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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

A different Christmas...

Our Christmas celebration turned out different than we had planned. It all started out good with us picking up my dad and going over to Kellys. Bixby was not feeling so good but managed to open gifts....a good time...and we managed  a cup of coffee and a bit of lunch...


 Notice the wrapped bucket shaped gift
under the tree...It ended up saving the day


Nana had to play Santa 
as Bixby snuggled on the couch 





He managed to pose in his
new head gear and shirt 





Before he said"My tummy hurts..
I need a bucket " and then threw up.....
 We decided to leave
to protect ourselves from the germs.
Kelly and Bixby enjoyed  a quiet 
afternoon snuggled up watching movies,
At home, Mike and I continued to have fun
 chatting with our son and his family in Ohio.
We exchanged pictures of the day.


 Cameron with his new wok...
big enough for his family of 6.
 Arlo and Jack with their step sisters
Aislinn and Dani.

 The girls loved their unicorn snugglies
and the boys their cool hoodies










 Mike and I ended the evening with our usual 
games of Skip Bo.



And I got to have a whole mince pie to myself...
Oh wait a minute....
no one else likes Mince pie anyway. !!! Yumm...
Not the Christmas day we planned, but good just the same. 

And to all a good night. 

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Thanksgiving fun

We hung around and acted like turkeys at Kellys for Thanksgiving.
Bixby  devised several games on the trampoline and when we needed a rest, we played Skip Bo.
Nana even joined Bixby in a fast game of Mario Cart.







Our 16 year old grandson Arlo 
is getting interested in drawing 
and he sent us a couple.


Thursday, November 7, 2019

Discovering more at Santa Margarita Lake.

We try and go to Santa Margarita Lake whenever we have a few free days, There are so many nooks and crannies to explore and this time we discovered a part we had not been to before. It had wonderful rocks and a dry river bed with pools. We climbed a little into the canyon. These places can only be accessed by kayak. We watched a bald eagle on a nearby log. Later, back at our site he/she soared over us, looking down...in recognition???
But first...Mikes Halloween outfit...Smokey the bear??




Bald eagle on a log 





 Entering our secret cove







We decide to explore on land 


















Drying off our feet 

 We check out a boat in camp






 Big cat prints???






 Our bald eagle circles our site

And a time to fish 

The catch off the day !!!!!!!