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Tue, 03 Aug 2010

This summer has gone so fast! I haven't written about anything that we've done, and now it is almost time for school to start. I don't know where all the time went.

Right after school was out, the kids and I left to drive to California. I wanted to spend some time being a tourist on the way, but the kids were anxious to visit with grandparents and cousins. We did stop for a little while at Arches NP, but only stayed a short time. It was so hot!

When we finally got to Fresno we got to see my niece, Lara's HS graduation.  We visited with my mom. Here we are making strawberry jam at her house.

We went with Mom to San Francisco and Marin, so enjoyed Golden Gate Park and Rodeo beach. The weather was beautiful in Fresno and the Bay Area. We had a great time.

Then we got to spend some time in Coloma with the Bennetts. We enjoyed seeing them and had fun visiting our old neighborhoods. We miss that area. The weather was too cold and the water too high, though, to do the kayaking on the American River that we had planned. We enjoyed Placerville instead.

Then on to Sacramento to visit with Marc's family. Again, we had a great time seeing everyone. Marc flew in and we were glad to see him also.

Then we drove to Lake Tahoe to spend a few more days visiting at Kith and Kin. The weather was unusually cold for Tahoe this time of year and so we spent more time than usual inside visiting and playing games.

We did venture forth once to kayak on the lake. It was beautiful, but no one wanted to get wet. 

After seeing Marc off at the Reno airport, we stayed a couple of days in Gardnerville, then headed across the desert to arrive in Idaho for another reunion. First, the kids and I went to Yellowstone for a day.

Then we had a reunion in Rigby with the extended Hall clan. We saw people we hadn't seen in a long time. It was also lots of fun to visit and play games.After the reunion, we "gave" Thomas to his grandparents to keep for a couple of weeks. I think he's written about part of that trip in his blog.

And we arrived home in time to celebrate Marc's birthday. We ate lasagna, opened presents, and ate ice cream.

We've done a few more things this summer, but I'll write about them in another entry.