Friday in Frisco

Kelvin's grandfather immigrated from Vietnam in April to live in Texas and has been visiting California for the last few weeks.  We were able to drive down to the Bay Area this weekend to meet up with him and K's parents and show him around (the last time we saw him was in Vietnam in 2010)!

Golden Gate Bridge (in classic fog)

Love my in-laws!

View of Alcatraz, "The Rock"

We enjoyed some crab at Fisherman's Wharf

Believe it or not, I'd never driven down Lombard St in the "crooked street" (very steep!) section

With the Nguyen Family in San Jose

No FIFA for me

This picture, stolen from an acquaintance's FB page, summarizes pretty well how I feel about watching soccer (which is, in my opinion, the worst sport in the history of the world although I know some many strange people disagree).  In other news, IT'S WIMBLEDON TIME (thank goodness there is a worthy sport to watch now that the NBA finals are over, and to dilute out the hours of FIFA craziness)!

Sand, Sun, and Seafood!

Serena, Brad, and Shabu came up to Humboldt this weekend to enjoy Oysterfest and some great seafood (and weather) with us!

We enjoyed our time at the beach.... here is the Manila Dunes.

Hiller Park hike (short stretch of dog-carrying due to stones)

We all love Oysters, and the Plaza Oysterfest, despite the crowds (it is one of the most popular food fests in CA!) was well worth it! The last time we were there was in 2012.

large skeleton guy

staged barbequeing

We'd come home to this:

Pepper loves Serena (a.k.a "The treat lady"), who added yummy liver to her kibble!

Today, we hit up Trinidad's Fish Fest.

Trinidad State Beach
Seals


 (notice Pep and the dogs again, by "Treat Lady")

 What a glorious summer Humboldt weekend!

Miss North Dakota!

This week, my cousin Jacky was crowned Miss North Dakota 2014.  While I'm not that familiar with all the pageant procedures, I do know that she is one of the sweetest, beautiful, and talented women I know and very deserving of this title!!!  She sang at our wedding, and will probably be on Broadway someday :) She is attending Bethel University in the Twin Cities and I know will do great things in the future!  Here and here are some short, local articles reporting about this great honor from a state that's lucky to have this girl!

7/2/2011