We are finally in Mexico! Though we did get in the same day as planned our rip was delayed 5 hours because they did not have seats for us on the flight. Here is what happened in our waiting time.. 

Great dinner tonight

Nicole back from School and Kong and Nong came over for dinner.  We had crab, Calamari, beef spare ribs, and egg roll wraps followed by a fruit plate.

Sunset in Del Mar

Nathan and I both caught nothing in Del Mar today (waves or fish)

Winter Flowers

Some of the nicest flowers come this time of year in San Diego.  These include Orchids, Poinsettias, succulents, and others.  These are all from our backyard.  The poinsettias were actually purchased last year and flowered again this year.  Seems like we always used to throw these in the trash after the Holidays. 

Late Thanskgiving post

This is a collage of pictures from our Thansgiving weekend.  Dad watched several videos on line about Turkey carving and then proceeded to make a masterpiece.  Mom as usual made a heck of a meal.

We Spent Sunday in Snohomish

 We all went up to explore the area around Susie Blue's new house this Sunday. The weather was cold and rainy.... What's new. I have discovered some lovely small lakes up there, one of which has some rental cabins on it's shore. I intend to stay there for a few days this summer.

 My friend Susie is living her dream with her horses in the backyard. The boys got to ride (were led) on one of her horses bareback. She's also within walking distance of a beautiful lake with black water from the peat bog it arises out of.  It is called Panther lake. We walked a creek near her place and spotted salmon making their migration to the lake. Wet, cold, dripping, dark, but the Northwest is really an amazing place to live.