Heading north

From Napa, we drove to Fairfield and stopped at the Jelly Belly factory for a tour. We've done this a couple of times, and it's always fun seeing the candy get made and picking up some flops (rejected Jelly Beans) at the gift shop.

Then we headed up to Redding, where we stopped at Turtle Bay. This is a nice facility with interesting information about the Sacramento River. It's free with our OMSI membership.

Our last stop on this trip was Bethel 356 in Etna, a small, isolated town in northwest California. Etna's Bethel is small, but they have several young members and hope to grow larger and stronger in the next few years. The Etna Lodge building was built in 1867. They were excited to have visitors, and presented Jennifer with a nice gift.

 

Today, Bryan marched with his Boy Scout Troop in Bend's annual Veteran's Day parade.

Richmond Initiation & Napa Sleepover

On Saturday, we had lunch and attended an Initiation at Bethel 15 in Richmond. Richmond is currently a fairly small Bethel, so members from Napa 185, Dublin 1, San Leandro 132 and Bethel 11 in Bend, OR helped with the Initiation. There was almost a full set of officers, and our girls did First Messenger and Chaplain. It was also the official visit of the Deputy Grand Guardian.

From Richmond, we headed north to Bethel 185 in Napa for their Elections Meeting and Sleepover. Our girls sat in as Chaplain and Junior Princess.

El Segundo 295 & Burbank 97

Thursday night we attended a meeting of the Bethel 295 in El Segundo. It was an open meeting, held so prospective members could learn more about Job's Daughters.

Last night, we visited Bethel 97 in Burbank. It is one of the largest Bethels in the state, with a full set of officers and several members in the choir. Its Bethel Guardian is a Grand Messenger. It was their election night. Some of their members were absent, but their choir members filled in very well.

Halloween at Disneyland

We stayed at the Grand Californian Hotel, and Monday morning had breakfast at Storyteller’s. The kids enjoyed meeting characters.

Wednesday evening the kids went trick or treating at the hotel.

That night we attended Mickey’s Halloween Treat at California Adventure. The kids met characters, collected candy, and watched a special Halloween parade. This morning we checked out and, after a few more hours in the parks, headed north.