A day at Wrigley Field . . . . . and the Cubs WIN

Papa Don and brother Dick

Anna Boo at the wheel

Leo is ready to roll

Grandkids making sure to get back home safely

Santa and the Boys

Leo, Santa, Jack and Reed

Isn't this a great picture?

Christmas lights are up at Nana's and Papa's house!!

The front of our house has been transformed into a plethora of Christmas decorations. Thanks to Grandma Betty for the spiraling Christmas trees and to Uncle Joe for the Santa/Snowman display. It appears our decorations have inspired the rest of the neighborhood to get into the Christmas spirit and put up some lights. We are always the trouble makers.

Boo-Boo sax concert

Anna - citywide choir

Vacationing in a Tropical Storm

For the second time during our relationship Nana and Papa spent some of their vacation in the middle of a tropical storm. Hurricane Rick turned into a tropical storm as it headed directly towards Maztlan and our lovely report. The rain was incredible and the wind was annoying. Afterwards we enjoyed a couple days of beautiful warm sunny days before heading home.

Wildfires in California

Since none of the other Loons wants to to post a blog, I will talk a little about my recent trip to California (for business). I ended up having to rent a car in Fresno, then drove to Oxnard (don't ask me why). When I was finished in Oxnard, I drove up to Salinas (once again, don't ask me why). On the way to Salinas, about an hour south of my destination, I saw what looked like a storm cloud brewing off to the east. As I drove closer to this "cloud" I began to realize this was not storm cloud, it was smoke from a very large wildfire. The farther I drove the more I could begin to see the flames from this fire. I didn't want to pull over, so I took some pictures through the front window of my rental car, at 65 miles an hour. I finally stopped at a McD's to get something to drink and get a closer look at the fire. As I was leaving McD's the power went out in the restaurant. Everyone was quickly escorted out of the building and I got back in my car and headed home. The pictures are in the order I took them from the car, with the exception of the last picture, which I took during my McD's stop.