Mother's Day 2017

I had another great Mother's Day with my family! I am so happy we started a tradition 6 years ago of going to the beach at Fort Funston.  This year, we stopped by and saw Mom & Amanda on our way up to the beach.  Once at the beach, it was play time for the kids and Summer.

 

 

 

After a lot of sand play, I even took a small nap in the sand! 

We also continued our tradition of making Mothers' Day Strawberry Jam.  

This time we had a little help from Auntie Amanda.

Everyone enjoyed the yummy jam.  I feel so blessed with my wonderful family!

 

Daisy Camping Adventure

Last weekend I took Elsa's Girl Scout Daisy Troop Camping!  We had a wonderful adventure up at Sanborn Park. We gathered at Addison Elementary School and then headed off to the park.   

 

Once there, the girls played while we got everything organized for the hike up a really hard hill.  We made it on one trip and then the girls helped us put up tents.  Each girl got a picture with the tent she helped with. 

We had a giant 7 person tent, and all the girls stayed together in that tent. 

When they took breaks from helping out, they build a fairy house.

Then we did box oven cooking - lighting the coals, making the box, mixing the cake, to having a yummy cake to eat.  Such fun! 

 

The dinner of tacos was also a success.  Then everyone cleaned up there food, the four bucket Girl Scout Way and we hung our dunk bags up to dry. 

Then there was time for a s'mores, before we had a group circle and said goodbye to our day campers.

The girls that stayed got in their jammies and got settled in the big tent.  They talked and played and generally had fun.  I think they slept a little.  

 

In the morning, we had cereal, packed up, and walked down the big hill, to our cars and a drive back to Palo Alto.