2009

visiting the Mission at Christmas

Snack time!

Cute baby donkey!

Big dinner

the group chowing down!

first time at the beach

running around at the beach

at Nojoqui Falls

with her grandparents :)

waiting for her treat

learning her tricks

what big ears!

stretch!

caught red handed!

eating her candy cane

opening her presents

Her first Christmas with us

Baron wears Xmas pjs!

helping with laundry

learning how to walk in her new gentle leader

heeling

yummy treat

post surgery

tired girl

getting the treat from under the cup

cuties :)

Penny's 1st Birthday! Nov. 30th

hiking

what a big girl!

getting out the last little bit

A special treat!

Naw, she's not spoiled at all ;)

walking in the Arboretum

Penny chases the ducks in the Arboretum

play time

playing with Mandy

sitting with Sadie

kitty cat

Little piggy

Peasant Penny

our little pumpkin

What a cutie!

Penny the firefighter

bath time

learning her tricks

nap time

her new hiking pack

at the archery range

Upside down sleeper

frisbee golf

Casey and Jake on the playground

The Golden Gate Bridge!

Jake and Casey

Squaw Valley

Skiing!

So pretty!

His first time in the snow!

So handsome :)

Out to breakfast with my mom

Toe shoes!

Cool colors

eating some crickets

A bunch of Ring Neck Snakes!

A Desert Iguana caught in the Mojave

desert tortoise

sidewinder eating a kangaroo rat!!!

2 at once!

one of our camps

skull we found while herping

uromastix

horned lizard

CA tiger salamander paedomorph

gopher snake

Collared lizard

baby!

Baby turtle from the Arboretum

At the archery range

Nice shot!

Robby comes to visit!

Relaxing at the Arboretum

Going to see the DP Robotics competition

Yummy breakfast!

At Picnic Day!

Neat old fire engine!

growing up!

Bentley!

He likes his BBQ sauce!

Giving Sunny a bath

Making pork chops!

We tried wine for the first time...

We both hated it...

...so it went down the drain

Christmas in Costa Mesa

Neat waterfall in the mall

Merry Christmas!

Visiting Gana and Papa

Visiting Ang and Molly in Georgia!

In one of her classrooms

Picking out the Christmas tree!

Getting it up on the car

The tree is all decorated!

At the Coke a Cola Factory!

All decorated in red for Christmas

Trying all different flavors of Coke from around the world

tasting all the flavors

HUGE tree!

And HUGE presents!

At World of Coke

Happy ketchup and coins for the jukebox at Johnny Rockets!

They are a lot of fun at Johnny Rockets!

At the Georgia Aquarium!

Ray does summer salts

Looking from below

Tunnel aquarium

Jelly fish!

Sea turtle!

Sea turtle swimming!

Scraping ice off the car

At an old war surplus store

Levi!

Look at that big belly!

Awesome colors!

Showing my mom and Kori around campus

We found a huge lemon!

At Cheesecake Factory! yumm!

With Kori

And he ate it ALL!

Valentine's Day

Mom and Kori visit!

Robby visits and we go to watch the AMGEN Tour of CA ride through town

Rainy day in the Arboretum

Road trip to the beach!

It was SO windy!

:)

The view

Then to the redwood forest!

a huge fallen tree

Rock climbing!

Taking Baron for a walk

Yay for beach walks!

We went hiking and found THOUSANDS of ladybugs everywhere!

They were covering everything!

Even in the trees!

Jake and Casey

Casey and Robby working on his car

Dinner with Allie!

Us!

The whole group :)

Sibling love!

before our haircuts....

...and after!

Sunny wanted to join in on the picture

Fistulated cows!

We bought our first car together! Goldie!

Finding hidden geocaches in the park

Lake Berryessa

Fourth of July fireworks in the park

Our 3 year anniversary!

At Folsom Lake

Our trip to Lee Vining

at the beaver dams

Ready to go hiking

Gana and Casey ready to get on the boat

on the boat

with Gana and Papa!

Taking pictures

Hiking it up!

going through the snow

lunch time!

Lunch stop at Saddlebag

Such a beautiful hike

at the top of Tioga Pass

Back at the house

checking out the town

At the craters

At the craters

looking for obsidian

Lunch stop at Rush Creek

We found a geocache by the lake!

Scoofin' in old Greenie

Floating in Mono Lake

Visiting the tufa towers

Going swimming in the lake

Relaxing in the RV

Gana took us to see Bodie the ghost town!

In his cycling attire

New aero bars

WE GOT A PUPPY!! Meet Penny!

In Central Park

On campus

Her first bath!

Tired after playing all day

she got all kinds of new toys!

Her first accident...look at that guilty face!

Daddy brushes Penny :)

All clean after a bath!

All settled in to our new apartment