Day After Thanksmas 2007

Aaron, Payton, parents and grandparents spent the afternoon riding on the carousel and train. Everyone was having such fun! (even the adults)....... There was even an ice skating rink, with actual frozen ice, if you wanted to skate. All this located in an open shopping mall. The sun was warm and we had a nice cool breeze. Such a great day. Click here for more pictures.

I think Aaron was trying to choose what animal he wanted to ride. He was so patient.

Aaron chose a running rabbit and Payton wasn't so sure of any of the animals so she chose a stationary bench.

There was so much to see from the train, but they did actually wave to grandma!

Snowing......yet not!

We woke up to patchy white 'stuff' this morning. This weather is really quite weird. First it snows (wet snow) then it hails.....then comes the rain. It has done this scenario at least five times today. The sun came out for a little while and the water was just dropping off the branches and catching the light. It was just too pretty to not take a picture. Click here for more pictures.

Storm of January 4th 2008

Wow! What a storm this was. Rain started at 12:30 am this morning and didn't stop until 3:30 pm this afternoon. It just POURED! And the wind was the worst I have ever seen up here in Brownsville. We had sustained winds of 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph (although it felt worse than that). It sure was a good beginning to refill all of our low resevoirs up here. The rain stopped right around sunset and the light was absolutely beautiful I HAD to take pictures. Bradley, our cat, looked at the total mess of our outside furniture that the wind left behind. Click here to see more pictures.

The wind was still blowing a little as I took a picture of the tree relected in a puddle of water. The sunset made for a warm light for all these pictures.

This picture was taken directly toward the sunset which made the rest of the picture so dark.

This is the same picture manipulated in picasa2 using more fill light in the photo. What a difference in picutures, huh!!?!!

Another Snow Day in Brownsville CA

We woke up to this sight on December 28th. Not a lot of snow but we had a few inches. Such a pretty sight. We are at about 2400' in elevation and on the west side of the Sierras, so we don't see a lot of snow but when we do we LOVE it! Click here for more pictures.

Thanksmas 2007

Thanksmas (that's a combination of Thanksgiving and Christmas) 2007 was again held at Trisha & Ian Keith's house (thank-you, thank-you, thank-you). A great time was held by all. Instead of the traditional holiday meal we had Thai food from a great place in Irvine. That way no one had to have the stress of making the meal. Sounds like a good idea......but we may have to go back to the traditional fare due to prohibitive costs. It tasted absolutely wonderful though! Last year all my pictures had grandchildren only and I did do better this year to include the parents and other adults. I could still improve though - I will try to improve next year. This picture is sooooo typical of pictures with little boys and little girls. Notice the huge space between Aaron and the girls (Payton, Seattle and Savannah). It was so hilarious to see them doing that. Click here to see more pictures.

There are the grandchildrens' Gingerbread 'Houses'. They are soooo cute!

Aaron and Seattle are loving the bounce 'house'. Great exercise for them as well!