Briana instituted a new (for us) Christmas tradition with the gingerbread house creations. The above masterpiece was Carolyn's.
The above creation was Briana's. Curtis especially liked the pond, even with a waterfall, on the left hand side.
The above dream home was Lucy's. We all thought this one had that look of surviving a wind storm.
Briana was accepted into the School of Nursing at Azuza Pacific University (http://www.apu.edu/). She will begin January 5, 2007. They only accepted 5 - 10 nursing transfer students. She has worked very hard for this.
Lucy took Darcy and Skyler and participated in the Los Gatos Children's Parade.
Skyler, being a parade veteran, instructed Darcy on how to march in the parade. They did not mind wearing the costumes.
These were the CCI mascots.
Jason, Eddie and Curtis went fishing again at Del Valle lake. Everyone caught something. Eddie caught a catfish and took it to his home pond. Jason and Curtis cleaned their fish. One will be Sunday's main course and the other will be the appetizer.
It's a dog (or fish) eat dog world. Be careful. Actually the big one turned out to be a female. It had lots of eggs inside.
We visited Mike and Becky and Zari (shown in the picture in Lake Gregory) at Cedar Pines.
This is Becky's office, is it possible to have a better place to work? It is like working in a treehouse. Incidentally she has squirrel friends.
Jason and Carolyn (above) walked around the lake with Curtis and Lucy (shown below). Briana and Becky also came.
The day after the wedding the family recovered from the preparations ordeal by going to the Sea World in San Diego. The weather was perfect, except for Curtis who of course thought it was too cold.
Another wedding is coming. Jedidiah, the nephew of Curtis and Lucy, will marry Rachel December 30 in Wisconsin. What fun, a wedding in the snow of Wisconsin! Jedidiah officially proposed November 19, creating a Treasure Hunt at the beach of San Diego. Rachel had to find Jedidiah using clues that Jedidiah had left. The treasure was of course the engagement ring (or maybe Jedidiah, who was waiting at the end of the hunt.)
Trisha and Gustavo were married at New Hope Church in San Diego. More pictures will be coming later from the professional.
Lucy and her partner Jean won a close tennis match (6-4, 4-6, 7-5) on a beautiful, sunny fall afternoon.
Briana had a speech project where they had to establish a norm in society. Their project was that fish need to be walked. So they got two goldfish, named Burt and Ernie, in a fish bowl and put the bowl on a platform with wheels. They then tied a leash to the platform and walked their fish in the mall. Briana apparently almost fell over with laughter and the people in the mall crowded around the display with very inquisitive looks, apparently trying to figure out what was happening. Some people used their cell phones to take pictures. I am trying to get a picture of this uproarious event.
Lucy took Shasta, Skyler and Darcy for a walk around Lake Elizabeth. Lucy and Curtis had time to talk about the coming wedding.
Eddie rented a power boat for us. Thanks Eddie. We zoomed all over the lake in style.
Rob caught a pole. It is much easier to clean than a fish.
Jason enjoys an early morning bit of humor. The humor was livelier than the fish.
Eddie had a big one but it got away.
Soon after Eddie's get-away-fish, Curtis had a big bite.
Curtis brought in the prize, 5 pounds 10 ounces.
Curtis used the Celtic sword that Jason gave him to become Braveheart for Halloween. Mel Gibson, watch out.
Bummer! I got the dreaded call this morning. Skyler has been released for prey drive and for fearful behavior. I am not surprised. She did have a prey and chase drive issue with me. I will be going to get her after her stitches are taken out, either Friday or Monday. We will be keeping her as she is such a sweet, calm, mellow dog otherwise. Lucy
The hotel where we stayed. It did not have a fitness room but it was near a Starbucks and 24 Hour Fitness gym. (I guess you know what is important to Curtis.)
Above (the first level area shown only) is the condominium where Trisha and Gustavo will live.
Curtis attempted to play basketball with Gustavo and the kids from MRM ministries. Curtis played pitifully but he tried hard.
Trisha had a shower with the friends from church and Gustavo's family. Not shown are many unmentionables that were given. I am told that at one point a 7 year old (of the family who hosted the shower) came by the party room and said "I don't think that is big enough for you to wear, Trisha".
