Saturday, August 1, 2009

Road Trip to California

Mom and I left for California on Friday July 24th, and came home Thursday July 30th. It was a nice trip, got to visit with lots of people, do lots of fun things, and enjoy eachothers company. However by the middle of the next week we were both homesick and ready to come home. So here are some pictures of the things we did while we were in California. If you want to see more pictures go to Facebook, I was able to put alot more up on there. Hope you enjoy I know we did :)

Grandma and Grandpas old house in Rocklin
what the backyard looks like now. It looks really nice, just completely different

another angle of the backyard :)



The creek, looked the same to me, still has the beaver dam


The bridge going over to where the garden used to be


where the gardens used to be, kinda sad.....



And then mom and I left Rocklin and visited with Vicki and her family, really enjoyed our visit, this is one of my favorite pictures.


Look how cute he is!! Quinn Nichols....he finally let me take a picture of him :)


Mom waiting for the trolly in San Francisco


the Golden Gate bridge, it was difficult getting a picture of it, because it was covered in fog the whole day. I thought this one turned out pretty good though


Our old house in Fairfield, we lived there from 79-86 doesn't look anything like I remember it. They cut down my climbing tree!! :(



The house Mom grew up in, in Chico. from 52-64


Aunt Lucille, still doing good, and going strong!


Mom and her cousin Mike Bancroft up in Greenwood California (near Auburn) just beautiful up there!!


Mr Ed. One of the four horses Mike and his wife (Char) have. Really enjoyed getting to know Mike and Char, such nice people, and the stories they have of JoJo (grandma) when she was a teenager, were a lot of fun to listen to. Of course on our trip everywhere we went mom got to hear "you look just like your mother" over and over again, it was getting old...but it was still alot of fun. Definitely glad to be home with my family, I sure missed my husband and dogs, and I think they missed me too.

2 comments:

Free Range Chick said...

Are you sure you were at the right house? Someone spent a lot of money making the backyard look completely different. looks like Vicki is growing her hair out, too.

Sara and AJ said...

the backyard is completely different! I was shocked! but I remember the bridge, the beaver dam and the little sandy area where we would get in the creek.