Our Photo shoot at the beach

Last Sunday we met Veronika Duty at Leo Carillo Beach to have some family pictures taken. We had such a fun evening playing on the beach as the sun set. I anxiously awaited the slide show of the pictures to be posted. The following Sunday I got word the slide show was ready. OH MY GOSH! I am thrilled at the final product. She did such a wonderful job capturing our family. I now have the tough job of deciding which pictures to choose. The above pictures are a small sampling of what she took. She has a web site where there are many beautiful pictures she has taken, http://www.veronikadutyphotography.com/ . If you are interested in booking a shoot you can reach her on this web site or her # is 805-410-0631. Let her know you saw her info on my blog please.

Home Girls

This is Kendyll and her homey Drew dressed up like boys. They had so many giggles and had a hard time keeping a straight face.

Our Award Winning Photographers

Kendyll won a 1st place ribbon for this shot of Kolby.
Kasey won 2nd place for this one of Elway hugging his ball.

He got 2nd for this one also.

Kasey and Kendyll took a few photographs around the house and entered them into the Kids Expo at the Ventura County Fair. They were so proud seeing them displayed on the wall of the exibition hall. We are so proud of them.

Lake Shasta Vacation

This was our beautiful cove on Lake Shasta. We spent a week with The Becker 5 and the Stephenson 5. There were 6 adults and 9 kids.
The Shasta Dam was so cool. We took a walking tour on our last day. We weren't allowed to bring a camera so this is all you get. It was amazing to see the dam from the other side. We saw the energy turbines and walked inside the walls.

An action shot of Kasey jumping from the roof of the houseboat.

We went on a day cruise to discover what the lake had to offer. We packed a lunch and headed out for a few hours. It was beautiful.

Enjoying Happy Hour on the roof.

Our houseboat had a jacuzzi on the roof. Here is Ken, Butch, Cassie, Natalie and Kate having a little soak.

Due to the huge fires in Northern California, the fire service parked the planes at the marina. This plane flew over our houseboat, very low, many times. It was unbelievable how low and slow it could fly. Kind of bitter sweet to enjoy the plane knowing it was there to fight terrible fires.

While on the trip we celebrated Russ' 40th birthday. We had a luau spaghetti dinner and sang to him. This is our group shot (thanks Michelle). We are holding a local newspaper so we can send it in as a vacation shot.

Here is the giant taking off after scooping up more water.

The not so happy ending to our story. On our way home, thankfully the last 7 miles (thanks God) our trailer springs broke. We had to have the boat towed to a trailer shop to be fixed. It couldn't have been a better place. We had just finished a 350 miles drive that included a trip up and down the Grapevine. We are so glad it didn't happen in the middle of nowhere or on the Grapevine amoungst the big semis. All is well and we had a Great trip.