January, February, March 2020

  • Most of this time in SC, but made a quick trip to St. Louis to see Alexandra, green shirt, in her first musical production, Peter Pan Jr.
  • These special gals were all part of a very special community group here in SC.
  • Hiking with Keith and Terry Tate!
  • We attended a Grandparents and Special Friends Day at Addison and Bryce's school.
  • Valentines Day dinner at a southern institution!
  • The lovely girls in pink -- Larkin, Lindsay, Addison Neely
  • Lynn McCain and I share a special birthday month.
  • Another hike to Dupont Forest with Becky Warth.
  • Another birthday cake with the Neelys!
  • Jerry went axe throwing!
  • We were privilege to share our Israel story with kids at Armstrong Elementary School here in Greenville.
  • Time to go to the Mexican Riviera
  • Leaving San Diego
  • A little chilly, but Jerry Fithian braved the pool.
  • Another birthday on the ship. Yes, that makes 3!!
  • Puerto Vallarta
  • Puerto Vallarta
  • Back on the ship.
  • Cabo San Lucas boat ride.
  • Cabo San Lucas
  • The 3 of us did the Walk the Deck for a Cause.
  • Carol & Jerry Fithian
  • Mike & Martha Saxton
  • Jerry & Mike making an ice cream run after we return to San Diego.
  • Enjoy our last breakfast together.
  • Back in Greenville and Addison is up a tree.
  • As is Bryce.
  • Day before surgery means a hike with friends, Greg and Lucia Delamarter.
  • It also means a last haircut with barber James
  • Happy after surgery.

St. Louis and Greenville, SC November & December, 2019

  • Welcome back to the USA!
  • The front of our STL airbnb.
  • Two of our soccer players, Kye and Will.
  • Yuri and Mike run in the Girl's on the Run.
  • Will and Yuri in their schools musical, Singing in the Rain.
  • Breakfast with dear Lindsey in STL.
  • Dear friend Liz Tate's wedding in Greenville.
  • Thanksgiving with the Tates.
  • Dinner with Greenville friends at the Pomegranate.
  • Addison and Bryce with their new sister Larkin.
  • Breakfast with Patty and George.
  • Vince Gill at the Ryman.
  • Yea, snow in STL!
  • Eva got my phone.
  • Nancy, Joan, Crystal, Pat in San Antonio
  • Meanwhile Jerry is with family in STL, Christmas program.
  • Overnight at our favorite kid hotel in STL.

Being a tourist in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy November, 2019

  • One or the wonderful Bulgarian translators Rossen and his lovely wife Maya joined us for a farewell dinner in Sophia.
  • On to more eating with dear Patty in Zagreb.
  • A creaky wooden church bell tower in Rovinj, Croatia.
  • Nothing better than a winery on a rainy day.
  • Then, how about a rainy day at Plitvice Lakes, amazing!!
  • Then a rainy Zagreb walking tour, but still great.
  • Out of the rain for a moment in Ljublijana, Slovenia. Isn't this an amazing library!!
  • Back to the rain at Lake Bled, but a great walk.
  • We took a boat to this island in the middle of Lake Bled.
  • Ah, Venice!!
  • This is how they get around at high tide, unless it's over 3 feet :-(.
  • Yea, sunshine at Cinque Terre, Italy!
  • We stopped to try and straighten the Tower.
  • A sweet for a sweet tooth in old town Siena, Italy.
  • The Tuscany landscape.
  • Downtown Lisboa, Portugal at night.
  • Welcome home!!

Bulgaria October, 2019

  • A waterfall hike where there was no water. But it was a gorgeous hike!
  • Graham and Victoria Jeffs and our two favorite translators, Rossen and Pawel.
  • Chance, Dee Dee and Allan Galloway. Special people!
  • The team from Germany who did some touring with Jerry. These are the giant sequoias near Kyustendil.
  • Ed Murray, so good to see him, sorry we missed Coralee.
  • The kids at Rila Monastery.
  • Alison loves to cook so we had to take this picture with the monasteries' big spoons.
  • Looking out over 4 of the Seven Rila Lakes.
  • The clock in Skopje, North Macedonia that stopped at the time of the earthquake in 1963.
  • Jerry with Alexander in Macedonia Square.
  • Matka Canyon, it was amazing.

Bulgaria September, 2019

  • Jill, David, Elijah, Matthias, and Rita returning to America for a few months. We so appreciated our time with them!
  • Nancy visiting with a couple girls in the mahala in Kyusendil.
  • Our friends from our last trip to Greece. They are waiting for ids and passports.
  • Jerry made a good friend at the camp in Thessaloniki.
  • Had an afternoon to visit the Museum of Socialist Art in Sophia. This star used to be on the Communist headquarters building.
  • This is how we get our fresh spring mountain water.
  • Our guests from Michigan made an IKEA run for the girl's home!
  • Daria and Carol in the courtyard of Rila Monastery.