Yosemite 2009

• Half Dome Hike, Annette, Danny, April and Wes -- We made it to to the top of the world!
  
  

• The Cookie Jar Song, “Who stole the cookie….”

• Bagel Sandwiches, Bagel Sandwiches, Bagel Sandwiches

• “That’s what she said….”

• N n n n n n n n, NO!

• The Indian Village at the Visitor's Center

• Sandwiches at Dengen's Deli

• Riding the Yosemite Shuttle -- Usually at the back of the bus
  
  

• Taking photos at the Ahwahnee

• The Brobergs’ fancy new Nikon

• Rafting and Tubing down the Merced River – (sneaking the rented raft to camp and trying to lose the ranger on horseback to get a longer & more exciting ride)

• Moving campsites (218 great base most of the time)

• Claire ditching her shoes

• Swimming in the Merced near camp

• Baby Ducks and Mama Ducks
  
  

• Ned chasing a bear in the middle of the night (the one that stole and shredded Heidi’s pack)

Shopping at the General Stores in Curry and Yosemite Villages

• The Brave (or crazy ones) Jumping off the top of Swinging Bridge into the Merced
  
  

• Ned and Danny snorkeling to find change (and a label for someone’s scattered ashes)

• John and Annette seeing a bear along the North Road

• Lower Yosemite Falls, enjoying a walk at dusk and posing for pictures

• Ice Cream in Curry Village (3 Todd scoops plopping to the ground the first night)

• Lots of soda fountain refills

• Eating pizza while our family entertained those who sat near us (nice widow and guy who fainted)

• The girls sneaking into the Camp Curry showers

• Mirror Lake, Carter (and Danny) catching a Trout

• Playing in the Indian Caves

• The Ranger Ned show and other kids camp programs

• Mosquito bites, April’s forehead and many others

• Watching rock climbers on the face of the high cliffs

• John’s art class and beautiful Half Dome painting

• Walking through the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, bronco riding and surfing on the huge fallen tree

• New & clever ways to avoid going to the bathroom at night –some worked

• Smores with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

• Hot Dogs and hamburgers at 10:00 p.m.

• Riding Danny’s & Sarah’s bikes around camp

• Playing Pool with sketchy rules

• Finding giant pinecones

• Claire’s funny phrase, “Run away”

• Ella singing and dancing

• Stagecoach Ride and Learning at The Pioneer History Center

• John’s chimichangas (we’ll go for a do-over on these)

• The Brobergs hike to Vernal Falls

• John and I stopping at Manzanzar and Mono Lake on our way up Hwy 395

Old Family Photos

I'm still unpacking boxes from our recent move, and while doing so, ran across some old photos from the couple of times that we purchased a packages from Olan Mills. This one must be from about 1981, Annette, John, Heidi and Danny. Heidi didn't get any hair till she was almost 3 so I used Karo syrup to stick little bows on her head. (Back then, if you'd put a big ribbon around a baby's head, it would have looked crazy like something from the 1920's...that trend just hadn't resurfaced yet.) Danny's face looks a LOT like his little daughter, Claire's in this photo.

Here's one of the Todd kids in 1989. Danny, Heidi, April and Hayley. Oh, I loved them all so much then, and love them all still. These were fun and sweet days.

Nobody else wanted or needed their photos taken and I had one more "free" photo on our plan so, not wanting to waste it, I took this photo. I was just getting ready to go back to college in 1988 and used this for my college admittance papers.






This last "flashback" photo is from 1992. Danny and Heidi attended Grace Yokley Middle School, April was in 1st grade at Mtn. View Elementary and Hayley was in pre-school at La Petite Academy.