Over the past six weeks, I spent a lot of time living with a family in Yucaipa, CA that were old friends of our team director. You may know them as the family with the pig. While I fell in love with the pig instantly, it didn’t take much longer to become deeply attached to the entire family. Jamie, Pete, and their three daughters started to feel like my own family and I spent so long there that I’m probably one step shy of being added to the mortgage. It was a privilege to spend so much time with them, to join in family dinners, do school and sports practice pick-ups and drop-offs, and to feel like I had found a home on the opposite side of the country. I’ve missed them since the moment I drove away last week and cannot wait to go back.

2015 Chapman Heights
My home away from home in Yucaipa, CA. It’s a beautiful place.
2015 Maisy Has Fun
Until recently, I didn’t know that my favorite hobby is sitting in the grass watching a small pig run around.
2015 Shenanigans
The perpetually rambunctious and wonderful Hilary and Hallie.
2015 Bacon Bit
The bacon bit and I spent some quality time together by the fireplace.
2015 Hilary and Me 2
This is the greatest 8-year-old on the planet, even if she refuses to eat her vegetables.
2015 Beautiful Yucaipa
The scenery on a typical ride around Yucaipa.
2015 Hallie and Me
Hallie is a sassy firecracker of a kid.

2015 Pic PB Portrait 1
A family photo shoot for Pic’s Really Good Peanut Butter. I can’t get enough of that peanut butter, this pig, or those people.

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