Circus Circus buffet

Circus Circus buffet

Nice road conditions!

Snowing east of Vail

Dining room mostly done (except the baseboards)

this is the dining room before, about a year and a half ago

this is half-way done with the walls painted and new curtains

this is the mostly final result, still needs base boards and a new light fixture

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Coco knows he has a ball in his stocking and he wants it right now!

Brandy snap

New recipe -brandy snaps

Kind of like canolli, still working on my rolling technique.

Guess where we are?

My 70 pound lap dog

Floor tile round 2

Almost done, we ran out of thinset, will finish in the morning

Honor roll

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin pathway!

Front porch visitor

camper life

exploring a tree at the campsite...looking for snakes

gotta remember to put the shower away before we hit the road

trying to roast the perfect marshmallow

yum! hot dogs for dinner

and Dad made pancakes for breakfast!

Camping Trip 2 - San Simeon Creek

our marine biologists pointing out some sea life,

mussel and barnacles
this sea star was precariously out in the ocean
we had the beach almost to ourselves

I love shots like these of the girls actually getting along

and shots like these of a girl and her dad

Gearing up!

All got hiking shoes, hiking pants and day packs today. We're all ready to go out hiking again. Our first trip was across the River Park parking lots from Sports Authority to REI.
Kind of difficult to tell the difference between my feet and the girls; they are catching up!
Steve is the one with the hairy legs!

First Camping Trip - Potwisha in Sequoia

Someone has been having fun here, but we figured

the water was a bit too chilly to try it.

Another rock-skipping lesson from DAD.

Happy family going hiking with me, again.

5 minutes after this was taken we saw a California King

Snake on the trail, and Rachel swore she'd never go hiking

ever again. Luckily, that only lasted about an hour and she

was back.

One of many piles of bear poo, but we

didn't see a single bear.

Champion rock climber, she learned it's much

easier with jeans on than in shorts.

Stormy skies make for pretty sunrises

Sunflower seed harvest

He can fix anything!

First day of school-August 16

Home-grown corn on the cob

And our birdhouse gourds are a-growing too after the vines took over the whole garden

Sunflowers are finally blooming

Corn on the cob

Almost ready for picking

Our grape harvest

After watching the Bellagio fountains, heading to dinner with Keith and Kaden