Thursday August 1. Lori:

Friday August 3. Brenda and Lori:

Rachel and Brenda:

This week when I helped out, Carson shared that he is the most-hydrated person in the family followed by a demonstration ..

until full capacity was reached.

I took Avery to his weekly piano lesson and got to watch. Such a different technique from when I took piano lessons 66 years ago. At the end of the lesson, I took a video of Avery playing as the teacher narrated – essentially a video summary of what Avery should practice next week. Later in the car, I air-dropped the video to Avery’s phone. Yup, many changes from the 1950s.

More entertainment:

Brenda, Laurie, and I left early in the morning to meet at 8:30 at The Mill near CSUS for this month’s SABA Social Ride.


Our arborist/cyclist and ride leader Pierson.

American River Bike Trail:

We stopped several times to learn more about the trees along the trail.



Great ride Pierson. 39+ miles for Laurie, Brenda and me.

Laurie and I met a team of people from the City of Sacramento to do a walking workshop north of the regional park on Saturday morning. We learned a lot about available options to make walking and biking safer and gave our input about what’s needed in N Natomas.



After the walk, we went to the Farmers Market. The City also had a table here seeking input from residents.

Councilmember Lisa Kaplan:

I spent a few hours with Sophia, Avery and Carson on Thursday. No sports camps this week. We went out to pick up lunch. While inching forward in the drive-through fast food line, I checked my phone and got quite the surprise. “Well, you guys are going to be the first ones to hear some pretty amazing news. I’m going to be a great-grandma.” You could see the wheels turning in their heads – who? They decided it had to be their cousin Kellen. After we finished our various lunches we played a couple of rounds of Cover Your Assets. Carson won first, then Avery.

Sophia said she had a picture on her phone of her, Kellen and Odin and sent it to me:
