Smoggy San Fernando Valley

Traditional Parting shot

Rachel, Granny, Nicole, Grandpa

More winter sports

We tried out ice skating today. Rachel got the hang of it eventually.
Next stop, the ice capades.

Nicole

She took off her skates after about 30 minutes and was content to be
the queen of the mountain!

Happy 80th birthday Dad!

The Grand River

Sledding behind the middle school

Yahoo!

Weeeee!

More snow

Notice that none of the locals are crazy enough to be outside, just
the kids from California.

Snow tunnel

Snow tunnel

Snow play

-7 degrees outside
Mom gave up first
Time for hot cocoa

Fun driving

Lots of snow drifts in the road

Runway conditions in Detroit

Plane D-icers in Detroit

Detroit Airport

Tunnel between terminal A & B

Only in California

Palm trees and snowy mountains

On the road again day 1

Burbank Holiday Inn
Great view
Great location(IKEA nearby)
Bad plumbing

Christmas pics

We finally put our tree up yesterday, after leaving it sit in the back of the van for a week.

So after we decorated it, we decided to try to stage our annual Christmas pic.

After much crying and fussing we got a few good ones.
First we tried with all of the dogs.

That didn't work. Even though we got them all to actually sit in the same place together for more than 5 seconds, we couldn't get them all to look at the camera at the same time.

So, we tried just the two happy sisters together next.

Then, they had to do a costume change and try it again with just Coco.
I think this will be the final product

Psycho Dog

We got Coco this bag of cute little doggie balls just his size a few weeks ago. The problem is, they are laced with the doggie version of catnip or something, because if you make the mistake of throwing the ball to him once, he will never let you stop. We have literally thrown him the ball for over an hour without him relenting.

Hi Santa!

Waiting for the Christmas parade to begin.

Foggy school day, again!

We did actually see the sun for a couple of hours yesterday.

8 days of fog in a row and counting, no sun

Todays Mail

Making peanut butter rolls

Gotta make sure it tastes ok

Toenail fun

What else is there to do on a dingy, drab afternoon but paint toenails!

Nicole's toes

Rachel's toes

Thanksgiving dessert

Chocolate Lava Cake with ice cream.
Yum Yum!!

After shot

Looks good and smells good

Something new

A whole turkey is just too much for us, since Steve doesn't eat any.
So, we are trying somethig new, Cornish game hens. I put olive oil and cumin on in before cooking. Then after they cooked for 45 minutes, I brushed on a glaze with lime juice, honey and mustard, cooked them for 15 more minutes.

Foggy fall

It's that time of year again.

The fog is back!

The whole Twilight crew

Man the line for the 7:00 show is way longer than the 4:30 line.

Twilight Fever

We were sorely outnumbered by teenagers at the 4:30 showing!

I guess snails REALLY like pumpkins

No wonder I can't grow any pumpkin plants in my yard!

The teachers who refuse to grow up

I don't think Nicole is helping anymore

Last minute pumpkin carving

Nicole the good witch

Rachel was on candy duty with Mom last night.

Happy Halloween

Pumpkins from left
Dad, mom, Rachel, Nicole