Hello All,

 

Can you beleive it's been 4 months since our last blog?!?  We'll, I'll do the cliff notes version of what's been going on.  School's out... 

 

We did a bunch of fundraising over the past few months in preparation for Athena going on a European ambassador trip to Spain/France/Italy.  Bob has been traveling like a madman over the past 4 months, gone nearly every week to either UT, WA, OR, NV, CA or Asia.  After school finished, we headed to Barstow, CA for a family gathering.  We had a couple of great days of weather (i.e. not death valley hot) and good time catching-up on family activities.  While Athena stayed in Boise for school activites, Autumn & Ashley went to Bartow with Mom & Dad.  After Barstow, Ashley stayed with Mom & Dad to tour California and Autumn went to Colorado to spend time (working) with Papa & Grandma.

 

Monday after Barstow, we headed to San Diego where we stayed with Uncle Larry & Aunt Dollie.  Their hospilitality was great.  We toured the Midway Aircraft Carrier, Hard Rock Cafe, and La Jolla.  After San Diego we (3 of us) were off to LA.   In LA, we stayed with "Aunt" Connie and "Uncle" Loren.  Those four days were spent with great people.  While in LA, we walked (and bought... Ashley was happy) Rodeo Drive, ate at the Ivy (famous people watch), walked the Walk of Fame, toured Vince Beach, La Brea tar pits, and played at Universal Studies Park.  We got to LA via Salinas, where we spent the day on the coast (Big Sur, Monterey, Santa Cruz).  In Santa Cruz, we spent a few hours on the Boardwalk getting our fill of amusement park rides.  After Santa Cruz, we went to San Jose/Bay Area.  Bob had a conference while Ashley & Mom spent two days at Great America Amusement Park.  Yes, we also toured San Francisco and ate at the "Stinking Rose"; I'm sure the garlic lowered our cholesterol... at least Bob had immediate "evidence".

 

After getting back to Boise (3000 miles later), Ashley headed to Seattle for 3 days with friends.  Upon returnig, Connie & Ashley headed to Colorado to spend time with Nana (Connie's GMa) and the rest of the Blochowitz/Brown family.

 

We'll, that's about it for now...  Athena is packing for Europe (3 weeks) and Bob is packing for Shanghai (10 days).

 

See ya' on the flip side of 20,000 air miles.

 

God Bless,

 

Bob