Erin and Maureen home for the summer

Erin Freer (l) and cousin Maureen Gesley at a dinner welcoming them home from college. Erin completed her first year at Simpson University near Redding, Calif. She will be working at a Stone Cold Creamery near her home in Oakley during the summer. You may recall, Erin won a scholarship for her freshman year during an on-campus orientation day when she played a version of the TV game show "Deal or No Deal." Her mom, Tricia, is hoping for a return appearance. ;)
Maureen completed her third year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, though not IN Madison. The international studies major spent a year in Ecuador and I've posted blog entries from her previous e-mails elsewhere on this site. Check the archives.
We gathered with Maureen's brothers Sam and Brendan, her parents Roy and Kathy, Tricia and yours truly. The dinner was held June 1 at Valencia's, a favorite restaurant of ours in Berkeley.
Send me your photos and summer vacation stories so we can stay in touch.