December 2012

January 1, 2013

December is a rather busy month for us.  Jim's birthday was the 3rd.........so we had a campfire and invited all of the neighbors.


Dec 3rd campfire.



Then on the 13th was our wedding anniversary.  No campfire that night, but we took a trip to Lake Havasu City.  This is where they keep the London Bridge....
The reason for the trip was to get the dog her food.  Lake Havasu was the closest PetSmart.  What we do for our pets!!!





On the 20th we had the campfire for the End of the World Celebration......



End of the World Celebration campfire!!!

On the 22nd was Cassie's (our daughter) birthday.  Now get this, she is 36 for the year of 2013, I am 63.  Get it 36 and 63.  Pretty cool uh?  This mathematical phenomena happened when she was 14 and I was 41 and will happen again when she is 58 and I will be 85 (if I live that long).  This is a product of waking up in the middle of the night and couldn't go back to sleep!!




On the 23rd was my birthday, no campfire, but we did go out to dinner with a group of friends to the Quartzsite Yacht Club.  Check out their web site at www.quartzsiteyachtclub.com.  On their home page is a song about "Hi Jolly".  It is such a hoot.  You can also read the reason why the place is called the Quartzsite Yacht Club.

Jim, Pat, Nick, Christina, Me, Sue and Pete.
(Your eyes are not fuzzy, camera was.)

Then Pete participated in the Karaoke part of the program....

Pete didn't do to bad, just the rest of the participants couldn't carry a
tune in a bucket.

On the 27th we were invited to  "Christmas Dinner" at Jan & Glen's campsite, and again a campfire....



Christmas campfire!


Then on December 31st.....you guessed it, a campfire!!!!!



New Years Eve campfire!!

 As you can see there is a pattern to this desert lifestyle.  It is just a great way to get the neighbors together and chat.  Campfires usually start about 5:30 and go until 7:30, then everyone goes back into their campers and retires for the evening.  Seriously, everyone is usually in bed by 9 PM, some even sooner than that.

We also did some of this....




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Wheeeeeee!!!!

















Now that 2012 is over and we are faced with a new year, we wish all of our family and friends a happy and healthy new year.

Life is a journey...enjoy it.

The best to all of you,

Barb, Jim and Abby