The Beatles update ….
April 25, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
We finished up the Please Please Me album today… amazing that they busted out 10 of the fourteen songs mostly on one day of recording! Both Chris and Joey agree with gma Jennie that the song “ doRead more
Day three hanging in Richmond
April 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Chris is out and about with uncle Tom a bit today while Joey rest at home for the morning. Dropped by Tom’s bar to prep for an event.
Enjoying the sun!
April 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Uncle Tom’s bar, the Factory, is set up at a maker’s fair in the Parchester Village in Richmond… we had some great food (from a friend who has all these cheeses from France and a food truck thatRead more
Joey is a cheater!
April 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Joey beat Chris in cribbage and there will be an investigation because for sure he cheated!
Getting our steps in….
April 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Helping Joey do his exercise class around the Rosie the Riveter museum with Uncle Tom
We brought the rain?
April 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Packing up at the makers market, of course it rains on us!
Ol’ Truck Time
April 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Ok, Tom’s 1951 GMC Truck (named “Harriet” after put paternal gma Lyons) is a 3 on a tree bad boy, makes me miss my old ‘83 CJ8 Jeep!
Pinochle!
April 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
What a great game!! (Tho Tommy and Joey have put on asterisk cuz of some of my suggested shenanigans….what?!?). My partner Michelle constantly bailed me out and we won!
Brrrrr…in Yosemite…
April 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
Thankfully the temperature in Yosemite is warming up in the next couple of days! (They are having snow!).
Highlights of the day
April 26, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
So great being with family today! Joey’s highlights were sweet and tasty sushi, cool times at the makers fair, and…. Umm…playing cards was almost fun! (Sorry bro!)
Chris’s loved driving theRead more
Day four in the City!
April 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
Heading into SF to be with friends!
Nathan and his family!
April 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
Nathan and Christina and their beautiful kids hosted us for banana pancakes! (We’ve known Nathan since doing YWAM day camp in the Hunters Point neighborhood over 20 years ago!). Thanks friends!
Church in North Beach
April 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
Loved visiting Revive Church with Markus and Jen.
Lunch, sweet pizza and sweet pals
April 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
SF is something else
April 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Although we’ve been here before, San Francisco never gets old…
Cousin time
April 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
Chris used to visit the Kellogg’s family in San Jose often as a kid (Aunt Sandy is Chris’s dad’s lil Sister)… and so we love hanging with the cousins so much! (Games and joy!)
Highlights of the day
April 27, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Day five to Monterey Bay and Yosemite
April 28, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
So excited to see some of the most beautiful parts of California today! Thanks Kat for making Art out of the photograph of a seal that Joey took at the aquarium
Aquarium time
April 28, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Best aquarium in the world I’m told!
More Aquarium pix
April 28, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Still amazed!
17 Mile Drive
April 28, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Thanks Markus for suggesting this outing. Joey and I saw golf courses we will never afford to play on! And just stunning views.
Great Monday! Highlights….
April 28, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
From a special morning conversation with my cousin to driving into Yosemite and seeing a bear, it was an outstanding day.
Yo!-semite! (Is this Real Life?)
April 28, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
Driving into the park for the first time was so very magical. And that was before we saw the bear! Excited for our phase of our adventure, in this most excellence of places.
The Maple syrup!
April 29, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Best thing we have for breakfast!
Breakfast at the Ahwahnee
April 29, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
Joey’s first fancy breakfast buffet experience… A bit different than the make your own waffle station in a normal hotel! His favorite thing? The Eggs Benedict (come check it out Brian Valley!)Read more