Ducks, Flower Shop, Engagement Party and Savannah

We did get to go to another Ducks game in Janaury Then I went with my sister Kristi and George, Brock's best friend to the Ducks Skill competition at the Honda Center. We met Karol there as well. It was fun as it was the first time we went to it.



Go George Parros



Tim in middle, Todd Marchant's young son

                                                             Karol, Kristi and George



Bonnie, one of our friends who works at Norstan with Joe and has also been working in the flower business for a number of years. She and her daughter in law, Kaylee, decided to open their own flower and photography shop. Bonnie does wonderful flower arrangements and Kaylee is a very talented photograpther.
They also decided to sell botique items as well. Their shop is just charming. It is in San Jaun Capistrano in the historic district. The street they are on has many older homes that have been turned into restaurants and shops. Their shop is called the Tangled Vine. We have a special interest in it as we gave them a number of pieces of furniture from my Mom and Dad's house as we prepare to clean it up to eventually put it on the market.

Kaylee and Bonnie



Matthew and Andrew, Bonnie's sons

                                                        

Their open house for friends and family was a lot of fun. They also do weddings and other events and we wish them the best in their adventure.

At the end of March we went to Kristi and Brock's house for an engagement party for their beautiful daughter Heather and her handsome fiancee Ryan. They are getting married October 15th at the Hilton, which is right accross from the beach in Huntington Beach. We will be back in town for that. There were a lot of friends and family at the party. Lots of good food and fun talking to people we only see once in awhile. Forgot the camera, my bad. I won't forget at the wedding and we be sure to take a lot  of pictures then.

 Below are a few pictures of Savannah who is still growing. She has been so much fun and is really a good puppy as long as we keep her from chewing on everything in sight. She made a lot of friends, people and other dogs at the Dunes. Everyone knows her and says hi Savannah.

                                                                         

She loves to walk around the lagoon and find shells. At night lately we have to check her month before going back into the MH. She will find a prize, such as a snail,and want to run back to the MH to play with it and chew it  up. Of course, she also loves to sit in your lap and give kisses so you can never get mad at her.                                                                              

Home to Sunny California

I have been taking a break from blogging as we are back to our old home town visiting family for the holidays and Joe has doctor and dentist appointments, needs to go into the office for some meetings. We also need to have some work done on the motor home. Within a few days of arriving at Newport Dunes, we were finally able to go to a hockey game. Chris, our oldest son, got tickets from his friend that has season tickets. We have missed going to games after having season tickets for a number of years. We went with Chris and one of his brothers, Michael. Unfortunately the Ducks were shut out and we didn't get to do much cheering. However, later in the week Chris got more tickets and he and Carol and us went to another game that ended in the shoot out win for the Ducks. Yeah!!!!. More exciting game for sure.
Another project we had to do was help clean up my parents house. My dad had to go into the hospital as he had fallen again. He wasn't hurt but his blood pressure was high. THey then transferred him to a nursing home so they could have him do therapy to strength his legs a little. In the mean time, Kristi and Brock put our Mom in a board and care as she can't be alone in their house due to her dementia. WHen my dad able to leave the nursing home, they had him go into another board and care that is owned by the same person as where Mom is. THis one is right next door to Kristi and Brock. My dad realizes that they can't go back to that big two story house and so wants to sell it. There is a lot of work to do as my Mom saved everything. There is a lot to just go through and throw away. Then sort through what needs to be given away or sold or kept. So we have spend a number of days on that.
A more exciting event this month was that we finally got our new puppy. Savannah flew into John Wayne Airport and we went to pick her up. SHe came on Continental Airline which is an airline that a lot of breeders and people who show dogs use as they take very good care of the animals. We picked her up at a place a few blocks from the airport and there were two other dogs that had flown with her. She is just the sweetest dog. She was so happy to get out of her travel crate and just gave us lots of kisses.

                                                                 

Spring, Texas

The rest of our time in New Orleans was uneventful. We had more rain and then strong winds. Friday we left and headed for Texas. We want to spend some time on Padre National Seashore on the Gulf in Texas. However first we are going to make a few days stop in Spring, Texas.  Near the beginning of our drive we take Interstate Hwy 10. We cross a bridge that is 18.2 miles and crosses the Atchafalaya Basin, which is the largest swamp in the United States.

                                                    
                                                                                                        

We got to Woodland Lake RV Campground in Conroe, Texas. It is fairly nice and our site looks on one of the three fishing ponds they have there.

The reason we are stopping here is to see some Cavalier King Charles puppies that we saw for sale on the internet. Madaan Cavaliers is the breeder and we set up a time to see the puppies on Saturday. We arrived to find a litter of beautiful little puppies. All but one were the blenheim coloring. The one we picked out is a tri color, which is black and white and tan. It was very hard to choose as they are all so cute.

                                                              
                                                          

    Isn't our little southern puppy, Savannah so cute. We had a hard time leaving her as she won't be old enough to come home with us until at least the middle of December. Mary, the breeder is very nice and really loves her Cavalier dogs and the puppies. She has shown dogs for years and has been a breeder for a long time as well and we can see she really takes wonderful care of the dogs. We look forward to have Savannah join our family.