his shed) and an 0possum.
After the squirrels we got to see a very shy bobcat. Really neat animals.