Sunday, October 29, 2017

A New Truck



Dad got his brand new pickup .... and a mustache too!
(Oh the adventures we'll have with this!)


Halloween with the neighbor kids.
Not sure who the rabbit is, then Michelle Swilley, David.
Diana Nault? Donna Martin, Lori, and unknown ghost.



David got a brand new bike for his birthday! 


December ... Again!


Here's Dad's truck without the shell, it must be brand new!
Time to head up to the mountains for our annual trek ...


Our goal:  Find the perfect Christmas Tree! 


Every year, we trudged up mountains and down into valleys
searching for just the right tree!


Looks like our after-tree stop was at Santa's Village.
We always tried to stop and see something else besides
Christmas trees.  Sometimes it was Marianne's Ice Cream
in Santa Cruz, home of the double cone! 


Wednesday, October 25, 2017

That 70s Summer


And the project begins!  
We're starting to build the family room on the back patio.  
(Peeking into the far background, we still have flamingos!)



And even though this is a little blurry ... there's a bench around
the base of the mulberry tree in the backyard.


Linda's Confirmation at St. John's, 8th grade, loved this dress Mom made.
I remember I wore white patent leather platform shoes with this dress.
Other things to note:  there are ashtrays on the end table
the green couch:  ouch!  what a color!  And the print
on those pillows screams 1970s!
And does Mom still have the "harvest colors" afghan?

And in other news, during confirmation, it was very hot that Sunday.
We were kneeling, one of the boys fainted
and I felt myself ready to faint as well!
What a day that was!