September and October

September in California is warm enough to enjoy swimming. Ethan loves the pool. Patty babysits several children for friends. Ethan helps to entertain. GreatGrandma likes to unjoy the shade in our backyard and help with watching the children. I am still growing flowers and vegetables, like Cana Lillies and Artichokes. The artichoke has an unusual blue flower. Ethan enjoys his time with Grandma and Grandpa likes to help him play A,B,C's on the computer. We entertained friends from Italy. It is amazing how fast our children and grandkids grow. Brandon and Sally are working on their landscaping.

August Activities

After returning from our trip in July, we enjoyed staying at home. Patty teaches the babies' cradleroll class. I am still growing strange plants. We enjoyed heirloom and regular tomatoes from our garden. Aunt Janice is shown admiring the roses ar Great Grandma's house. GGma enjoys entertaining Ethan when he isn't playing with Uncle Andrew.

St. Louis in July

You can probably tell that our July trip was our big trip of 2007. We visited the "Gateway to the West", the St. Louis arch. We toured the arch, the Lewis & Clark museum, and the surrounding sites. We had our first trip on a paddle-wheel steamer. Then we left Missouri on our way to Kentucky.

Vicksburg - still in July

We visited Vicksburg, the site of one of the great Civil War battles. We viewed the battlefield and monuments while reading about the historical battles. We saw a partially restored Civil War battleship. We also visited their museum of Civil War artifacts.

We stayed in a Bed and Breakfast that was built in 1849, and we saw several plantation homes as well as many other historical buildings that date back to Civil War times.

More July Trip

When we left our children in Oklahoma and Arkansas we drove to Kentucky to visit friends. We saw the Kentucky Derby racetrack, a Shaker Village,and rode the Kentucky River on a paddle wheel boat. We also visited the birthplace of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.

San Diego Visit 6-25-07

Patty and I took a weekend vacation late in June. We visited the Mission "San Luis Rey" in Oceanside. We also walked through a nature reserve, noticing local plants and wildlife. We returned by way of Julian. The destruction from its last forest fire was still evedent.

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july 07 family trip

07-10-07

Here are photos from our recent trip to visit our children and grandkids who live in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Click on small pictures to see the full album.

07-13-07

Berries are Getting Ripe

Berries are getting ripe. We have aleady made jelly and cobler. tomatoes are getting big and green, while hydrangias, hollyhocks, roses, and daisies are blooming.

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Garden Update

Here are some pictures to show the growth of our home gardens. We have a blooming beavertail cactus in the front yard. Jasmines are in full bloom in the back yard. Berries, daisies, tomatos, lilies, bluebells, and many other flowers are blooming in out back garden. Compare these to pictures from several posts ago to see the difference. We also have peppers and lettuce growing.

Garden-update

You will notice we have a working compost pile in our back garden area. The important thing we don't have a picture of is that our neighbor's horses like to eat our blackberries.

Sally's birthday

Sally and Brandon moved into their new house in May. One of the first official celebrations was Sally's birthday, complete with presents, cake, and family.

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Young Family Reunion

May 5th we visited Colette and Debrah along with Aunt Winnie and Drew in Porterville. We all attended the annual Young family reunion held in Visalia. It was a great opportunity to see cousins we haven't seen for several year.

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We traveled cross country to see some new sights. We enjoyed the drive through rough territory on our way to see Lake Isabella in central California, oon our way back to Yucaipa.

Redlands Flower Show

Late in April, we to the Redlands Flower Show and visited several homes in Redlands. This was a great way to get new ideas for our home garden.

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Back Garden and Egg Hunting

Our Garden is very pretty this year. Almost everything is blooming. Enjoy the pictures. Everything would be great if we just had fewer gophers. Our back yard was a fun place to hunt eggs with Ethan and family.

Back Fence Garden Click picture for more

Home Again

It is good to be home again. Our trip to visit children and grandkids was fast and fun. Even Great GrandMa had enough energy to have a good time and entertain two active Great Grand Children. See previous posts.

Now!....Now!...NOW!!! we are all home again. We are entertaining Ethan and visiting local atractions. Click on the left picture to see our local grandchild. click the right picture to see the gardens of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles

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Getty Museum

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Spring Flowers

We enjoyed our visit to Oklahoma and Arkansas to visit family. okc spring flowers click picture to see more Spring is busting out all over!

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March Visits

Family and friends visited during our March trip.

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Oklahoma Visit

We enjoy playing with the kids.

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Fun Times

Travel 3-07

We are enjoying our visit with children and grandchildren in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Great Grandma is enjoying her trip too.