This is where it all started!

Who would have known this would be the

family's vacation spot.

Uncle Jim still loves his candy!

 

Neil, Marianne, Zak and Markie

Aunt Suzy with Markie

 

 

 

Twin Falls at Yankee Boy Basin Box Canyon

 outside Ouray Colorado

 

Walter, Keri and Jake

 

Neil and Zak

 

Zip lining in Costa Rica

11 lines, one a mile long

AWESOME

 

Our favorite spot!

 

 

Dining - Latin Cuisine

Yes we really did hike through the desert with
 sand storms that stung our legs and arms.
 Mari and Markie at great sand dunes National Park

 

Gram would be proud!

 I really needed the scarf as the sand was really blowing.

 We are at Great Dunes National Park.

 

Markie climbing one of the many dunes

 at great Sand Dunes National Park

 

Marianne and Suzy

 

Zachary and Mark climbed one of the rocks

at the Garden of the Gods! All the way to the top!

 

Marie is out of the condo first time since she broke her foot. 

Toasting with Maggie. Quite an accomplishment.

 

River Cruise in Costa Rica

Lots of crocs!

Zak at Pagosa overlook

Neil at Pagota overlook

Looks like beautiful country!

 

Happy Birthday Tricia

 

Celebrating Larry's Birthday

 

 

Cara with her family at a Giants Game

 

 

Bridget rockin it in 9th - come on Giants!

Marianne and Family

Look like a great trip!

Thank you Suzy for the pics.

 

Mikey and Eric

They are going to rebuild on the lot!

 

This is where we grew up going to Shaver Lake.

Here is where the Diener Cabin was located.

So many great memories!

Jimmy, Babette, Jimmy IV and Lisa

in Half Moon Bay on the 4th.

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Isaiah

Looking grown up!

Bethannie

Riding her scooter!

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Mom had her cast cut off and now has a walking cast or walking boot.

Like the cast, she struggled a few days with the boot.  She now is able to manage transfers with the boot and has now started walking a little bit with a walker.

Through the Visiting Nurse Association, we have a physical therapist that is coming once a week that is terrific.  We also have a wonderful home care helper that my mother has taken to immediately.  She is 72 and very strong.  She is Filipino and most recently took care of Mrs Bargetto who ran the family winery for 20 years after her husband died.  Mrs Bargetto was Irish like my mom.  Briget has only worked for Italians and seems to fit right in here with both of my parents.

From what I can piece together, mom fell in the middle of the night when she was trying to sit on the toilet.  She wasn't dead center on and landed between the toilet and bathtub.  My father didn't hear her and she somehow got herself up and got back into bed.  It wasn't until about 7:00 in the morning that she told my dad about what happened.

I'm guessing that they won't return to Fresno until after the first week of August.

My dad keeps wanting to go home to Fresno.  Why, I'm not sure?  It has been so hot there.  I can just see him going there and wanting to go right back to the coast.  I think he gets restless and likes the change of scenery.

My mother hasn't been doing the cryptograms.  Navigating with the cast and now boot, uses most of her brain power.

That is all for now.

Celeste

 

Old pictures in Capitola