New Drip System

Grow little flowers, grow! Michelyn decided to work on her long awaited project...a new drip system for the plants. Everything looks good so far and the timer is working...so my plants should be really happy now!

Tehachapi Mountain Festival

Today we attended our first Tehachapi Mountain Festival. Apparently it's a big thing for our area and something they have annually. It was a lot of fun! Here we are at the Arts & Crafts Fair and Car Show.....(Shasta and Monkey want to be in the Pet Parade next year).

Fish Fest 2007

For some summer fun, Derek and I went to Fish Fest 2007 - a day of Christian rock artists in concert, live at the Irvine amphitheater. We had some lawn seats, so you can't see us in the picture below (we would be way left)....but it was really a lot of fun!

One of Michelyn's favorite groups, Mercy Me.

Also playing were, Aaron Shust, Chris Tomlin, Kutless, and Third Day.

Big Bear Get-a-Way

Derek and I ventured with the pups off to a weekend get-a-way at Big Bear.

The dogs LOVE the lake!

Look...they found a "treasure"

Monkey rolling around on a dead carp from the lake

Stopping for a patio breakfast at The Old Country Inn

Hiking the Woodland Interpretive Trail

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