April 10, 2021: First kayak trip of the year

Jessica asked us if we could set up a kayaking trip for her and Seb, and their good friends, Pam and Keith Tracey, who live on the west side. This would be a fun double date for the four of them--even with me and Mike in the mix. 

Mike with the Tracey's and the Dunlap's before launching our kayaks

Pam Tracey and Jessica

Keith Tracey

The Tracey's and Jess

Keith really enjoyed kayaking and was very sociable

Mike in his "chili pepper" kayak--his favorite

Mike and Keith

There's my honey again

Seb and Jess enjoying the Rio Grande River

Our Seb on the mirky brown river

We love these two!

Keith Tracey

Our Jessica Dunlap

Cute friend Pam Tracey

Great kayaking photos of Keith and Jessica (below)

Me on the river in a straw hat

Beautiful daughter Jessica, excited to try out our "dream sickle" kayak

Spring 2021: Spring photo dump

Our lovely dainty Daffodils in the courtyard stayed strong and resilient through each snowfall this year and bloomed in late March. They make me happy!

This photo of me was taken 41 years ago while I was still living at home with my parents and siblings--13 months before Mike and I were married

March 28th: It's our 40th wedding anniversary today! Mike took this picture of me on one of our first dates together. This was taken in West Yellowstone just three days after we met.

Our wedding announcement photo taken at
Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Utah in February 1981

Our wedding photo taken at our Idaho Falls reception

This sweet photo was taken at Sundance Ski Resort in Provo Canyon,
Utah in December 1982 when I was 8 months pregnant with Jared

March 28th: Sofia's birthday is also on our wedding anniversary, so we celebrated her 3rd birthday on our special day this year

Blowing out her candles on a tasty cherry cheesecake

Cute little birthday girl

Brother Beau acting cool

Anniversary and Easter cards this year

I got my first and second COVID-19 vaccines here at the
Presbyterian clinic on San Mateo Blvd in the Far Northeast Heights

This spring, we moved this buffet hutch away from
the dining table to an adjacent, vacant wall

I added some red accents to our first
living room and placed the rug at a diagonal 

I found this cute little olive tree at the At Home store for the dining area

This new 9'x12' "Infinity Shag" rug (in a linen color) is so soft and huge!

I keep switching the accent blankets around on the sofas and chair to see

what combination looks better in the main living room.

A new larger, king size comforter for our queen sized bed

Our cute little courtyard cafe set from Wayfair (cheaply made furniture)

Lovely flowering trees near the Mariposa Basin Park on the west side

Jess has a green thumb like her Grandma Joy Hobbs!

Lovely pink blossoms in my mom's front yard

Sleeping beauty in our bed. Love this little Sofie!

April 11th: We were invited to celebrate Everett Tsosie's 3rd birthday in his backyard with his mother Valerie's friends and family. Val was married to Everett II who passed away from stomach cancer when little Everett was still a baby. It was the saddest thing for his family.

October 31st, 2018: These precious photos were taken on baby Everett's first Halloween when he was six months old, when his parents dropped by to pay us a visit at our Cranbrook home.