Ramona Louise and Marilyn Suzanne were born on Feb 12th, 2011. They were about 5 weeks early and weighed 4 lbs 10 pz and 4 lbs 1 oz, respectively.
They're 3-1/2 years old now!! What different personalities!! They are so much fun. They came out to the river for 3 days in Oct. We went to the boat races, rode on the quad and rode on the jet ski!!
Ethan Michael was born on May 2nd, 2011 at 2:39am. He weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 20.5 inches long. Lucas Douglas was born on June 19th, 2013 at 3:27pm. He weighed 8 lbs and was 20 inches long. Mom and Lucas were home by 8:00pm.
Ethan is almost 3 years old now and Lucas is 9 months.
We drove up the California coast (see Adventures in the USA/2013-05 California Coast Road Trip) to Sonoma State.
My niece, Krista, was graduating with a B.A. degree in Psychology. She completed her classes in December 2012 and the graduation ceremony took place on May 11th, 2013. She'll be attending law school next year. We're all very proud of her.
After Krista's graduation, we drove back down the coast (see Adventures in the USA/2013-05 California Coast Road Trip).
We drove from Dana's (see Family Album/2011-09 Dana & Marcia) to Salem, SC on Sept 28th to go to Michael and Laicie's wedding. We went to the Celebration for the Bride and Bridesmaids and the "brother-in-law" parties. We went to the rehearsal dinner on Sept 29th.
Michael & Laicie were married on Sept. 30th at a farm overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains. After the wedding, we drove back to Dana's (see Family Album/2011-09 Dana & Marcia) for a few days before heading home.
After three days in Chattanooga, Tenn (see Adventures in USA/2011-09 Chattanooga), we drove to Dana & Marcia's. We stayed and visited with them (Sept 25th to Sept 27th). We had a great time vistiing with them and seeing their new shop. Then we left them and drove to Salem, SC for Michael & Laicie's wedding (see Family Albums/2011-09 Michael & Laicie Wedding).
After Michael & Laicie's wedding on Sept 30th (see Family Album/2011-09 Michael & Laicie Wedding), we drove back to Dana and Marcia's (Oct 1st to Oct 3rd) for a few days. We went to the Fall Festival at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Marcia and Dana were both demonstrators of their respective crafts, pottery and woodcraft. Then we drove back to Chattanooga, Tenn for our flight home.
We went to Hamburg, Germany to visit with Michael, Nancy and new baby Ethan. We were gone from home for 2 months (June 27th - Aug 25th).
We flew into Hamburg and spent a few days with Michael, Nancy & Ethan (2.5 mos old). Then we went to Copenhagen and went on a Baltic Sea Cruise for two weeks. We went back to Hamburg and visited Ethan again (3 mos old). Then we went on a 4-week road trip through Germany. We spent another week or so with Michael, Nancy & Ethan (4 mos old). Then we flew home.
These are the pictures that we took of Ethan (2.5 mos - 4 mos) when we were in Hamburg, Germany. There are no journals, just pictures. The details of this trip are in journals under "Adventures in Foreign Countries / 2011-07 Europe".
Jonathan (Casey) graduated from La Costa Canyon High School on June 17, 2011.
He'll be attending University of California at Santa Cruz in the fall. We wish him the best of luck in his endeavors.
Michael and Nancy were married on August 22, 2009.
These are some of the formal wedding pictures.
Darryl has been to the river with Carl many times, but this was the first time at the house!!! It was, of course, Peggy & Jonathan's first time, too.
We took them to Slot Canyon in the Jeep and then had lots of fun on the water with the jet skis!!
Nancy's son, Michael, married Nancy on August 22, 2009. They were married by Pastor Rick in the Mission Inn Chapel in Riverside. The wedding party consisted of Nancy's sister, Leslie; Nancy's cousins, Aura and Jessica; Nancy's friend, Deysi as the brides attendants and Michael's brother, Steven; Michael's friends, Scott and Nick as the groomsmen. It was a wonderful day!!!
CONGRATULATIONS, MICHAEL!!! YOU DID IT!!!
Carl went to Claremont High School (California) during his Junior year, 1957-1958. Although he spent only 1 year there, he made a lot of friends --- and stayed in touch with several of them.
About a week later, the gang got together again and went sailing.
On our RV trip across country, we stopped in Yates Center, Kansas to visit with Johnny and his new wife, Phyllis.
Carl's step-son, Darryl Hatheway, married Peggy on June 7, 2007. They were married in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The wedding party guests were Darryl's sons and girlfriends, Peggy's son and friend.
On our summer trip across country in our new Roamer, we stopped at Salem, South Carolina to see Don, Ginny, Mike and Stu. We saw their new home and went out on their boat all three days we were there. Mike & Stu took us for a tour of Clemson (Mike is in his second year) and we all went to historic Greenville. We had a great time getting caught up.
On our summer trip across country in our new Roamer, we stopped at Warne, North Carolina to see Dana and Marcia. We had a great time visiting. Dana and Marcia have bought a lot and are building--first a shop, then a house. Carl, Dana and I went whitewater rafting on the Ocoee River.
We stopped during our 4-month summer RV trip in Arkansas for a Noah Family Reunion.
There are only 3 brothers left out of Carl's father's family--Chesley, Bill and Dutch.
There were lots of Noahs and we had a great time!!!
Grandma's 90th birthday was December 22, 2006. But, because of all the Christmas activities we decided to have Grandma's Birthday Tea Party in January.
We had the party at the Placentia Rose Drive Friends Church (Fireside Room) on Sunday, January 14th.
WOW!! 90 years!!! Quite an accomplishment!!!
We drove from Siloam Springs and the Noah clan to Groesbeck, Texas to visit Carl's mother's side of the family. We saw Dorothy and Johnny, Terry Lynn and Jason.
Then we went to Cleburne, Texas to visit with Tom Alexander and Karen with their kids and grandkids.
We went to Rooster Poot and Siloam Springs in Arkansas for about 5 days, to visit the Noahs. We saw Uncle Dutch and Lula Mae, Trish and Brad, Connie and Richard, Lisa and Terry. We saw Uncle Bill, Uncle Chesley and Imogene, Charlene and Leroy.
We flew to Atlanta, Georgia on July 30th and drove our rented car to Sumter, South Carolina for Megan's funeral.
Then we drove to Dana's and Marcia's in Warne, NC for a few days.
CONGRATULATIONS, STEVEN!!! YOU DID IT!!!
We went to Kauai for 10 days for our honeymoon. Without going into a lot of details, I'll just say that it was all that a honeymoon should be!!
It was the first time to Hawaii for both of us. We selected Kauai, the "Garden Isle", because of the rain forests, majestic cliffs, jagged peaks, emerald valleys, palm trees, rainbows and the fantastic beaches. We had a fantastic time exploring this beautiful island by land, by sea and by air.
Carl and Nancy were married on September 24, 2002 at Rose Drive Friends Church in Yorba Linda by Pastor Greg. Sabrina (Michael's girlfriend) and Nick (Michael's friend) took pictures.