These are pictures from this weekend. Dad turned 78 yesterday (9/29). Click on the first one of Alyssa so it gets big - it is a really beautiful picture of her blue eyes!



This is Alyssa at the football game Friday night (9/28/07). It was a little chilly so she wore a hat (sometimes). Before the game was over, the skies opened up and it rained really hard. We were completely soaked by the time we got to the car. It was pretty funny to watch everyone running. No one was prepared for rain!
Dad and Mom with Dad's birthday cake.
Alyssa in front of the fireplace in her church clothes.
Lys with her scooter.

These are pictures from the month of September. Vic and I took Alyssa to the State Fair on Labor Day. That was after Lys and I participated in a 5 K (we walked - well I piggybacked her a lot of the way). It was a hot day, but we had fun.

On 9/15/07 we helped can tomatoes at the cannery. It is quite a process and you feel good afterwards - the canned food goes to help the needy and also for disasters as well as available for purchase. We thought that the best part was the new must have fashion accessory - the HAIRNET! I guess it is one of the great equalizers....no one looks good in them!

This past week was homecoming at Lincoln. Letty played in the powder puff football game on Wed 9/19. We never get rain that early - but this year it POURED! We were all soaked! She was also on the Jr. float. Lincoln High School is celebrating it's 100 year anniversary. After the game (we beat Gridley 35-0) was the dance.
Lys with a baby kangaroo
Vic and Lys at the Golden Bear
Vic and Judd at the cannery as Quality Assurance
Letty and I at the cannery (this one is a little blurry)
Letty and some of her friends at the cannery.
Letty & Mikael after the powder puff game
Letty on the float
All the girls that got ready together - Emily, Jenna, Kelsey, Letty, Mikael and Sarah
Letty dressed for the homecoming dance - isn't she cute??

August 2007

Vic is on the Advisory Board for Northern CA Special Olympics. They do an annual fundraiser where you can buy a rubber ducky for $5. They take them to the Sacramento River and using front loaders they dump them in the river to "race" down. It raised over $150,000. We got to go on a short river cruise and then watch the duck race. Chrissy, Letty and Alyssa went with us.
We went to a "duck" fundraiser for special olympics. This is Lys and I with the duck on the ship.
This is all of us with the big duck.
Letty and Lys at the roller skating rink.
Letty on the first day of school - they were having a rally so she had to wear her cheerleading uniform.
Letty cheering at Blue and Gold night at the stadium on 8/30/07.