Getting some work done in the garage!

Chris moved the cars and trucks into the hot rod garage!  Looks great!  Shows how much room we have!

 

 
 
 

The upstairs garage looks quite empty though!










 They look good all covered up for the holidays too!

Chris was also busy working on the red coupe's transmission tunnel.

 

Not much to report :)

Bolts got a hair cut :)  He's all whiskers now

 

 Love getting the Acai bowls for lunch!

 Fun times at the dog park!

 We went to a Tour of Homes - 4 homes were decorated for the holidays.  Beautiful!  We couldn't take pictures inside the homes, so no photos to share.  A couple interesting decorations - Mermaid stockings and a Christmas wreath made from portabella mushrooms!!

Remembering

We watched some of the President Bush funeral - GW's speech was so beautiful.  Our friend, Amy, was also being laid to rest this day - happy to share this day with him, as she was a Republican fan.  She finally succumbed to her brain cancer, but survived long past what most doctors predicted.  She was a beautiful person, and will now be a beautiful angel.  RIP

 

Getting ready for the holidays!

The holiday lights are lit in downtown Bristol!

 

 We've added a few decorations to our home - a couple bows, a wreath, and a santa :)  Keeping it simple as always

 We've been to the mall, even though we don't have much shopping to do!  Gingerbread houses on display made by local girl scouts

 Someone is tired from all the hustle and bustle :)  But really, it's been a low key season, which is nice.

Thanksgiving!

Driving to IL to spend Thanksgiving with my family.  I haven't spent a Thanksgiving in IL since 1996!!  Wow!

 

 We drove so we could bring Bolts :)

 We stopped in OH to check out some camping trailers

 We're thinking of getting another trailer or motorhome, since we miss camping. 

 Long and flat roads in OH and IN to get to IL!

 We stopped a few times so Bolts could run and play

 And then he wouldn't get back in the truck, hmmm

 We took a different route, so we ended up in some cute small towns

 And then we finally made it to Colfax!  Chris & my Mom worked on some house projects - bc Chris likes to stay busy.

 Me & Bolts relaxed!

 We did find a nice dog park for him though.  A little chilly though

 Yum, time for Thanksgiving Dinner!

 and since we won't be back for Christmas, we also celebrated that too!

 The kids are getting older, so not as many fun gifts any more.

 Not even any wrapping paper for Bolts to play with!

 I brought my bike trainer, so loaded up my mom's bike and spent a few hours in this guest bed room.  The set up worked great - those fat tires made me work extra hard!!

On to the next holiday!

Dinner!

Chris and I went out to dinner and ran into some friends!    We usually go out about once or twice a week, but lately we've been staying home more - time change makes us want to go to bed early :)

 

Fundraiser!

 

We had a fundraiser for East Bay Sailing Foundation!  I've been the Treasure for 8 years now - wow!  We are a non profit, so depend on donations for any extra boats, sails, etc that we need.  The $$ we generate from sailing classes just pays the yearly salaries and maintenance costs.

Since we couldn't use our yacht club, we used the Marine Museum in town (which was a fantastic alternative!)

 

 We kept it simple - some auction items; appetizers; soup & bread.  The main attraction was Charlie Enright - one of the main sailors on the sailing vessel:  Vestas/11th Hour Racing, a Volvo Ocean Race boat.  Serious Stuff!

 We had a full house!

 Charlie gave a great presentation, as always

It was a successful evening - thanks to our donors and Charlie!