Random Pics

A couple of random pictures!  

Jed visiting Grandpa at work and Allie and Jesse in Monterey this summer.

Little Man, Grandpa and Football!

Little man and grandpa spent a little of the morning (I say little because an almost 10 month old's attention span is well . . . little) watching football.  Grandpa has dreamed of this day since Jed was born, not to mention dreaming of football from the closing play of the Superbowl until it starts again in the fall.  The picture is from my iPhone - so its not perfect, but I could not resist.  My heart melted when I looked over and saw this.  Enjoy!!

Mr. Bulldog

You might know that we are Bulldog Fans and help with the medical needs of the school's athletes.  Our grandson will grow up going to Bulldog games and hopefully being a fan of the various teams.  Who knows, maybe one day he will even go to school and become a bulldog like his mommy and daddy!

His parents found this little costume for him to wear his first Halloween . . . he makes a pretty cute "dog" don't you think?  Sometimes I just want to take a little "doggy bite" out of him he is so cute!!

Memories

Recently I have been looking through old pictures!  So much fun.  Here are a few pics that bring back so many memories!!

 

Lauren and Allie enjoying some Ice Cream.  They are about 4 and 2 in this picture!  This is from when Eric was in residency and we lived in Loma Linda in Southern California.  We had so many backyard picnics on this table!  I loved the table cloth because you could just wipe it clean!  I remember this being a time when the girls wanted to dress themselves.  They also loved to make homemade ice cream and eat it out of cones.  What a mess!!!  I would love to have some of these moments back!!

Hanging out in Hawaii at my parents house one summer.

At the Clovis Balloon Festival - this picture was taken about 5:30 AM.  After the balloons launched, we rushed home in time to see them land in the field next to the house near Woodward Park.

On a family hike in Carmel when the girls were in High School

This is one of our Christmas card pictures.  The girls were in high school - Lauren was a junior and Allie was a sophomore.  Not to sure what's up with my hair - but oh well!!!

Last of the Tomatoes & Eggplants - Bring on the Oranges!

I love love love growing things and now that I don't have kids at home and I am done with the crazy rat-race of trucking kids around, I have more time to enjoy my garden.  I'm getting old and its hard to bend over, so I had some raised (very raised I might add) garden boxes built.  

Can't wait for my grandson to be old enough to dig around with me!!

Here are some pics from the yesterday.

Well, there may be a few more tomatoes, but this is some of the last ones!  

Summer is quickly passing and soon it will be time to plant some winter yummies!

My eggplants struggled this year, only got a couple for some reason.

This one is a beauty and I cannot wait to put it on the grill in a few days!!

The great news is that as summer turns to fall, the oranges will slowly grow and begin to ripen!

What does this mean?

ORANGE JUICE FOR CHRISTMAS!!

Kiss Me and Football!!

Last evening I had the fun of watching my grandson Jed so his mommy and daddy could go to a cousin party and have some fun without worrying about baby!  The Fresno State Bulldogs were having a little practice and Grandpa Eric had to go, so we joined him!

Madison (one of the coach's daughter) thought the baby was sooo fun!!

She was so loving and tender with him.  He was so happy just to watch not only football, but Madison walking and helping to feed him cheerios!

 Here they are watching the scrimmage!

Jed loved the color of the field, the players running around and throwing the ball.  He kept waving and clapping!

I think he is going to love going to football games this season!!

Now we just need to find a little RED for him to wear!

Reflections - Trans Sierra 2011

Enjoy!!

Every year my husband Eric spends a week backpacking in the Sierra's.  The same group of guys have done this for years!  It is a great time of reflection, bonding, eating, hiking and fun!  One year they had a T-Shirt printed that said "Trans Sierra - Great Food and Mediocre Friends".

I would beg to differ on this - these friends are the real deal!  

Hope you enjoy the pictures below!

If you do, you may want to click on the link below and check out their website complete with pictures from past years and menu's!!  These guys know how to eat!

Trans Sierra

 Beau and Mike

 Brad and my husband Eric (big Eric)

 Eric (little Eric) We have known Eric since medical school.  In fact, I was at the beach with this Eric (just friends) when I met big Eric and we started dating a few months after.

Ask the boys sometime if you want the story . . . it's getting better as the years wear on!

 Ryan and Eric

 Waiting for food!  Such an awesome campground!!

 Brad and Todd

The gang!!  Some local friends, some from medical school.

All amazing men!