The boys go fishing

The boys go fishing.  Graham only looks shorter due to the slope of the ground by the pond.

Snow pics

Graham
Ethan

Roktoberfest Kids

Kids getting ready for some Twister action at our recent Roktoberfest in early Oct.  

A Bit of Fog

A bit of fog in our backyard yesterday.

13 Lined Ground Squirrel

13 lined ground squirrel (Spermiphilus tridecemlineatus) on our patio today eating one of our cherry tomatoes.  He (She?) ate some thyme first-right from the pot.  Good life for a ground squirrel.  The boys & I found a very wet, barely alive ground squirrel Sunday.  It had obviously been half drowned from all the rain and seemed to be barely coherent and hardly breathing.  It was laying on its side and didn't move when we approached it.  So...we put some bird seed just in front of it so it would have some food right away if it dried out and survived.  When I went to check on it the next morning, the ground squirrel and bird food were gone-so I suspect that it dried out and made it back to its burrow.

Ethan in red, Graham in blue.  1st day of school Aug 22.

Zombies!

Ethan & Graham.  Both wearing presents (sweatshirts) from cuz Kim. Ethan is wearing a zombie pirate mask from Aunt Laurie, Unc PJ, & the Connolly girls.

Our Subdivision River

A pic of the river that formed today in our subdivision after the 5 inches of rain we received today.  We're expecting another 3-5 tomorrow.  The river formed on the right from a subdivision behind ours and flows to the left to our retention pond.

boys playing in the water

Graham running through the water after our 5 inches of rain today.  Expecting another 3-5 tomorrow.

Boys playing in the water

Ethan playing in the river that formed next to our house after 5 inches of rain today-and that was without a hurricane.