Other Thanksgiving Weekend Fun

Thanksgiving - Part 2 was fun in Big Bear. Here we are doing some window shopping in Big Bear Village before the tree lighting. Brrrrrr....was it chilly!

Derek wanted to see what it was like to try on faux chinchilla on his head:

Back in the warm, cozy cabin:

Michelyn helps "stuff" the turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner redux:

Saturday afternoon, Derek & I took the dogs on a hike - look at the beautiful views!

Thanksgiving is always fun to have a second time!

Thanksgiving 2007

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Derek and I (pups in tow) headed 'down below' to spend Thanksgiving day with Derek's family. We started off first thing Thursday morning, met up with his folks around noon, dropped of the dogs in their side yard and then we all went to Derek's grandparents' house together. We all had a lovely time and it is always a blessing to spend time with family. Kyranda and Little Mack were out in full toddlerhood glory...they are just walking up a storm and love to touch everything! Can you blame them! Little Mack loved to munch on the turkey and other Thanksgiving nummies...and Kyranda didn't want to let go of her dinner roll! It's so fun to have small children around.

In a few weeks, I'll post some belated photos and video clips. I was so good about bringing our cameras, took some photos and then, sure enough, we left the cameras at Derek's folks' house the day after....so we have photos, they're just on the memory card 100+ miles away...oh well! Check the blog again in a couple of weeks. :)

A Lazy November Saturday

This weekend, Derek & I kicked back. Derek still had some work to do from home (and some football games to watch), but it was nice and low key...and I got to bake some brownies and found a pair of knitting needles for 50 cents at the local thrift store! Here are some video clips of the pups...

Weird Tehachapi Weather

Derek's folks had an additional digital camcorder that they have graciously passed on to us. So we're 'playing' with it. Here's a short video clip that Derek took weeks ago of a surprise hail spell.

What a blessing to have family visit us in Tehachapi...we had a fabulous time !

Happy Birthday, Little Macky!

Time to Celebrate Little Macky turning one year old...where did the time go?


Present time:

Kyranda and Little Macky wonder what's taking so long to get the toy out of the packaging...

Time for Cake!!!

Our New Glorious Fence

Ah....the long awaited fence! We don't know who is more excited, the humans or the canines! Here are some pics:

Just Your Typical October Weekend

Here we are being "home-bodies" -- Michelyn got to wash the dogs



Derek stayed true to his football team - the Rams...but with the season being 0-6 so far...it can be a challenge

And here we are "preparing" for Halloween. On an errand to K-mart, we bought three bags of candy for the trick-or-treaters later this month....both of us just could not restrain ourselves - and boy did we pick out good candy too! We're coming clean - here are the wrappers (and this is only some of them!)....guess we'll have to go back to K-mart for some more...maybe the morning of Halloween?

Getting Closer?

Well...we think we're getting a little closer to our fence. We were told at one point, last Wednesday would be the start date...so we figured at least Thursday. Got a call from the construction person who said he was finishing the job he was working on Thursday and if it didn't rain, he could start our fence Friday. While it was cloudy, it didn't rain....but we didn't see any fence posts in the ground. We were glad to see, however, that the guy brought his tools by to leave at the house, we're assuming to start Monday...so let's keep our fingers crossed! Gotta love "Tehachapi time."

A Stick?

I went to fill the hummingbird feeder and was about to brush off this stick off the hanger/post. I paused because it looked like it had appendages wrapped around it...and so I wondered if it was a stick bug! I quickly got our camera to take a picture in case it was - figured, the only down side would be I'd have a picture of a stick.....but then I relocated it to the plant just to the side and sure enough it moved its legs and antenna - quite amazing!!! So, this is definitely a bug...and you gotta love Tehachapi!

Saturday Morning Nature

The Western Bluebird...ok, you may have to save this picture and zoom in on your computer & it doesn't have the most blue on it, but I promise it's a bluebird! We actually have 4 or 5 that fly around our backyard, they seem to be nesting in the oak tree by the creek in the back...I think I read somewhere that they like mistletoe. This might be a juvenile....I love to watch them because they're fluffy and pudgy...the males are quite striking...as they fly around, you just see these beautiful flashes of blue! Here's our local scrub jay...a fun bird to watch as they hop around trying to bury acorns.

Successful transplant! This beautiful rose bush came to Tehachapi courtesy of my Dad & Launa...we weren't sure if it would like the move, but ever since the drip system was set up, it has flourished with the regular watering.