Memories May be Beautiful...

Remember the white ice cream bags we used to get. When you saw a rectangle box in a white bag with blue writing you knew good things were coming.

Remember the fire hydrant on our property on Ellen Street and the pyracantha berries under the front window?

Remember bologna sandwiches with mayonnaise?

Remember feeding the animals Friskies?

Remember Nate Bryant's car that was cola brown?

Remember when President Kennedy died? I remember dad saying he couldn't believe Jackie was going to walk behind the hearse. I kept thinking, now why would Jackie Hoelscher do that and how did she know the president?

Remember Rick Starcher in dad's bright striped robe chasing kids away...what was that story again?

Remember eating peaches from the garden that were still warm?

Hedge Funs

Ana and Joseph are deep into cutting back the jungles in the yards of Kona. With all the rain this year, the green growing stuff is winning. But it's not all work. They've been to the beach the last three afternoons after work.

Workin' in Paradise

Here's Ana and Joseph setting out for their first day of work with Lisa G., Lito and Pake the dog (pronounced pa kay').

Life in Retirement

Paul is spending his free time playing on the roof! Actually the house sold and he is trying to clean out a "V" area in the roof where leaves clog up the draining area. It's all fun, all day every day!

New posts!

Head on over to our blog to see pix of our trip to the beach and Clark's second birthday. Two more posts coming soon...Easter and Clark's new haircut!

Ben, Alli & Clark (click here!)

Shepard House

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Wildflower Festival at Sunol

On Saturday Rick, Franny, Sarah, Ray, Michael, Brandon and Savannah went to the Wildflower Festival at Sunol. The boys took a three mile hike above Little Yosemite and came down beside the fall. They were quite taxed but met a few cows and lots of green hills and water. Here are a few pictures of our hikers. When the boys came to the festival they spent their time making flutes. They did a great job.
The girls went on a Butterfly Hike and had a great time at the festival. Savannah made a shirt with painted leaves, a bookmark with dried wildflowers, a butterfly from a coffee filter, picture of a poppy, and had her face painted. They also made "lavender ice cream" with real lavender and she enjoyed that. It was in her words -"the most awesome day of my life."
The last picture is me - I was named Employee of the Month for April 2011. It was quite a surprise - since I was gone the exact time we set this up - Mary was able to get it all together to make me the EOM. I received a watch, pen, pin, parking space, plaque & $200. My picture is in the hallway between the operating room and the medical staff lounge for the month.