2012 thus far

January: Bakersfield has some great bike paths!  Tim got Brennan a bike for Christmas and Brennan got Tim a bike for his birthday so they are looking  forward to a healthy year!  Tim’s family comes down to Bakersfield and help Tim and Brennan ring in the New Year at their friends, Kenny and Darla Thompson! 

February:  Tim and Brennan take their first trip over to San Luis Obispo, CA and enjoy spending time with Jon George, Caity Stack and a whole crowd of great kids!

March:  California High School Sate Wrestling Meet is held in Bakersfield!  Tim’s Dad comes down and they all enjoy 2 intense days of wrestling meets.  Tim works a week away in Fresno and has two weeks of an Advanced Climbing Course in Livermore.  Seanna surprises Brennan with a plane ticket to fly out to Arkansas and surprise all the family!  They have a great time all together in Arkansas.

April:  Preparations for church convention in Buttonwillow, CA start, Tim and Brennan enjoy many sweet days with great friends.  Tim and Brennan are happy to get a call from Donovan George and Kayla Pappas, saying they are engaged!

May:  Tim passes his final tests and becomes a permanent employee and Apprentice Lineman with PG and E!  Now they know they will be in Bakersfield for the next 5 years at least.    While Brennan is at a baby shower for a friend, Tim climbs Mount Whitney with some of his buddies.  Tim and Brennan take a trip to Brookings, OR and get to be with all of Tim’s family!

June:  Tim works out of town due to a huge wind storm.  Tim and Brennan celebrate their 3^rd wedding anniversary (yes already!)  They have been 3 wonderful years!  Tim leaves for his 1^st Apprentice class in Livermore.  For the next 4 years (apprenticeship), every 6 months, Tim will go for a month of training in Livermore and a month of transmission line work (wherever needed.) 

July/August:  Brennan drives up to Yreka, CA and attends the Grow Ramey Family Reunion!  Tim gets to come up for the weekend of the reunion!  It is a wonderful event w/ wonderful people and beautiful country surrounding them.  It is held “down river” near Seiad Valley, Ca.  Brennan gets to stay with her parents in Yreka, stops one night in Redding to see Grandma Grow before she reaches Livermore. 

Tim and Brennan meet up with Evan, Katlyn, Ryan, Donovan and Kayla and spend a day in San Francisco and a day in Walnut Creek, CA.  

Tim comes back home, in time to leave for his transmission line work, leaving a yard in Tracy, CA and working for 2 weeks in Chico, CA.  A fire is near by, causing no visibility for the helicopters to take lineman up to hard to access poles.  On Saturday, August 4th  the fire is 2,500 acres and 5 percent contained….on Monday, August 6th the fire has grown to 10,000 acres and 0 percent contained, this is why the pictures are so hazy.   Tim will be finishing up transmission line work in Santa Rosa, CA on August 24th.

Tim's brother, Thomas, was united with his partner Robert, during a ceremony overlooking the ocean in Brookings, OR.  It was a beautiful day.  We love them very much.  Brennan is at home talking to mortgage lenders and realtors, trying to find a good home/deal.  It is a tight market in Bakersfield, CA, with the banks holding onto homes.  Brennan also is bicycling, up to 16 miles a day in 1 hour and 16 minutes!