1284 Australia St. El Cajon, CA

 We moved into 1284 Australia Street in El Cajon just before Tanner was born, so that was 1993. We loved it here for over 20 years. It was a wonderful place to raise our family. A lot of Gary's family lived in El Cajon, so getting together on Sunday evenings, birthdays and holidays was always a treat and great tradition for our children. It was a large house already, but we eventually remodeled, adding 2 more bedrooms and extending the kitchen. Which made it 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. The kids loving having friends over and we loved having them. We had a large hill on the one side and only 3 neighbors in a quiet cup-de-sac. 

Park City 2000

My dad (Richard Hardy) and my uncle (Martin Hardy) bought timeshares in Park City when I was in Junior High. These were traditional vacations that we took every year, celebrating Christmas and/or New Years at the Sweetwater Lift Lodge. I have many happy memories of learning to ski and visiting with my Hardy cousins. Eventually the family grew too large for us all to go at the same time, so I bought the New Years week and Maria bought the Christmas week. My brother also owed a unit across the street. Our family continued the tradition of spending many Christmas vacations in Park City learning to ski or snow board, renewing family ties and enjoying Park City. We also went tubing, traveled to Salt Lake and sometimes Provo to visit family.

Lake Almanor Family Movie 2000

Tanner/Craig Home Video 2000

 

Craig Spanish Project/ Christmas 1999 Home Movie

Family Pictures 1999

Frenchie and Marilyn Pulsipher Family

Knott's Berry Farm November 1999

Lots of family fun with the Valkos at Knott's Berry Farm. Looks like I see Tommy Cooper and Chase Carlson that also made the trip. Wish I could remember more details. Anyone?

Lake Almanor/Susanville 1999

Amy's Play and Lake Almanor/Susanville 1999

Lake Powell 1999

In October of 1999 we traded one of our timeshares and rented a houseboat on Lake Powell. Kirk and Kacey, Kim and Nate and Jamie Hearold also went with us. We also brought a jet ski and our ski boat. Looking back, this was a wonderful and memorable vacation. The scenery and solitude was beautiful and awesome. But, if truth be told, it is a glorified camping trip on water with a lot of people in a very small space. We only had a few 'people' problems and thank goodness we could park and I could get off the houseboat everyday and enjoy the scenery on dry land. I was very nervous about baby Sarah falling off the boat and drowning, so that was a constant worry. One day Jamie and Amy got lost on the Jet Ski which had me very worried and I was constantly worried about someone getting hurt and us being miles away from medical help. While we had lots of fun and no major problems, this is not a vacation that we repeated again.