Rain again Houston!

Oh my!  It is JoAnne's BD and it  has rained most of the day.  She is inside right tow at the theater in down town Sacramento.  As soon as she gets home, we head down to Elk Grove to Peter's house for dinner.

The very best part about being at Peter's place is the opportunity to play with Kirby.  At eight weeks old, he is becoming more of a blast each day.  Yea Kirby!

Back after another trip.

Headed south this time and spent one night in Bakersfield, three nights in Palm Desert, two nights in Escondido, three nights and one night in El Capitan. (A few miles north of Santa Barbara.)

We really enjoyed the Palm Springs Tram up to Mt. San Jacinto and liked the time spent at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley.

Tired right now and may hit the sack early.

New Year 2010

We are  here in Sacramento and are expecting rain.  Hope we get packed and on the road tomorrow for our RV trip down to Palm Desert.  Spook is fueled and tuned-up and appears to be champing at the bit.

I wish I were in that shape.  I have a sore shoulder from a slip on the ice up on Reno last Monday. (Pulled muscle)  DMSO is doing its work in relieving the pain.

Oh well, Southern California sunshine, here we come.  Might also visit our Northern California water while I am there.

Yup!  This is our street!  Clear for driving, but one needs to clear driveways and sidewalks.

We have rain!

It is not raining right now, but it rained almost all night here in Sacramento.  Hope to go back home to Reno tomorrow, but it is very possible that travel over Donner will be severely limited and we will have to stay here in Sacramento for another couple of days.

I am a bit disappointed with the bowl games thus far.  Sure saw a lot of sloppy football.

Hope to troop down to the Palm Springs area next week.  We just might get out of this cold for a while.

Bud was here this morning!

He will return tomorrow morning for breakfast.

We went to the park again and played on the jungle gym, using the slide and then did the swing thing before heading back to the house.

He is truly amazing!  I can't wait to  have him talk.

Dang!

Bud and his parents couldn't make it to Sacramento last night, but will be here later today.  So, our trip to Reno is off for another six months or so.  Bud will have to have his experience with snow another time.

It is a bit chilly in Sacramento this morning.  Heat should come on automatically in another  hour and one half.  I am currently  debating as to whether I should turn it on manually right now.

The front room is stacked with gifts for mom and the kids.  Kirby won't know what is going on (only two months old), but Bud (15 months old) might just be a riot.

We will have Xmas morning here with the kids.  Peter and Laura will then  head up to Grass Valley for Xmas with her family and the rest of us will head down near Elk Grove and have Xmas dinner with Bud's other grand parents (Vicki and Chris).  (It will be a long day.)

After we get  home, we shall start preparing Spook for a trip to Palm Springs, San Diego and Fullerton.  Hopefully, we shall be able to get out of the cold for a couple of weeks and re-connect with old friends in Palm Desert and San Diego.

It has been a very good year.  Hope we have another one like it.