Lava Lake

This is Lava Lake. It is about 24 miles from our house.

We went up for a couple hours and Chris (and Carly!) fished from the bank of the lake. Unfortunately, he didn't catch anything.

But, there were fish in the lake because the Osprey was having luck diving into the water and coming up with a morsel.

Then he flew over us to brag to Chris about his catch.

Bedding down for the night...

The Mama deer and her 2 babies chose our driveway to bed down for the night last night!

These aren't the best photos, but keep in mind they were taken from our living room window and we didn't want to scare them away... But aren't they sweet??

We fled California because of Gang Violence - It's finally come to Bend!

Check out the link below for the terrorfying story! Time to move to Alaska!

Bend Magazine, Vacuum Salespeople Fight - News Story - KTVZ Bend

Past Due Posting!

I've been so bad about posting things on the blog lately. I will try to do better.

What I have been meaning to post were pictures of Chris's family that came up from California for Meghan's graduation. Grandma, Pappa, Keith and Beaux came up to see her graduate and got to see a little of our beautiful Central Oregon.

Meghan and Michael were so happy to see Grandma & Pappa! And Michael was especially happy to have Keith in person to play video games with (instead of playing Xbox over the internet with him). Beaux is such a cute little boy, it definitely made me remember how active a little boy can be! It's been so long since Meghan & Michael were that age :(

Meghan is a High School Graduate!

Getting her diploma! And she didn't even trip walking up with heels!

Isn't she pretty?

With the family :)

Pleeeeeeze! Can I sleep with you????

Chris said "Um, honey... I think we have a problem..."

I blinked and January is nearly over!

We have had a couple weeks of gorgeous weather - no snow since New Year's Eve. But today we finally got about 6 inches. Generally, we complain about the snow, but today it was beautiful.

This is the biggest set of beads that I've ever made. It is a custom order for a regular customer/friend who is doing a set of 6 bracelets for a wedding. These kept me busy for a few days.

This is the first successful "Pandora" style bead that I made with my silver-coring tool. I am now able to line the hole of the bead with sterling silver. These beads are pretty popular right now, and even the major jewelry store chains (Jared, Harry Ritchie's, etc...) are selling them.