Anniversary

This morning was spent “getting ready” for 10 days of track & field. Dave and Lisa spent several hours driving from Point A to Point B to Point C, from Point C to Point A, etc. Lisa has an internship with NIKE Communications and must report to several different locations during the Trials – so she needed to learn where to go and how to drive (our toad) in this strange city. (Not to mention Lisa has not driven for 6 months… but that is something for Dave and I to stress over, not you, Dear Reader.) Lisa will be staying with us some nights and with Uncle Steve and Aunt Gina most nights. I picked-up a rental car for Dave and I to drive during our stay in Sacramento.

New Décor

Dave and I are happy to celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary today! Maybe our marriage has lasted because I am the only woman he knows who would be happy to spend the occasion at the Olympic Trials??? Anyway, we have the above lovely roses to enjoy, perfect weather and our beautiful daughter was with us all day! And… we are going to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner – Lemon Grass. We met Steve and Gina for dinner. We started with fresh salad rolls, fried egg rolls and Vietnamese Carpaccio. Carpaccio is one of Lisa’s favorite (paper-thin slices of raw beef in a spicy ginger sauce). Major yuck to me, but Lisa eats it up. For my main course, I had their spicy tofu salad. We also tried (again) their famous Ginger Ice Cream. I have the restaurant’s cookbook – buy it – and make their Ginger Ice Cream – it is so wonderful.

We left Lisa and her giant suitcase with Steve and Gina tonight. Lisa starts work tomorrow at a huge press conference featuring Marion Jones and Michael Johnson. Nothing like jumping right into the frying pan! I leave you with a photo of Gina and Steve.

Gina and Brother Steve