Snapshots from Fresno

 Photos from the Big Fresno Fair

 

 

 Hamster children running on water.

 Mmm... cinnamon rolls to put you into a sugar coma.

 Love this girl more than anything

 Niece and aunt

 Two generations of aunts and a niece.

She kills me

Apologies

So I might be a liar. In my previous post I said I would come back to post vacation pictures. 

That might not be entirely true. I left my camera cord back at home. (By home I mean WA-home)

While trying to get on the road at 9am this morning I accidently left my camera charger at my parent's house. Of course, my camera battery is dead. 

Whoops. 

FIL happens to have the same camera charger as me but I'm not sure if I have a cord to borrow. 


However, I will not apologize for how many times I/ we've eaten at this place the past week. 

And no apologies for D's face... we were both deleriously (even a word?) hungry.

Heads Up

This coming Monday we're heading on vacation. I can't even begin to describe how much we both need this vacation. 

BUT- I'm still on a blogging-break once it is over. I'm mostly using this space as a means to hold the pictures I take.

I still haven't decided when I'm coming back.

Two Sisters

Faith walks before me, 
Holding up her lamp
As I try not to stumble in the ink-dark hours before the dawn. 
Her light illuminates 
One step and then another. 
Beside me, Hope, arm linked with mine, encourages and steadies
Sometimes in the tedium, 
Distracted by the pain, 
My mind begins to wander, then my feet. I hesitate. 
Unsure, I look to Hope. 
Her hand takes mine. 
The touch reminds me of another hand held out to me, 
One pierced and scarred
Yet oh so tender
Lifting me and blessing me when I had fallen and despaired. 
Remembering, 
I move ahead
Buoyed up by Hope, who sees the end with perfect clarity. 


By: Larry Hiller

Back to my continued blogging break...
 

Two Second Break in My Continued Absence

"Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we'll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

 (Italics & bold added)

On Hold & Hold On

Not that I've been posting a ton lately but I'm putting my blogging on hold.

How long? Don't know but probably awhile. 

Why? Ugh... I have reasons. Basically I'm not at a good point to be writing stuff for others to read, nevertheless be posted on the internet.  


I appreciate your patience/ understanding/ whatev. 

Kite Festival

One of the things I really appreciate is our area's sense of community. That's something you don't always get in bigger cities. Since we moved here we quickly noticed that there's always some sort of festival or activity that's being promoted. Driving through town you get to see banners stretched across the roads promoting something fun to look forward to: Cranberry Festival, Railroad Days, etc. 

This past week has been the Kite Festival. I really looked forward to this because when we first moved here we heard so much about it, however, we missed it by a couple weeks. In short- I was impressed by it. 

Kites are extremely easy to fly here. The wind is constantly blowing, especially further up the peninsula where there's no mountains obstructing it's flow. Plus, add the fact that our peninsula is known as the world's longest beach (Technically it is but also...not.) which gives one plenty of space to fly a kite. There's also a few designated kite stores and even a kite museum. It's pretty serious. 

Via

An aerial view. Note the rare sunny day.

Via

D and I wandered over to the festival to check it out with our friends, E and M. The boys body surfed for a little bit while E and I sat in the warm sand to watch some synchronized kite flying. We had no idea that this was a serious hobby! There were people who came into town from England and even Canada. 

Upon arrival we found out that a group of kite enthusiasts were attempting a new world record for most synchronized kites. It was truly amazing to watch them! They set a new record using 64 (or 65?) kites. 

 Getting into "grid" formation.

Creating a circle.

I shot this video with my phone of the kites getting into a circle formation, exploding from the circle, coming back into a circle and then back to a grid formation. This was right after they set the new world record. (I can't figure out why there's no sound.) There were also small teams of three to five people who did synchronized kite flying set to music. Truly a fun day!