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!

Water Water Everywhere!

Okay....no pictures with this post. It has been raining for the last 4 to 5 days with very few small breaks. Realistically I know that California needs water so badly but.....egads so much water at one time???? Even Bradley the cat is looking water-logged! The reservoirs up here need so much water to be replenished. You know......northern California supplies southern California with water ALWAYS!!! So we really need the water. But Gee Whizzzz.......

Pumpkins!

Ahhh the art of picking and cleaning pumpkins. Aaron found the right one for him and Seattle and Savannah even seemed to enjoy cleaning the 'goop' from inside their pumpkins. Soooo cute! I know, I know this post is really late, but I had to post the pictures.

Trimming the Tree

Well, it looks like Payton loves the Christmas tree! Now if they can only keep her from changing the decorations from branch to branch while the tree is up!

Three Generations

Aaron 'chilling' with his Oma and Oma Bep. He really had to open wide to take a bite out of that In N Out cheeseburger!

Aaron zipping around on his bike!!!

Now You See It - Now You Don't!

It's absolutely incredible how fast the weather can change, even in California where the weather supposedly is predictable! The following pictures are views from the front of our house. The time difference between the two pictures is about 1 hour. Fog gives such wonderful images for the brain to decipher. Or......the beginnings of a sci-fi movie! To see the whole album click here.