Thursday, September 23, 2010

3rd Year Celebration - September 19th, 2010

Sunday evening was a beautiful celebration of our
3 years as Common Ground in Corona. The party was
a great success with much thanks to Bill and Irene,
Karen, Rookie, Judi and Yadira. Also, thank you to
Lee for taking and sending many of the photos.

Our FIESTA theme really made the evening
enjoyable.

Bill, Jean and Irene

Bill

Rookie, Michael, Rev. Danell, Renee


Food is ALWAYS a big hit!


Lupe, Jillian, Donna, Schwinn, Lori, Karen

Rebecca, Michael, Theo

Theo and Dorene

Bill, Gonzalo and Chanse

Andrea and Briana (and baby)

Briana and Russ (in November, they'll be 3!)

Molly and Bill

Jean, Krystal, Renee, Rookie and Yadira
Rookie, Yadira and Judi
Our table of raffle prizes
Bill pulled numbers out of the hat for raffles,
everyone was a winner!

Irene presenting Bill Dillon with his prize

Rebecca picking her number from the hat

Shelley attempting to get the "right one"
Chanse had his turn at picking a number

Jean carefully choosing her raffle prize number

Chanse walking away a winner for the second time
of the evening

Renee redeeming her raffle prize

Theo making sure Bill is clear on the number he
chose

Jessica picking up her prize

Krystal, Shelley, Craig, Zach and Gavin - a table
of winners!

Yadira and Gonzalo showing off their Mexican hat
dance skills - a great show!


The Four Amigos: Briana, Bill, Gavin and Theo

Theo was having way too much fun with those
plastic burros

And actually, so was his wife, Dorene!

Chanse, Gonzalo, Andrea, Briana and Russ

Bill and Irene

Bill, Irene and Jean

Yadira, Judi and Jessica

Theo and Dorene

Rebecca and Michael

Oh, that Karen!

Burro ride anybody?

Karen and Phyllis

Irene, Jean and Andrea

Molly, Chanse, Bill

Karen and Gonzalo ending the evening...

I'm so grateful so many of you were able to attend
and celebrate with us. It's been an amazing 3 years
and I look forward to so many more!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

1st Annual Common Ground Tustin and Corona Picnic, Sept 5, 2010

Our 1st Annual picnic was held at Yorba Regional Park
Labor Day weekend after Sunday Service.

We enjoyed a great turnout! Special thanks to
Lee Lesser for being Corona's 'chef' and Karen Alexander
for getting so many of the details organized including the
dress-up relay race. Which, by the way, Corona OWNED!


MaryAnne and Phyllis had to come all the way to
the West Coast to meet!











The amazing Cake Walk - everbody was a winner!


Getting ready for the dress-up relay race.

The crowd is gathering...

with great anticipation...

Stacie is ready to 'drop the flag'...

The teams are in place...

Gavin takes the lead with this lovely ensemble...

Here comes Zach, dressed (almost) and ready to
try the noise maker...

Stacie helping Lora (is that legal?)

Here comes Jessica like lightening...

Mary Anne seems to be having a difficult time
catching up with Jessica...

And Yadira is ready to tackle the final leg of the
race...

The Tustin Team

The Corona Team being crowned WINNERS!
Karen sporting part of the the lovely
outfit she put together for the race.



A day of wonderful fun and community - we're
all looking forward to next year's picnic!
Thank you to Lee Lesser for many of the photos.