A BIRTHDAY... EGRET...COWS....ARABIAN HORSES

It is almost time for us to be on the road again...........

I seem to always ask...........

Where has time gone?????

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Valentine's Day

1994

Beau Thomas Sebastian

Papa's cradle

Granny's kisses

The birthday boy with his two favourite girls

Sister Zoe and girlfriend Kelsey

WOW

Twenty one!!!!!

Again...

Where has time gone?

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We had a text from Beau on Friday saying Kelsey was working for the day at

 IN-N-OUT 

at Signal Butte near our home 

SO..........

We jumped in the truck and headed to

 IN-N-OUT

Surprise Surprise

Such fun!!!!!

Valentine's Day

2015

While talking to Beau on the phone I looked out the window and saw an Egret walking in the desert

Later in the day I saw these guys

HOLY COW

We were told these cows are rodeo cows??

What is going on out there in the desert

Sunday afternoon we took in the Arabian Horse Show

Dogs everywhere

Pretty snazzy I must say!

Warming up

Check out the extra shoes

Getting some exercise

Here she comes

A beauty

This little guy was being held

Wonder what caught his eye?

The horse turned his head

It was like he was saying

Are you finished yet???

Reflection

The little guy at the end popped his head out to see what was going on!

Ha Ha Ha Ha

I laughed out loud

The horse turned his head and came right out to the camera lens

Texting

There goes a winner

Sharing his seat

In the ring

Wonder what caught his eye????

Finding a spot

Lined up for the final results

The winner

In the outside ring cowboys and cowgirls were competing in an obstacle course

Waiting her turn

Resting

Sweet

You can see the dog's bed in the shade

She preferred dirt and the sun

A good afternoon

OUT WITH 2014 IN WITH 2015

This blog has been sitting for some weeks now waiting for me to tell the story........
Here it is January 1
2015
I must send this off today!!!!!!!!!

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Our road trip continued ..........

Campsite outside Sacramento

Main reason for the California route was to have a visit with friends Marge and Rod

Marge set a lovely table

and

she cooked a delicious meal

Rod and Joe mapping out the route that would take us from their home to our Arizona home

Marge and Rod spent many years at Canyon Vistas park

This is where we met

Marge was my creative writing teacher

You know how sometimes people just click

Well....

We clicked

Marge had I had a walk about their property 

They planted this blue spruce

Now look!!!!!!!

A beautiful spot

We are just about ready to start out

The guys and Gwennie are patiently waiting while Marge and I have one last visit

Imagine

This was Marge's parents mail box from when Marge was a little girl

I think this is the junction where James Dean lost his life in a car accident

Up the road from the junction we stopped at a gas station where I took this photo

Oil wells everywhere

Here's a picture for Garen

This little guy came to visit our house

He is about 3 inches long

Stephanie gave me 3 ripe bananas and asked if I would bake a banana loaf with chocolate chips

So.....

I did!

Meet Finnegan

Newest member of our family

He is a 6 - 1/2 month old rescue kitten

A Javelina checking out the back yard

Finnegan keeping me company at  my desk

View as I sat at my desk

Home sweet home

Whoa

Close up of the Javelina

(Skunk pig)

Annual Christmas picture

Received a nice surprise in the mail

A new Christmas Santa carving from nephew Jim

A little ping pong game

Christmas Eve

Kelsey doing her last minute Christmas wrapping

HA HA HA

New Christmas sweaters and a dress!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out these crazy socks!

New skates!!

You all know these fine kids

Do you see the cats hugging????????

Beautiful Arizona

New Year's Day Morning

Snow on the Superstition Mountain

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS

MAY 2015 BE KIND TO YOU