Every summer, we make the long trek back home to the states to visit family. After a horrendous 24 hours or so of flying, stopping over in Japan, we make it to California and spend a week recovering from jetlag. It is a beautiful spot to recover. My parents have created an oasis in their yard. At the top is horses. These aren't their horses, but they have access to them because they house them in their stables. So lucky for the girls, they got a chance to ride them one afternoon.
Joseph helping Xander.
He should have been a rancher. . .
Magdalene at the reins.
Abigail's turn.
Best friends always.
Dad and mom take a turn.
Ella Marie enjoying a swing in the backyard of our friend's house, the Kraft family. We went back to see our old house and street on Games Dr. and enjoyed an afternoon with some of the neighborhood.
Abigail and Maggie with the Kraft girls.
Fourth of July Fun with the Gorhamer family.We left Califonia for a few weeks to spend time in Minnesota with Joseph's family.
Ella and her cousin Abram, born just weeks apart.
Magdalene and Abigail enjoy making 4th of July crafts with the Gunderson girls, their cousins in Prior Lake, MN.
Dad's are never too big for the swing.
Maggie and Grandma Gordhamer enjoying the hammock in Aunt Lora's backyard.
Don and Marilyn Gordhamer, Joseph's parents.
Joseph and all his siblings. From right to left: Kristine Holt, Lora Gunderson, Jennifer Thayer, Marilyn Gordhamer, Don Gordhamer, Shawn Gordhamer, Jon Gordhamer, David Gordhamer, and Joseph.
All of the Gordhamer clan on July 4, 2008.
Family picture.
Maggie and Ella.
On Grandpa Don's old Yamaha.
Grandpa and Xander.
Fun in the Midwest sun at Lora's house.
Grandma and Ella.
Back to California, July 2008.
Maggie and her cousin Eliza Cranney at the park.
Xander.
Mom and Ella at the tide pools in Dana Point.
More tide pools.
The tire swing on the hill with Grandpa Larsen on a Sunday afternoon.
Grandma and Ella.
Mom and Xander enjoying the hillside.
Packing up a little one for the trip back to Singapore.
A few more cute pictures of the kids in California.
And we are back in Singapore just in time for school.MAggie and Abigail catch the bus early every morning to go to first and third grade at Singapore American School, SAS.
Abigail and Ella on the porch. Notice Joseph's pride and joy, his Harley Davidson in the background. That was his transportation to and from work. Singapore is a very motorcycle friendly place.
Back to school, exploring the classroom.
Xander at SAS.
SAS.
We take a walk every Sunday in the parks and gardens around our house on Bright Hill Drive.
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