Season's Change

As soon as the leaves began to change, we went to Big Bear to do some hiking. We had a great time. We all took a ton of pictures. First, we went to the Discovery Center to get some hiking maps and a parking pass. We also got some Big Bear scrapbooking materials. (Scrapbooking is a new obsession of ours.) Then we went to the village. We got some burgers and ate them outside. (We had Gibby with us.)

We walked all around and looked in shops. We got a new bear figurine for our collection. After that we went and did some hiking. We chose a different trail than the last time. It was a nice long hike. It took us over a hour. We had a great time. It's probably going to be too cold to do it again for awhile. Unless we want to bundle up and hike in the snow.

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Ducks on Big Bear Lake.
Big Bear, California
May 2009

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The Last Day

Today is the last day of school for the kids. Carolynn has a half day and Catherine has a whole day. I have to go to work later tonight (or tomorrow morning as the case may be). Of course, I only work two nights ad I have two more days off. Then only five nights after that before the shift change.

Today I have already gone to pay the water bill. I am cleaning and doing laundry. Later we will make homemade pizza.

Last night the girls and I watched So You Think You Can Dance. I don’t remember ever watching that before. It was pretty good. There were some very good dancers. We would like to thank Red Lotus Mama for tempting us and now we are hooked.

Anyway, I have a busy day today. Lots to do. I just wanted to add a quick update and here is a nice picture to share.

A little lizard buddy we found on the trail in Big Bear

Things I Feel Like Writing About

So it has been a long week. I have tomorrow off. I am looking forward to it. It is also going to be Allison’s birthday. She is going to be 6. We got her a little gift. The other day David and I watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. You know what… I wasn’t too impressed. I mean, sure there was plenty of Brad Pitt, and that is always a good thing, but it was sad and left too many questions. It wasn’t a terrible movie, but I was disappointed. Today we are watching American Gangster. No Brad Pitt, but Denzel Washington isn’t too hard on the eyes either. Later, Carolynn and I are watching Fools’ Gold. (Matthew McConaughey is pretty hot too.)

Today they had award ceremonies for both girls at their schools. At the same time of course. David went to Carolynn’s and I went to Catherine’s. Carolynn got a Best Paw Forward award. I am not sure what that is for. Catherine got a Presidential Fitness award and a Perfect Attendance award. She was the only kid in her class to get a Perfect Attendance Award.

I forgot what else was going to say. So here is another Big Bear picture. This one is of the ski slopes.

Big Bear

Today we took a trip to Big Bear. We had a great time. I haven’t had such a nice day in a really long time. We started at the Big Bear Discovery Center. We took a look around there and went for a hike in the woods. We stopped and ate our picnic lunch. Then we took a nice drive around the lake. We stopped in the village and walked around and looked in a bunch of cute shops. Then we went for a hike by the lake. After we left there we stopped at Lake Arrowhead and walked around there. It was cute too. It was a fabulous day. Here are some pictures.

Here is everyone at the Discovery Center.

Gibby on the trail.

David and the girls by the lake.

Me, my dog, and the girls by the lake.

Lake Arrowhead Village