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- Dec. 2017 – Christmas morning
- The day after mess (and dancing?)
- The ever-morphing kitchen and dining room (see last picture below for same shot in Dec 2018)
- February -Klondike scout competition with Alex, Eric and troop
- The troop trying to stay warm back at Camp
- March – Solar panels getting installed + new deck
- The boys helping to take apart the kitchen
- The hardwood floors being extended into new dining room and other places it wasn’t before
- Alex running a leg of the 4 x 800 relay
- Eric leading the pack in the hurdles
- Eric high jumping
- The boys at the top of A-basin with Keystone to the right beyond and Breckenridge on each side of Eric’s helmet.
- April – Outdoor soccer has begun. Eric about to boot it!
- Alex running the relay in the Kansas Relays in Lawrence,KS.
- Into the final straightaway
- Visiting with Grandma Lola in Kansas City after the track meet
- Exploring the beach in San Clemente, CA
- Niece Marissa & Bryan’s wedding in Temecula, CA
- Cleaned up for the wedding!
- Exploring Temecula with Grandma Nancy
- May – Alex’s 16th birthday
- Alex with a ton of academic awards (again!)
- Mother’s Day gifts
- Alex receives his temp. driver’s license
- Alex sorting through 1000’s of coins to fuel his love of coin collecting
- Sisters dropped in for Nephew Jackson’s graduation from High School
- June – Michelle placing in a local 5k race.
- Janaye’s 20th birthday
- Michelle’s birthday celebration (wine & fireball!) Note our redneck window shade!
- Scout summer camp. The troop celebrates winning the big relay race!
- The entire troop back at camp – Eric is the one with the goofy look and a brother on his back!
- Bicycling class for Eric and Alex.
- July – Michelle (blue tank top in middle) gets ready for the start of the local July 4th race.
- The annual 4th fireworks at the local golf course.
- Me and Alex canoeing in the boundary waters, Minnesota.
- Cruising down smooth water
- Taking a short stroll through Canada
- Needing rescue after swamping canoe in rapids
- A beautiful setting for the outhouse (without the house) called the “grumper”
- Michelle competing in the Camp Gladiator fitness games
- Janaye on a mission trip to Jamaica with her church – admiring a pygmy pineapple
- August – Back to college for Janaye and a new apartment/roomies
- Alex competing in blind rubik’s cube in Pueblo, CO.
- September – Alex and scouts working on his Eagle project – a shed for the local church
- Siblings Bill and Leslie (& Jimmy) visiting for Niece Tierney’s wedding
- Tierney, Marianne, Bill, Mom, Michelle and Jimmy having dinner at Jim and Sandy’s before the wedding
- Tripp and Tierney’s beautiful wedding in Denver
- Tripp and Tierney with Mom the flower girl
- Dressed up again Niece’s wedding # 2 for 2018
- The backyard blackberries keep giving and giving!!
- On a hike at the annual Pingree Park outing with Eric’s School
- An aerial shot of some of the Fall colors at Sky Ranch
- Stopping to have lunch with Janaye on the way back from the mountains
- Had to stop in the Stanley when in Estes especially since it was the day before our anniversary!
- Eric’s 14th birthday attempting to blow out candles that re-light!
- Eric going up for a shot, playing for Flagstaff Academy
- Alex running a 5K in their regional championship
- Alex holding their 2nd place trophy (missed 1st place by 1 point)
- Alex and team warming up before the Cross Country State Championships
- Same angle as the first kitchen shot from a year ago. Still have to paint,backspash,etc….