My mom was coming to Cali one day last week for Becky's baby shower on Saturday. She asked me Thursday night if I could come up with a Halloween costume and put it together for her before she left on Sunday morning!

After some thought I started sewing.

and mother nature she became. She had a great time at her singles party and everyone loved her outfit. I even got paid well in the deal. Thanks Mom, love ya.

Baby Shower

A Baby shower for Becky and Rylee!

Becky's mom and sister threw this lovely Shower at their home.

We played lots and lots of games! So Fun!!!!

I even won the dirty diaper game. I know my candy:)

They got lots of great gifts from all their family and friends.

Toms showing

This is my cousin Thomas (Tom) Trivitt. Last night my brother Richard and I went to his art showing in downtown Los Angeles-China Town.

The invite! That was mailed on the 14th for his show on the 18th! Need to work on that on cuz.





We had dinner at hop li. Some very good food!!!!

This is the art gallery.
people looking at the lovely works of art.

Shots of Los Angeles sky line from out side the gallery. Looking down Hill St.

Richard and I had a very nice evening. The best part was that I also got to see my Cousin Nancy, her son and her new boy friend. I was so happy to see her I never got any pictures of them. Hope to see them again soon.

Trip to the vet!

This is Drew, She is Meghan's dog.

This week she turns 7 years old which makes her a senior citizen according to our vet.

She has been a bit under the weather this last week so I took her in to see the doc.

She is showing her age! She has arthritis and a calcium build up on her nose.

The build up looks like a scab and is not appealing to look at.

Now I have to put her on a new diet, give her pills, and cream her nose twice a day.

The things we do for our kids.

I mean my daughter not the dog.

Oh ya, I also have to pay the bill!!!!

Hair cut

I had not had my hair cut and colored sense May. It was time!!!!

This is the place I've been getting my hair done for about 4 years.

Kind of Goth

This is Mary my hair dresser. Yes her hair is GREEN. I've seen it bright pink, Blue, Black with Purple highlights, Lavender, orange and light pink over the years. Never a regular color. I have never been unhappy with her work on my hair. Great color and it always feels so good after she is done. She knows I hate hair spray and never presses me to let her use it like my old hair dresser always did. She is just great.

This is Mary's station.

This is my cut. Thanks Mary

My Friend

Liz Dobbs Favela has been one of my best friends for over 42 years. The day my family moved in next door to her family on a little cul de sac , May 11, 1966. She ran up to me in the front yard and puffed up her chest and said I'm going to be 7 this week! How old are you?

She has been a part of my life sense. We have had our good times and our bad, yet we still share a wonderful bond.

We try and get together at least once a month. Not always easy to do but well worth the effort. Love ya Liz.

Trip to D.C.

Gary took me on a trip to D.C. for our 28th anniversary.

We had two days before his work obligation's began and two days after. The day we flew in was the same day tropical storm Hannah hit town.

This shot of the storm front was taken from the plane.

Shorty after we landed it started to rain and blow very hard. The drive from Dulles to DuPont circle was kind of scary. Having flown in on a red eye flight, and being awake much longer then we should, we made it safely to our first hotel. Were they informed us our room would not be ready until 2:00pm. With it raining so hard we couldn't go out and do anything so we sat in the lobby all day. I was way to sleepy to take any shots of the storm. Lets just say being a California girl I had never seen so much rain and wind in such a short time.

These shot are from our room the day after the storm.

This is the Gaylord! Our accommodations for Gary's business portion of our trip. It was like being out side when you were really in side. I found that I did not like the feeling much. Like being in a glass cage.

Looking up!

Looking back at the rooms.

Looking out to the river.

Zoom of the bridge.

Looking down from the lobby.

The photos of the crystal cube below do not do it justice. I found it to be mesmerizing. I just sat in the lobby one day when Gary was in a meeting and lost my self in it.

One evening we took a walk on the shore line and found this guy buried in the sand. It was way cool. I somehow lost the rest of the shots with his arm, knee and foot? (I'm new at this camera thing) The whole sculpture was really very big. Like 50 yards long!

The best part of the trip was getting to go to Camden Yards! It's too bad the O's lost.

The last place we stayed was downtown and Very old, clean yet quite unique.

Kelly, on the day I toured alone I went to some art museums wishing you were there to see it all with me.