Water leak fixed..another beautiful ornament!

Time is certainly marching on!  Where the days go is beyond me!  We've pretty much been home just trying to get things done.  This beautiful ornament came in the mail for me 💖💖 Thank you again, Christina, Eric, Seth and Mason. I'm getting spoiled! 

Love this!!

Ken worked on the water leak and eventually got it fixed.  Thank goodness he can do this stuff, hate to think what it would have cost to have a plumber doing it!  Glad his shoulder is fixed as there's no way he could have dug all that sand out and put it back. I did offer to help him, but he wouldn't let me.  Under the house was pretty  wet, so he's taking the crawl space door off everyday and has a light under there to help dry it up.  

These pics are so Ken can remember what/where this
plumbing is in case he's got to find it again 

That's electrical out of what was the well house, we're on city
water now. Holds my wine frig now. haha. 

I've been ordering and wrapping packages trying to get it done so we can deliver some in Sacramento while we're there for the day next week. A special person has a birthday next week. :) 

We've had some pretty sunrises this week

Yesterday (Monday) we had to go to Carson City.  Ken needed to get an X-ray done for his pulmonary appointment next Monday.  All is good, it's just a follow up.  He got that done first thing.  He stopped at his bank and then we went by Lowe's to pick up a couple more strings of Christmas lights.  He needed a few more for the bunkhouse and outhouse. :)  We went by Target to return a pizza stone I ordered for a gift.  It's a stone, so how do they package it?  Put it in a plastic bag and send it via UPS.  I opened it as it sounded noisy...it was now in 4 pieces!! I ordered a blanket too, that was in a box and bubble wrapped! Go figure!

The lights are colored, but the color isn't shining through..I'll post the
bunkhouse and outhouse pics once he's happy with the lights ..LOL!

We went back and looked to pick up another one.  Well, it was double what it was online. So when I got home I ordered the same one for the cheaper price.  We'll pick it up on Monday when we're there for Ken's appointment.  

When we left there I wanted to go to Ross to pick up a few things.  Ken waited in the car, not his favorite store LOL.  After that it was nearing 1400 so we headed for Betsy's Big Kitchen and Linner.  Always nice to go there, Lisa sees us and she knows what we order to drink. :)  Headed home after that. 

Karen called as she was headed home from Reno. Her grandson, Cameron was at her house and it was getting dark. Ken headed next door and picked him up. He visited a bit until Karen got home a little later.  He's 10 and such a good kid.  We had a wonderful time visiting with him. He's like talking to a little adult :) 

This morning (Tuesday) we read blogs catching up on our friends.  Nancy from Kissack Adventures did some baking yesterday which looked incredible! Ken kept saying I should make the peanut butter ritz crackers covered in chocolate. Ok, ran to the Raley's  to get stuff I didn't have!  Oh these things looks divine! Ken, who is not a chocolate person is actually going to try one in the am with our coffee. I'm going to cheat too and have one.  I made him a new recipe of pineapple banana bread. So we'll see how it turned out. Mexican Christmas cookies are on the agenda for tomorrow.  I'm going to have to unfollow Nancy if this keeps up! LOL..

Banana pineapple bread

Peanut butter and chocolate covered ritz crackers.
Looking forward to one in the am. 

Stole it from  FB.  Russell, Aaron and Jacob decorating their tree.
Kind of bitter sweet as this could be the last time
for awhile that they decorate together, as Jacob leaves
for the Navy next month :) 

Well, it's Happy Hour time! Have a great evening! 

A special gift. Snow and little recap of the USS Midway

Well, here it  is Thursday one more time! Getting closer to Christmas very quickly.  

We've been home other than one day of running to Carson City so we could visit Home Depot so Ken could pick up the parts he needs to fix the water leak under the house.  While we were in town, grocery shopping needed to be done and we picked up a Chromebook I found online for under $100.00.  Why? I'm thinking Ken will like it better than his ASUS.  I love my Apple, so I don't think i'll be spending much time on it. haha. 

I did some baking yesterday and then started wrapping presents.  Sure doesn't look like as much as when the grandkids were little, even though I probably spend more money.  Speaking of that, thanks again to my hubby for quitting smoking 31 years ago and putting into an account every month. It gets released at Thanksgiving and it certainly makes Christmas shopping a lot easier on the budget! 

Yesterday the mail came, this came in the mail! Thanks to Eric, Chris, Seth and Mason.  Early Birthday present! I love it!  

We've had a couple of days of snow..I love it, but know it's not what our Canadian friends like to see. We don't get it very often and it doesn't stick around too long, so it 's just perfect for us. 

Ken took this pic of the living room into the kitchen..it's really not that big. I thought it looked nice though..

Beer he had in San Diego, found it at Total Wine!

We've got fog and snow is melting slowly...

I thought I'd go through some of the pics from our trip to San Diego, just as memories. 

Beautiful isn't it..

Downtown San Diego..

Inside the Midway..Silver the officers used..

Officers dining quarters

80 gallon vats..

Russell chatting with a volunteer

Jacob in the brig..LOL

Jacob and Seth..our 6'3" Sailor to be..is going to have to duck
everywhere he goes inside a ship! haha.

USS Midway..very impressive!

Aaron in the driver's seat..

They don't look too impressive..I thought they might have
changed Jacob's mind..but they didn't.

Yesterday was my sister Linda's 61st Birthday! Hard to believe the baby is 61! 

Time to wrap some more gifts..Have a great afternoon..

Another catch up post...Happy Birthday Ken!

All 5 of our handsome grandsons..together one more time!💕
Jacob (18)..Aaron (14 1/2) Seth (18) Mason (14 1/2)  Adam (20)                                             

Good Sunday morning! Today is Ken's 68th Birthday! He's already gotten several phone calls and even though he doesn't have Facebook, he's still getting many good wishes via my page. :)   I asked him what he wanted to do today and he was planning on putting up Christmas lights outside. Yep.  Well, we woke up to a dusting of snow that is now melting so under the eaves he'd be getting wet all day. Maybe tomorrow.  I offered to cook him a special dinner, but he wants leftovers of some turkey and stuffing. Ok.  He's not a sweet eater, so no cake or pie, but he's happy with his day! Guess that's all that matters right?

I love this pic of Ken and Russell :) 

Our front yard this am..

Back yard... :) 

Let's see if I can get back in the blogging groove! Even in the heart of Sacramento the wifi/mifi wasn't good enough for me to be able to post comments on blogging friends so it definitely wasn't enough to post the blog with pictures. Frustrating to say the least.  

Definitely was a good week spent with family and friends! 

Tuesday the 26th we left here and headed over the hill hoping to miss some of the snow and the shutdowns of highway 80 that most certainly happens when it snows and people don't slow down or think they don't need chains and come to find out they do! In the end it took us 9 hours to get to Eric's house in what normally is about 4 hours at the most.  It was right around 1900 when we got to Eric's.  We visited a bit and then called it a night. 

I 80 traffic..

Pick up truck on its side...sure caused a slow down...

Some people who didn't heed "chains required if you don't
have 4 wd drive...

Slow moving traffic...

Wednesday morning the 27th we slept in until 0630 and a little later I got a text in the trailer from Mason asking if I would make pancakes for him :)  Of course! 

After getting ready I went in and cooked up some bacon and then pancakes for him. I ended up making egg sandwiches for Eric and Seth.  Ken had eggs and bacon. A very good morning. :)

Christina had pictures taken yesterday
Just a couple of Seth in his dress blues 

After breakfast Ken got the trailer hooked up and we headed for Cal Expo RV Park.  Got our usual site of #210 and got set up.  Just hung out in the trailer for the rest of the day as weather was too cold to sit outside. I made gravy, green bean casserole and cooked the stuffing that wasn't in the turkey.  Later we had egg nog and brandy for Happy Hour and watched Prancer to top off the evening. 

Thursday morning, November 28th..Thanksgiving Day.  We got ourselves up and going early as I wanted to be at my sister's close to 0900.  Russell, Steve and Michael were going to be there smoking a turkey.  Got our stuff unloaded and Ken headed out for his yearly turkey day visit to our friend KC.  This year he had decided to stop by his brother Dave's place too.  Emmy (our sis in law) is recovering from quadruple by pass surgery. 

Eric holding Cassidy..she wanted to cry but didn't LOL..

Christina had this amazing cake made and the cookies..
to celebrate Seth's graduation from Boot Camp..

Mason, Jacob and Diane in background

Wendy and her daughter, Tasha looking at
the ads..

Watching a turkey smoke..haha. 

Little Cassidy coming out of her play house..

All the cousins...
from left..Mason, Aaron, Seth, Jacob, Adam, Dusty and Jesse

Jacob, Aaron, Seth, Mason, Adam, Dusty, Owen and Jesse

The boys and their sweeties...
Aaron, Allissa, Jacob, Seth holding Cassidy, Holly, Mason, Dusty,
Owen, Chelsea, Adam

The day went beautifully with family showing up, especially all 5 grandsons:) Bryan had to work and Cheryl stayed home to cook a turkey dinner for him. 

About 1630 we headed over to visit Ken's mom for a while.  Diane and Jesse joined us there.  We headed back to Cal Expo after a couple of hours. 

Friday morning...traditionally known as Black Friday.  Since we were kids my sisters and I have gone out for Black Friday.  Things have changed over the years but we always go.  The crowds start much later on Friday as now stores open on Thanksgiving :(   

Seth and Mason with their Christmas tree on
the side of the road..

The yearly Christmas tree picture..at Stumpy Meadows
Mason (who looks really cold) and Seth..

Eric's truck and the cut tree..doesn't look like too much traffic

Ken dropped me at Linda's house about 0515 and then we picked up Wendy and headed for the mall in Roseville.  JC Penney had no one there.  At  a little past 0600 the Disney store was on Linda's list.  By the time we checked out there was a ton of people in line and only 2 checkouts!  But we persevered and got our items haha.  

We had breakfast plans as Seth and Jacob were going to be out shopping (didn't happen).  They met us at The Waffle Barn in Roseville at 0815.  We all had a very nice breakfast and conversation :)  Wendy, Linda and I headed back out to Big Lots and Ross.  About 1130 they dropped me at Cal Expo.  That was enough  for that day.  

Not the best pic..but..Jacob, Allissa, Mason, Ken
Seth, Wendy, Linda..I prefer my camera to
taking pics w phone..but all I had..

Ken was back at the trailer after helping his mom out after breakfast. I made a Total Wine order and we headed over to pick it up. Gotta love that service! Back to the trailer for Happy Hour and relaxation. 

Saturday morning it was time to head home.  We got ourselves going and got to Eric's near 1000.  Visited a bit and then headed home, leaving the trailer at Eric's until Christmas Eve.  We were hoping to see Seth one last time (as he hasn't heard from recruiter's assistance yet).  He wasn't home, but still a nice visit for a bit.  He leaves Tuesday morning for MCT school at Camp Pendleton. Then it's off to Fort Sill, OK for more training. 

We had a lovely drive on Highway 50 and arrived at CVI at 1230 for lunch :) After that I had a nice nap on the way home.  Unloaded the truck and basically it was time for another Happy Hour.  Ken started a fire as it was 25 degrees when we got home.  We enjoyed the evening and had an early night. 

We'll see what the week holds, but I know I've got more Christmas shopping to do along with grocery shopping. Oh yay..haha.  

Saw this morning on George's blog, he's got his famous vest and hat on along with his smile :) Made us smile to see this.  In our thoughts and prayers. 

Have a great day everyone!