After packing up the camp site yesterday we took a selfie before heading home.

Pancake seemed to enjoy the camping, too. Lots of leaves to roll in and sticks to chew!

Now we are back in Texas we can go camping in December. It’s unseasonably warm, but still one of the best times of year to be outside in Texas.

Laura is setting up her new headphones.

Colin and I signed up for a virtual race with a “Charlie Brown Christmas” theme. We are doing some practice runs right now and hopefully will go do our “race” on the morning of Christmas Eve. Colin hasn’t done any running since his triathlon in early 2020 and did a great job with our first training session. We did run for 3 minutes, walk for 3 minutes, for a full 5 km.

Laura and I finished up our Nutcracker performances today. 2 very fun performances. A great group of people to be on stage with and directed by.

Cliff had to do his make-up to be Drosselmeyer in the Nutcracker. He was told to make it dramatic and emphasize his eyebrows.

Realized I posted photos of a dog without context for why she’s in our house.

Pancake was pulled out of the lake by our house 3 weeks ago. She was already limping but had enough energy to run away. Colin and I were walking to the lake and were asked to help catch her. Once caught we took financial responsibility to get her to the vet.

She had no identifying marks and seems to have been feral for most or all of her 4 month life. She was in bad shape and had fleas, ticks, intestinal issues, and a badly broken elbow.

The vet took her to their ranch for the amputation and to make sure she’s healthy. She joined us last Friday. She took to Colin right away and has slowly agreed that the rest of us might be ok too.

We don’t know if she’s a full time Trend yet, but she’s fun to have at the house right now.

This one is from Laura at camp this past summer, enjoying one of her daily rides.

This dog has definitely decided Colin is going to be her friend.