Concert in the Park

During the Summer, Tehachapi has a fun event where each Sunday there's a different concert in the park. This was one of the special things we went to two years ago when we both first came to visit Tehachapi. And now we live here!

True "Home Work"

Derek & I decided to play 'homeowners'.

Here he is after mowing the weeds in the back....the foxtails are vicious.

Michelyn is proud of changing the oil all by herself.

This will be my new designated 'oil change' shirt...funny how the

stains landed on 'frustrated' and 'sad.'

It's kind of hard to see, but we have a bird nest...I keep looking for little babies.

And this was Monkey's contribution to home improvement...knocking the dirt out of pots.

The other weekend, Derek built an awesome shade for the pups...he did a great job!

Hmmm....what's wrong with this picture? Monkey had a hyper moment (which he has a lot of) and falling off the couch he kicked up the left glass table top and shattered it. We knew it was likely just a matter of time...but what a mess! The pathetic part is that Monkey doesn't seem to remember and still tries to jump on and over the table, falling through the hole!

On an up note, Derek found this gem at a garage sale. It's super comfortable and for about $20 bucks we brought it home and fight over who gets to sit in it.

Kyranda turns 1 year old !!!

Kyranda gets to open some gifts...

Kyranda and Little Mack

Fathers' Day cake...ymmmmmm

Happy Birthday Garrett !!!

A few pictures to celebrate Garrett turning 1 year old !!!

Shark Teeth

Today was a fun adventure digging for shark teeth.

Chrisi & Lewie were camping near Bakersfield and invited us to join them on a trip about 35 miles northwest of Tehachapi to try and dig for some shark teeth.

It was a really warm day - probably in the 90's, but armed with bottles of water, Derek and I headed out - bringing Shasta and Monkey in tow.

Not even to the digging spot and Shasta finds the bones of some poor deceased animal. She thought it was great fun to carry it in her mouth for a little while.

Here we are, starting to dig. Someone else was also there - but at the time, they had left for a while (I think they were just smarter and wanted to wait for it to cool off).

The poor dogs were SO hot - and panted like crazy. They tried to lay against the rock in the shade to cool down even a little.

Hey! Derek found a tooth within the first few minutes of digging. They're kind of fragile but very neat to see and find!

Michelyn is working really hard to find something of interest.

I found a tooth all by myself!!!

Chrisi and Lewie had great luck also finding some mica and petrified bone. They also brought their new little puppy, Gretchen (11 weeks old) and all three dogs got along really well.

Although slightly overheated, Shasta did not let that stop her from hunting for wild life. To our surprise, she actually caught a lizard (we could see the tail wiggling from her mouth) and then dropped it, batted it around once or twice, then ATE IT!!! Yuck!

Monkey did some exploring of his own. He was very proud to 'mark' some of the area as his.

View of the area where we found our dig site.

Weekend with Family

Happy Graduation Jenna!

Grandpa, we're thinking of you!

Here's to family!

Aubrey in the garden

Garrett

Auntie M and Siena

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!