The Panther!

I LOVE THIS CAR! I call him the Panther - it looks crouched & ready to pounce!!

I LOVE the stereo. Bose. Big ole subwoofer in there somewhere - you should hear the bass. In fact, you can FEEL the bass. :D

The Panther has a sunroof! And cruise control! And electronic seat adjustments! And TONS of room. AND TURBO! Love, love, love, love my new Panther.

Isn't he beautiful?! He's the nicest thing I've ever owned.

I switched insurance companies today too - was using Progressive and I called Darren's Allstate agent and he was able to get me better coverage for less. Makes me happy. Super nice guy too, he took the time to explain everything to me and didn't make me feel stupid at all.

Looks like I'll continue to be working OT!

Farewell to Kyle at the Airport

All good things must come to an end. Kyle (the big one) went back to Nebraska on Wednesday. We had a good time while he was here though.

Sean will be with us for another month. Next planned activity is blowing things up on the 4th - whoo-hoo!

Rare Mermaid spotted on the rocks at the jetty in Newport!

Can you tell I'm freezing my fins off?

Darren pilots a kite at Seal Rock

Look at that kite soar! My man - I'm so proud! :D

Okay, the kiting was a bomb, but the ocean was beautiful (although cold and windy that day) and a good time was had by all. I brought all the accoutrements to make a killer sand castle, but wussed out because of the weather. Now, of course, I wish I'd been tougher.

We went out to lunch at Georgies by the Sea... and ate HAMBURGERS. Shoulda had the halibut!

The Boys Are Back In Town!

Joyous Summer! Kyle and Sean are here - both of them have gotten even taller, if you can believe that! This is all of us at Sahalie Falls. Beautiful! We had a fun day exploring and posing.

Why it's called Sisters

The town is named Sisters for the mountains - they call them the "three sisters" - they are beautiful. Darren wants to climb the south one... I'm not sure about that. Something to shoot/train for I guess!! We also went to Smith Rock again - didn't have time to hike it so just strolled around and took a few pictures & watched the rock climbers.

Cabin at Sisters OR

These are pictures we took last weekend. The deer was right outside the sunporch of the cabin we stayed at. There's a few pics of the cabin too - we love that place and plan to go back this summer w/ the kids. Sisters is high desert and very similar to Flagstaff.