K Litter

G and I went to visit the "K" litter and was assigned jobs.  G trimmed all their nails while I weighed them.  There are 9 of them!

Friends

I love to add new friends to my life.  This is CBro - we have been friends for about 4 years through our work.  Unfortunately she moved to Boston to be closer to family so I don't get to see her very often.  But today she was in town and we had breakfast together!  PS - we were known at work as CBro and CFed!

Sam High School Graduation

We had a wonderful visit to EDH for Sam's High School graduation.  We are thrilled to be able to share these milestones with our family and wish Sam success as he heads off to CSU Fullerton!

Herping

We went herping last nite!  That means that we went to collect frogs and tadpoles.  We got 7 tadpoles for my pond and 5 frogs for the front yard.

Leadership

I attended Leadership training at my new employer last week.  It was 3.5 days of intense learning.  It was highly interactive with lots of activities in which we competed for points for correct answers.  The grand prize for the winning team was wireless headphones - our team won!  This is a pic of our team showing our winnings.  Great fun and great for the brain.

Ski Boat

At 23 years old, Drew bought his first boat!  He has wanted a ski boat his whole life and now that he has a great job with a good income it was just first big purchase.  He did all the research about the boat, the loan, insurance and registration on his own.  It was a huge lesson in life and he killed it!  The bonus is that Oakley loves her new boat!

The Labradors did not enjoy being in different boats.  They spent most of the time looking at each other!

Girls Weekend at the Ranch

I went on a girls weekend up to my girlfriend's ranch near Angel's Camp.  We had such a wonderful time hiking, picnicking, shopping in Murphys and just hanging out on her patio.

We went to a winery to pick up 4 Adirondack chairs made out of wine barrels - 2 for Liz and 2 for Linda.

We intended to hike a 4 mile hike above New Melones Lake but when we got to the parking area the lot was covered in broken glass from broken windows and there were a couple of "sketch" guys in the parking lot.  So we adjusted our plan and went to another hike by the boat ramp at New Melones where the car was safe.

Susan, Liz, Linda and me!

Morning on the ranch

Sporty chicks

Me and Susan - friends for 23 years!

Backyard Update

This is a barn star and is supposed to be good luck.

When I was away for girls weekend, I got some new stuff for the yard.  And while gone my new barstools arrived.  I am looking forward to summer in the yard.

Love the new bar stools.   

A heart made from a old wine barrel

From Susan!

Derby Day

Tre celebrated Derby Day in California with a new hat.  She wishes she was in Kentucky with the relatives but made the best of it.

Sassy Mini

I got my windows tinted on the mini so that when I commute in the summer it is not so hot!   The kids think it looks so cool and have wanted it done for years.  But I wasn't going to pay for it unless there was a good reason - and the good reason is to keep me cool since it's my main commute vehicle.