Tennis, anyone?

More friends from our past

Our old friend Alex came by last night and brought his 2 children with him. I think these kids are about as sweet as it gets here on earth..and come to think of it, when did OUR kids get so much bigger then THIS?

Bikee Time!!

Billy & Emily like to go bikin' around on summer evenings. I think Billy needs a pink helmet too.

Paly Class of 1977

Yes, I am really that old. I graduated 31 years ago. I belonged to a pretty fun class as it turns out: there is a reunion every year. Last year was a BIG one for our 30th. This year was just a very small group gathered at a park for a little picnic. I get to see one of my favorite people almost every year at this event: Emily. Emily helped keep me sane through my senior year and later she made my wedding dress. She had brown hair then. AMAZING how MY hair is still the same natural blond and hers is gray! =0)



This is Carol. I have many silly pictures of her at a sleep over at my house in 1969. She has not changed much.




Suzanne was a beautiful cheerleader in school who was diagnosed with MS at a fairly early age. She is there every year, and every year I see her, I take with me a big chunk of reality pie. She's not just the cliches about strength and tireless effort. She is a real person and she makes me feel stupid for complaining about anything, ever.
Here she is with Jon at the picnic.





We are almost 50 but we are still GROOVY!!!

Bonita

My younger sister decided it was dog time in her life. She was always a big cat person, as I am, but the tables have turned and now she is a doggie head. I have to admit as far as dogs go, this one is pretty appealing. I think the story is, she is a pure bred Hot Dog, but she has one tooth that kinda of jets out on one side so she has kind of an Elvis thing going on. Thank you, thank you very much.

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Pain in the Puzzle

My mom liked jigsaw puzzles and I have sort of continued the tradition of an occasional puzzle on the table. We started a 550 piece puzzle and soon realized it was pretty badly made. All kids of pieces fitting where pieces didn't REALLY belong. I became obsessed with defeating the enemy and finally finished it after about 4 days. Wonder why I cared??

SPARKLERS!!

I found some VERY old Sparklers in the cupboard. Wasn't sure if they would even light; some of them took their sweet time-but it was worth the wait!

Happy Fourth

Webkinz Rock!

If there is one thing we do NOT need in our house, it's one more stuffed animal....but when the new friend is a Webkinz...well, the hours of happiness for $13.99? Well worth it! Please note Webkinz pals on top of computer!

Quasirydo, the hunchback of Mountain View

How funny IS this??? I have the best son in the world. I am sure of it now.