FINISHING UP 2013

CHRISTMAS DAY

A BIRTHDAY

AN AFTERNOON AT A RANCH

HIKING WITH THE GRAND CHILDREN

For the past nine years we have spent Christmas Eve with Stephanie  Rod  Beau  and Zoe 

Early  Christmas morning at the Browning home

Check out the 'leg' lamp

Stephanie just had to have this lamp much to the dismay of her sister Jennifer!

The lamp is a 'fixture' from the movie

A Christmas Story

Time for a bit of cards

The Browning family arrived from Sarnia Christmas night

Stephanie and Rod's nephew Thomas is all set to open his present

Good ol' Gwennie is right there to check things out!

Ha.....One of Zoe's presents from her Aunt Carrie

Bat Man in a box!!!!!!!!!!!

All for the birthday girl

They made such a fuss!!!!!!

Sure warms the heart!!!!!!!!!!!

Grandma Elaine  Zoe and Aunt Carrie

A Mother and her daughter

Well...............

Something was funny

Looking at the photo

I can 

HEAR 

Stephanie giggling

Thomas drew a picture for me on the top of the box

I will frame the picture

HAPPY ME

An electric throw for the Air Stream

Stephanie's artistic work

Two of the loves of my life

Looks like the Tooth Fairy has visited Thomas

GEEEEEZ JOE

Sweet Madeline

Thomas and Papa Tom

Sweet

Grandma Elaine with two of the loves of her life

Cutie Pie

Beautiful roses from all the Brownings 

On our way to a horse ranch

Do you see the bull in the back of the truck?

What do you bet there is a real one in the trailer

Hi There

Can you see where the face of the Arabian horse is shaved?

We later saw where the horse's full body is shaved but not where the saddle sits

Devonna grew up with horses

She was in 7th heaven!

I was taking it all in

What a beauty

Strutting 

These people just brought their dogs along

Checking out what is going on 

There were buckets filled with carrots

I took my turn at handing out carrots

The owners with their barn dogs

Photo time

I got in on the act

But

From the other side!

I took many photos to try and capture the horse's eye

I liked this one

Yesterday we hiked Freemont Saddle with Beau Zoe and Kelsey

It was a 4-1/2 mile hike

Elevation gain 

1,370 feet

A picture says a thousand words

Coming from a man who doesn't 'express' himself too much 

Papa Joe said........

 How special it was to hike with his grand children to the top of a mountain

"The couple"

On the way down

Let me say...........

It was a breeze compared to going up!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'The boy'

Running

Looking for gold

Lots and lots of rocks and boulders along the path

Ah..............

The reward

Back at the park

Everyone met us for 

Lunch 

A swim

and

HOT TUB

I see you Thomas

Do you see me?????

A Father and his daughter

Well there you have it

The last few days of 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY

wishing you health and happiness

 in 2014

To our children and grand children who are not with us in Arizona

Jennifer

Graham and Lyndsay

Ethan and Garen

Curt and Christina

MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL