December 2011

The end of the 2011 is upon us …….

We’ve already been off roading.  This was from a trip to Jullian (east of San Diego) 
Jullian is well known for their homemade cherry and apple pies. 
On this trip we all had lunch and of course …… pie!   YUM!

Outdoor Resorts is beautiful …… even at night!  It’s nice to be at “home”

December is the annual Tamale Festival in Indio. 
We love to sample all of the wonderful tamales!

Brandon and Karen have lost their Jack.  I have made a quilt
so they won’t ever forget him.

It’s been a year since we lost Stoli …. And I still miss him so much.
This is my Stoli quilt…. I know I’ll never forget him ….. ever.

Check out the sign ….. “Welcome Home”

We drove up to Sunriver this year for Christmas.  Marc, Maria, Brandon, Karen, Mike and I rented a house in and all met there for the holiday.  We had so much fun.  

We all went over to our lot (only about 5 miles away) and cut
down our Christmas Tree.  We made decorations and strung popcorn. 
It was a great tree…..sparse but great!

Christmas Eve, we drove up to Mt. Batchelor and all went tubing.  What fun! 
They even had a lift for the tubers ……  It was a great day!

Christmas Day was so much fun.  We loved spending time with the grandkids and
they really love spending time with each other too!
Notice the newest addition to our family ……Lucky (Brandon’s new pup)

The day after Christmas, the crew went ice skating…… that is
everyone except me.  I’m just not an ice skater!  I had fun taking pictures.

Here we are getting ready to enter into 2012 ……. Where is the time going?
We wish everyone a Happy and Blessed New Year.