WHEW! What a month!

Well, August is almost over and we are home!! (Well... we're home for two days, then off to Spokane for the Labor Day Weekend) We had a great August and played a TON! Overall, Andre will work 10 days this month and Mary and Olivia will log a total of seven days at home. We've had our share of weather fluctuations with going from 60's and raining at home, to high 80's in Vantage for our first camping trip in August. Whistler gave us a few cool rainy days, but two days of sunshine and temperatures in the 70's. Then it was off to Sun Lakes where the sun beat down on us and provided us with hot 100 degree temperatures. On the drive home from Sun Lakes, Snoqualmie Pass hit us with a high of 68 and driving rain. Andre was happy he didn't have to water the grass the two days we were home between Sun Lakes and Sacramento! Then it was back to high 90's and lower 100's in Sacramento. What will Spokane bring this weekend? Who knows?

We had a lot of fun in Sacramento on our trip to visit Mary's brother Tri. We got to see his house, meet his girlfriend Lisa, and play a lot! We met Mary's mom and dad there, along with her brother Truong, her cousin Linh, and her niece Emily. The first night we were there we went to the California State Fair where we ate some funnel cakes, saw some Chinese acrobats, and walked by the Air Supply concert. On Friday we all went to the pool (we later found out we had gone to the one located in "the ghetto"). On Saturday went to the Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale land, then pigged out at Tri's favorite restaurant of all time....Bucca di Beppo. Sunday was a full day. We took a road trip to San Francisco. We woke up early and our first stop was Fairfield, CA home of one of the JELLY BELLY FACTORIES!!!! It was great getting there right when they opened because the sample station was all ours. Nothing like Jelly Beans in all different flavors for breakfast! We then stopped at the Budweiser factory across the way, but found out it was closed on Sundays :( We arrived in San Francisco just in time to go to Fisherman's Wharf and chow down on some clam chowder. Tri and Lisa took Emily and Olivia to the aquarium and we walked around and took in the sights. We then headed off to see the Golden Gate Bridge. On the way to dinner we stopped at the Japanese Tea Garden. Dinner was Bubba Gumps Restaurant where our old stand by the Shrimpin Dippin Broth was a little too spicy this time for most of us. We got home at around 11:30 PM. (We had left at 8:30 AM). On Monday, Tri went to get eye surgery (Something different than Lasik, he explained it to me, but I wasn't really listening...) and we headed off to see Old Sacramento. Then it was off to the pool again to cool off. Tuesday we headed home and now we are unpacking yet again.

We took a lot of pictures of our trip to the Sac. You can check them out by clicking on the "Our Recent Pictures" link on the right of this page.