Spring in the Garden

Welcome Spring! The garden is still far from taking shape, but the frosts are over and the birds and blossoms are here!

I sat waiting for our first hummingbird visitor to come back for a picture. Man they're fast! But he's there perched on a tiny branch on the right side of the feeder.

Our tree starts to beareth fruit! - Any guesses? Maybe apricot?

Monkey & Shasta enjoying a beautiful Spring day!

Michelyn is very proud of the weeding she's done the last couple of weekends.

A moment for some home maintenance - Derek works on a sprinkler.

This wasn't in the garden, but our little Monkey baby is starting to lose his teeth!

Picnic at Brite Lake

Sunday afternoon (May 6th) we decided to go for a picnic by our very own Brite Lake. The dogs came with us and they LOVE running through the Lake, chasing birds, and finding gross things to lick on the ground. It was a lot of fun and a beautiful, although somewhat windy, day. Here are some pics:

Cinco de Mayo

To celebrate and have some fun, Derek and I went to the local Cinco de Mayo fiesta put on by the Tehachapi Park & Recs. It was a lot of fun. People commented that last year, there were about 20 people and this year there was probably over 500! The gym was just packed and they ran out of tables and chairs. There was food from a local Mexican food restaurant, a Mariachi band, and some folk dances by children and adults. They even had a raffle and lo and behold I won! It was the last prize of the night and they called probably three or four tickets before me - but I guess the other people went home and so I walked away with the dolly!! It may not have been a restaurant gift certificate, but it was free and so I like my new dolly a lot. :)

Family Fun

Well...the Goulds got together for some birthday fun...and my how those nephews and nieces grow up fast!

Don't you just love kids in pajamas?!

The newest Gould addition - Siena :)

Aubrey & Garrett

Aubrey shows off the worm she found in Grandma's garden.

Auntie 'M loves 'her' babies!

The whole clan

Gluttons for Punishment

Well, Derek & I must like trying things more than once....here we are with a second dog (again)....this little guy we got from the Tehachapi Humane Society adoption day on Saturday. He is 14 weeks old and already neutered. His foster family called him Little Bear so we've been going with "Bear" - especially since I don't think he'll be little for that much longer.

Bath Time for Shasta

First a quick brushing...and then the suds....

Tehachapi Welcomes Spring

A few pictures of what the snow and rain ushered in...everything is waking up! Today, Shasta got to romp and run through our "seasonal" creek, while Michelyn walked around picking up pinecones (kind of like a Tehachapi Easter egg hunt!)....Derek's getting ready to mow our "lawn"...and our new 'neighbors' are a pair of hawks who have made their nest in our tall pine tree right out the back of our house.

Grandpa Van Etten Celebrates 91!!!

Here's the "birthday boy"! He had so much fun, he said he wanted another party next year!

And Little Macky & Kyranda are growing up way too fast!! Here they are: