Our first meeting of Madilyn, Kailyn's sweet little girl!

We always have to fit in a visit to the Fishwife in Pacific Grove
and the weather was perfect!


Christmas vacation in California - a little different scenery than Florida!

Christmas Blessings - Family!

Eric and Stacey spent Christmas Eve with his family in Turlock so the traditional PJ's had to be opened earlier.

Porker the tree and Kristy seeing what Santa brought!

The cats always sniff out their gift, fresh catnip!

A jacket for snow camp!

This navigation system is meant to prevent potential arguments since Eric and Stacey have been known to have disagreements on directions!

WII - Yipee!

IPods aren't just for teenagers - obviously!

Christmas Dinner without Grandma - down with arthritis :(

Merry Christmas to Aladdin and the other animals!

Visiting Grandma

My special gift - a mess kit like Grandpa's from the war

Holiday Happenings

After cutting back on my piano students in the Fall, I had a very small Christmas recital. It was still fun to hear how well this young group progressed. Kristy's quadruplets that she nannies are part of the group!

Our annual volunteer appreciation dinner was held at the Embassy Suites in Monterey. John and Morag got to join in the festivities while they were visiting from Scotland.

Gilroy Gardens is a beautiful place to visit when the flowers are in full bloom but in the winter, the lights and 'snow' and Christmas music get you ready for the season!

Kristy has a new friend, Jordan, wearing a very ugly vest for a special song he sang in church! They met at the college Bible study and he leads worship for the Junior and High school kids which she helps with as well. He plays the bass which gave him points with Mark! Since Eric is allergic to our cats, he quickly bonded to Skuttle Bun, which didn't cause sneezing!

December Doings!

Our church puts on a community wide live Christmas story called Streets of Bethlehem.

Kristy and her friends came on a night she wasn't working. Here she is with her Bible study leader, Pat Moore.

Mark was one of the three kings. I worked in the kitchen where we served dinner to the actors and production crew. We have attended this for years but it was much more exciting to be in the midst of the activity!

Part of the production had live animals and a petting zoo. This little bunny was in need of a home when it was over. It was the runt and I'm a sucker for animals that need a home sooo.....meet Skuttle Bun!

The bunny lived with us until it got big enough to go to
the ranch. The cats didn't know what to think of him!

Grammy's bed is one of Beezy's favorite places to sleep!

"Keep it down out there - I'm trying to sleep!"

Winter Wonderland!

As we began our annual trek to go cut down our Christmas tree, we found a calf had escaped from our neighbors' field. So the three of us herded it back as the others watched and seemed to be laughing! You know those California cows - always into mischief!

We found a very fat tree at a farm in Prunedale and named it Porker when we had to trim it a lot to fit it in the family room! Kristy is looking forward to the mistletoe!
Every year, a local ice company provides 'snow' for the kids to enjoy at the ranch.
We made a little fire for s'mores, served cocoa and 'sleigh rides' between snowball fights!