Girl's Trip to Cabo San Lucas

I feel spoiled! Traveling with my mother and daughter and daughter in law was so fun!

Poor Tiffany was just beginning her first semester in college, so she'll have to go on the

next outing. ): We had a beautiful sunset sail around Cabo. The "arch" and "Lover's Beach"

are amazing!

Mexican Paradise!

At the end of September I snuck down to Mexico, (0n Dale's suggestion) to enjoy a week at my brother Brad's time share in Cabo. My mother, Taryn, and Trina (my daughter in law) and I spent a wonderful leisurely week basking in sun and reading to our heart's content!

30th Anniversary!!

Dale surprised me with a quick trip up into the mountains by Sierra City to stay at the High Country Inn Bed & Breakfast! I had kept asking him if he had time to get away, and he always said, "oh, we'll see." And all the time he had this planned! What a romantic husband I have! Anyways, it was beautiful and relaxing and fun! Here's to 30 more great years!!

Sight-seeing included the Sears Tower, an afternoon at Navy Pier, and shopping along the Magnificent Mile! We also took in Chicago Pizza at Giordanni's. Yum! It was a great time with great friends. I was so glad that my friend, Julie Rothe, was able to go, and it was fun to get to know Cindy ( Mimi's aunt) and Cheryl.

CHICAGO Dance Team Trip

July 28th-31st we took our Lynn's Dance Arts dance team to Chicago to compete in a National Dance competition. We had a great time perfoming and sight seeing! As I visit each of these new cities I am always pleasantly surprised about how clean and beautiful they are! It was such fun acting like a silly teenager sometimes! The girls actually found out that I can be "so funny!"

Here is our team...of course Tiffany is on the team!!

We loved Amish country. We just drove around, looked at quilting shops, and enjoyed a delicious homemade pretzel. Well, actually two!!

Farmer John, ( the owner of the Bed & Breakfast) took us on a hayride, and then we were able to pet his cute little goats!

In February I was chosen by one of the dance costume companies that I buy from to be on their Advisory Board. They flew me out to York, Pennsylvania for four days and picked our brains about costumes. It was a neat experience. I decided to make a fun trip out of it, so I also flew Tiffany out, and after all of my meetings Taryn drove up to get us from DC and we went to Hershey, PA. We also went to a darling Bed and Breakfast in Amish country. It was the best breakfast ever!! Amish country was so cute!

The view of some of the beach line while we were floating by on the outrigger.

At the end of January Dale and Lynn went on a two week dream vacation to Borokay....a tiny island in the Philippines. We went with Coopers, one of Dale's past missionary companions, and some friends of theirs, Eileen, JP, Bruce and Suzanee. We all got along wonderfully and had such a great, relaxing time. Mostly we just basked in the sun and aqua water, and took boat trips to other close islands.

Coconut milk anyone?

Yippe Kiyaaa!! Lynn riding the caribou on Malay Island!!

We took a boat ride to the island of Malay, and Lynn was talked into riding on the farmer's caribou!! Swim suit and all! I'm an old farmer ready to plow the field!!