Cat Nap

just laying in the sun

must be love, look at them spoon!

what momma couldn't love that face!

Christmas Cheer

Our Christmas started with Christmas eve dinner at Jay and Denise's house. This year we decided to celebrate with at Mexican Fiesta. It is amazing to watch the kids grow up, they get big so fast. They are all such great kids. It is such a blessing for me to get together every year with everyone, and I am super excited to have Steve be a part of it all. I love them all so much.

Christmas morning we woke up early and called the GP's , Ubba & Tom, Moms, Amy & Ron to send our love and hugs. Then it was time to make a nice breakfast. The Bisc was waiting for his..

Santa came for all in our house. The Bisc scored some yummy rawhide treats.

Our little Preston was a part of the action..

Steve enjoying a gift from the bisc... our dog has great taste!

We ended our day with good friends, Carol Ann, Brett, and her folks Bubba and Diane. We had a lovely dinner and enjoyed some special time and laughs. Good friends and family are so meaningful, we are grateful for every moment we get to spend with them all.

P Kitty in da house!

World meet Preston or as Steve would say, "P kitty". We welcomed our 11 week old bundle of kitten love to our home yesterday. After some exploration of his new home, he got down to some snuggle and purrr time with his new momma.

Magnus is pretty excited about his new friend, they've been playing today. I am sure we will have many laughs as we watch them play and get used to one another.

Snow in OC

It seems pretty improbable but last Wednesday it snowed in Orange County. Exactly how much we were not certain of so Saturday morning we set out to inspect. Along with friends Carol Ann and Brett, Molly and I loaded up the bikes, put on our winter gear and drove to Maple Springs trail at the end of Silverado Canyon Road. The ride started out pretty cold at 39 degrees and slow going as the tire traction suffered in the icy conditions. Those who know Maple Springs know that the trail is paved for an initial section and after about 4 miles turns to dirt. The paved section was covered by snow almost the whole way up with the exception of the very beginning and by the time we reached the dirt transition we decided we'd had enough of an adventure. We could have gone on but it would have turned into hiking exclusively. After watching a National Forest Service vehicle turn around and retreat after slipping and sliding around we figured it was the wise choice. The snow was thaat deep. Truly unbelievable for SoCal. You can see the rest of our photos here. I can't wait to go back up there and try and make it all the way through to Motorway. Although it was a fun adventure of snow biking, photo taking and snow ball chucking, we only made it about 8ish miles.

Let there be snow!

Every few years we are blessed with a blanket of snow over our local mountains in the usually sunny Southern California. It has been about 4 years since we've had a good snow like this one. This is a picture of Saddleback Mtn in the Cleveland National Forest. We do a lot of riding in these hills. It's about 20 miles from our house. I think we are going to go check out the trails tomorrow. I'll be sure to take some photos and post our adventure.

It's hard to believe that we've had our Magnus for almost a year. I remember the first day we brought him home, he was so crazy we thought it would not work out. After couple of weeks of runs and patience, we decided he was home to stay. Where did the name fom from you wonder? Steve named Magnus after a professional Swedish Cyclist Magnus Backstedt. We lovingly refer to him as the bisc or biscuit, just look at his nose, he's the bisc!

We got our Christmas tree, came home, flipped on the holiday tunes, and could not resist having the bisc participate in the merry making. As you can see, he wasn't too stoked on the antlers. He was a good boy, and did not mark the tree as his own. We thought he might after this picture.