Sami's World

About 18 months ago the well known Happy Hallow Park and Zoo located in San Jose CA closed for remodeling. The “old” Happy Hallow was nice because it was fairly inexpensive, had something for everyone and was a good spur of the moment fun day. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember my commitment I made almost a month ago that I would update this blog?? I got a good start and then fizzled again. It’s not that I don’t want to keep it updated, on the contrary. But life just has a way of throwing curve balls and wham…..no more blogging!! Here is my new commitment ….to get this blog up to date. I really want to do this before I forget things that I really wanted to be included in this here family memoir. Here’s to my new commitment……

So we’ve been on In-n-Out tours before so this post may seem redundant. But it’s always just so much fun and there’s LOTS of yummy food and so I have to write about it. Read the rest of this entry »

So I’m sure I’ve mentioned enough times that Google doesn’t pay all that much, but their perks are perfect! They more than make up for what they lack in the monthly pay check (although the paycheck can’t be that bad since none of us are starving!). Read the rest of this entry »

Have you heard of this? Disney has teamed up with Helping Hands and is offering everyone who gives a day of service a free day at Disneyland park. Anyway, our kids, especially Jaime, have been asking about when do they get to go to Disneyland. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, just as it does every year, Scott’s birthday came on March 4. He turned 33 years old. I tried to make it great and I sure hope I did. Read the rest of this entry »

Anyone like roller skating? I sure do. It was the one “thing” I did as a kid. I don’t remember how long I skated for. I just remember it was long enough to get pretty good and do a performance and get injured and never go out again. But I have always loved it and have done it several times just for fun. Read the rest of this entry »

Ok, so I ALMOST had the coolest experience in February. I am on quite a few homeschooling email groups and get invites to things all the time (field trips mostly). I got this email that they were looking for judges for a homeschooling debate. Read the rest of this entry »