here are all the pics from our big bear trip, hope you enjoy!

big bear part 1

big bear part 2

big bear part 3

big bear part 4

big bear part 5

 

Posted by: Christopher
Saturday, November 25, 2006
tags: bigbear vacation

we all just got home, this being our last night we went to the movies. we saw deck the halls. i thought it was a great christmas movie, although its hard to watch anything with matthew broderick without thinking of ferris bueller . the best part is when danny devito sync'd his christmas lights with music using an ipod mixer. good stuff.

we are now back at the cabin watching numb3rs. i am editing all the pictures, cameron and joey are doing magic tricks with a deck of cards, heather is playing nintendo ds (which she has been doing the entire trip, i have lost her... again) and vicky just got back from gramma's cabin. we have the fire going strong, enjoying our last day in the mountains. not looking forward to tomorrow packing and cleaning. back to reality.

thank you mom for a wonderful trip. its been a fabulous week with lots of great memories.

 

Posted by: Christopher
Saturday, November 25, 2006
tags: bigbear vacation

literally, why is there so much static electricity in the mountains? i can't walk 3 feet with out shocking or being shocked. its not fun or pleasant, it freakin hurts!

happy birthday katrina, you are getting OLD!! hope you have a great day

 

Posted by: Christopher
Friday, November 24, 2006
tags: bigbear vacation

happy thanksgiving everyone! i just got done stuffing my face and i can barely move now. we had all the favorites: mashed potatoes, green beans, fruit salad (yummy yummy), some very scary looking candied yams, ham, bread, butter and of course smoked turkey. next up pie, pie and more pie!

i am thankful for many many things... one, my wife and i have a very strong and successful relationship. we are very connected and i love that. things have never been better between us and everyday it gets better, she is the woman of my dreams. i am thankful for my three wonderful children. that they are very healthy and strong. that they are doing very well in school. i am thankful for my mother and how she keeps us all together, i love you very much mom. i am thankful that things are just going so well right now. i pray that god looks over us and keeps us strong.

well i guess i should go see if there is anything i need to do, like purge myself to get ready for pie. happy thanksgiving everyone, i hope that your day is as great as ours.

 

Posted by: Christopher
Thursday, November 23, 2006
tags: bigbear vacation

today we woke up late got ready and finally headed out to go fishing about 11:30. we must have tangled our lines about 20 times, we scott spent more time untangeling the lines then we scott actually did fishing. none of us weren't patient enough to keep the lines in the water and after 2 hours finally gave up not catching one fish. oh well, it was an experience to say the least.

afterwards we went to the grocery store to buy food for a bbq. chicken, steak, corn, potatoes, salad and some hot dogs. dinner was great, the hot dogs were the best! i am such a great chef. mom made margarita's and pina colada's. afterwards we made cookies and played the new yatzee game where katrina won, heather won but joey was the biggest winner winning three times! cameron, trevor and vicky all slept at gramma's cabin. i slept with joey in his room. when we woke up he said dad they're all liars you don't snore! maybe its a conspiracy.

 

Posted by: Christopher
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
tags: bigbear vacation

again we woke up to a cabin full of kids. i snore to much so i have to sleep on the couch :( its so damn hot because the heater is in the living room and my mouth dries out to the point where i can't barely swallow. poor me.

we went shopping today and got old time pictures taken. we did this the last time we were all in big bear together about 6 years ago. we must have been in the "studio" for 3 hours where i had to hear every story our photographer had about clint eastwood and the series bonaza. i think we were the only customer this guy has seen in a long time. it wasn't easy to get 10 people all in costume and for everybody to keep their eyes open. i was the problem twice! bummer. oh well, finally finished. afterwards we went to k-mart to buy fishing poles so scott, the kids and i could all go fishing early in the morning.

 

Posted by: Christopher
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
tags: bigbear vacation

$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0today we woke up to a cabin full of kids. we all got dressed went to starbucks and then we went bowling, where i kicked everyone's a**, yes i am good i know. afterwards we went back to the cabins, watched the divinci code which was pretty good. obviously not as good as the book but good none the less.$0$0after some much needed rest, we went to the cowboy express for dinner. i had the pork ribs joey had steak and i don't remember what anybody else had but from what i gather it was pretty tastey. its not that cold up here, well its cold but not cold enough to make snow. at night it gets in the high 20's, during the day it gets in the mid 60's. as the week progresses its supposed to get colder but i don't think cold enough for them to make snow.$0

 

Posted by: Christopher
Monday, November 20, 2006
tags: bigbear vacation