MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BILL and Jill!!

and our grandchildren who proved (once again) that it isn't the gift or the toy - it's the box!!

BILL SUPERVISES

Together, they figure out that the kegarator has frozen the keg. No wonder the beer wouldn't flow (and it wasn't quite empty). Oh darn, guess we'll just have to concentrate on the margaritas!!

TAMALES BY BILL (& family)

Grandpa makes tamales with Grandma this year.



Stewart says he wants to help - so he makes a couple too. (When told to go get a spoon, he got his favorite eating spoon - a Winnie the Pooh child's spoon!)



Rosslyn is there helping too, it is a family activity. Bill's daughter, Julianna, manned the camera so no picture is available of her....

Christmas Tree Decorating - BILL STYLE

Bill demonstrates how to hang a heavy ornament on his own special hook which will distribute the weight over several branches when he is finished. Way to go Bill!!

He also demonstrated how NOT to hang ornaments - all of the same type clustered together (this photo opportunity found by daughter Wendy who had a good laugh then took a photo so we could remember and laugh again. Thanks Wen!!) They are kind of hard to see, but there are 5 misty white bubbles in the top there. When it was pointed out, Bill got out the ladder again and moved them. What a guy!!

OUR DECORATED TREE (taken Christmas Eve):

BILL IS A MUDDY BUDDY RACE FAN

On November 2, Bill attended the Muddy Buddy race to cheer on the Matt & Andy team. In the first picture the boys are quite clean - that's Bill's son, Matt, on the left. This is a 1-bike/run race where the participants trade off the bike at different hazards during the race. See them low crawl through the mud in the second picture - this hazard was at the end of the race, and they had to go through it together:

It looks like they are having fun crawling in the mud, doesn't it?
The spectators had a lot of fun watching also. The teams had different costumes. Memorable ones included full-blown Easter bunnies from the top of their furry ears to the bottoms of their white-clad, furry feet! (Bet that got heavy when it sucked up the mud!) There were also baseball uniforms, fatigues, and some serious participants in running gear.

Grandpa and Mikaela had fun watching her Daddy get dirty. Next year we will take the motorhome so we can enjoy the after race festivities and ribbon ceremony.

Ok guys, time to hit the showers - good luck!! Did you bring something clean to drive home in? Lovely kilts, by the way!! The Matt & Andy show -- never ceases to entertain us!

38 YEARS OF BILL & JILL !!!

Happy Anniversary Bill & Jill!! 38 years of laughing, loving, living...3 great children, add 3 wonderful grandchildren and jobs that support the lifestyle we enjoy. WOW. Let's never grow up - Pinky Pact!!

BILL GETS SOAKED!!

LOL - AT THE BORREGO SPRINGS RV RESORT in northern San Diego County. What a fabulous place to spend the weekend! We relaxed with a few friends, saw the visitors center, and left wanting to stay longer - we'll return next year over the Veteran's Day holiday period for 5 nights!! There is a lovely golf course, 4 hot tubs (3 are mineral baths) and a pool; a small library, store, free wifi, and all the splendor of the desert. Sunrises and sunsets you have to see to believe.... You go Bill, you rock! We even had use of the clubhouse for our meals with other friends who were there (we missed those who didn't make it...):

SAN ANTONIO LAKE

The motorhome at Lake San Antonio - near Paso Robles and just the other side of a dam from Lake Nacimiento.

ROCK MOVING! WHO NEEDS COW TIPPING?

Seems some prankster decided to block one of the campsites at San Antonio Lake. The "guys" used brute force to move the rock, rolling it out of the way. Stewart supervised, then stood by the rock so Grandma could get a shot that showed how big it was...is?

BILL AND GRANDMA DORIE

Dorie won a big jackpot and it was almost her birthday, so she was one of those featured in the Casino newspaper!