shot of the babies at 3yrs

this what happen t this shirt when u put it in the sun
the colors come out

the solar shirt without sun on it

Going south

My son Daniel told us about this "giant pair of legs" in the middle of a field in Amarillo, so of course we had to find it! There is a reason the artist put them here, actually. There was a building here way back, apparently a very pretty one, and after it fell to ruin, Mary Shelley, the author of "Frankenstein", wrote a poem about the ruins and says in the poem that all that remains is "a giant pair of legs."

Would you believe this is a cast of the only known Tyrannosaurus Rex footprint? This is at Sugarite Canyon State Park near Raton, New Mexico. Imagine that! The footprint was found on that land. As you can see, the footprint is from Jan's feet to her waistline. Rather awe-inspiring, don't you think?

Here are Jan and our precious babies taking a walk at Sugarite Canyon State Park.

No, we didn't manage to escape the snow before we got south! Here is what we saw out our window one morning in Colorado. The lake behind our trailer was frozen over as well. Time to head south!!!

Our visit to CSU

our friends VIc and Dee

the flower there are so beautiful

Bubby's birthday party

We celebrated Jan's birthday with our good friends Vic and Dee Lucas at a lovely restaurant in Loveland called Sofia's Bistro. We met Vic and Dee when we were both working at the Hell Hole in Maryland, so we've been through a lot together.

Jan is looking at her birthday card from Vic and Dee. It was a nice evening with good food and good conversation. Does it get any better than that?

Just Some Fun Photos

We got together in Boulder with four of our Boomer friends, which is always fun. In the foreground is John and Julie Black, who live nearby (but a world away) in the mountains above Denver. It's always cool at their house! Kathy and Loren Webster were visiting them. Kathy and Loren have both had major health issues in the past few years, so we were VERY happy to see them looking well.

Do you remember how Jan's wedding rings got too tight, and I had to cut them off? Well, we finally got around to taking them to a jeweler for repair and resizing. She says they look better now than they did 13 years ago, because the jeweler really shined them up.

The girls, Sophie and Hannah, LOVE to wear the tutus their mommy made for them. They swirl around the living room until dizziness makes them hit the floor. Jan says they are doing the "Downward Facing Dog" yoga position.

Here they are "swirling" with their delighted grandparents looking on. Sophie is in the pink and Hannah is wearing purple.

A Happy Birthday Day!

It was the twins' 2nd birthday, and we had a great time at Lisa and Craig's place. Sophie just woke up and still has her sleepy eyes.

When little girls are 2, they don't need expensive presents. Proof? Hannah is playing with an empty diaper box! Sophie was being comforted by Daddy after a boo-boo.

Three of the beautiful women in my life -- my daughter Lisa, my ex-wife Nancy Krantz, and Jan.

Little Hannah and her empty box. It doesn't get any better than this!

Yarn Shop!

Jan's absolute favorite way to spend a day is browsing through a yarn shop, so one day we went out to lunch with our friends Vic and Dee Lucas; and lo and behold, there was a yarn shop in the same shopping center! See you in a couple hours, Jan!

A Nice Hot Day in Colorado

Yes, it might have been hot down in Loveland, but up here in Rocky Mountain National Park, it's another story! This wall of snow is taking its good old time to melt, as you can tell by the fact that there is graffiti on it!

The beautiful Rocky Mountains, as seen out our truck window on the way up to the summit in Rocky Mountain National Park.

This is in Loveland, heading towards the mountains. They call this "The Front Range" in Colorado, and the nice thing is, you can always tell which direction is west! We can see this view from our campground as well.

Meanwhile, here is a fun way to spend a warm day in Loveland, Colorado. I think these water parks are great! You can get cooled off but you know that no-one is going to drown!

The World's Largest Steam Engine

Cheyenne has a really lovely downtown park, and on display in that park is "The Big Boy", one of the largest steam engine trains. You can read this information board, I think, but you can't really "get" how big it is till you stand next to it.

I had to stand pretty far back in order to get the whole train in the frame, but that's Jan taking a look at it. Pretty impressive, eh?

A Visit to Boulder and Cheyenne

This guy was parked and his little dog was just SO INTERESTED in what was going on! It's like he was saying, "Hey, whassup?"

At the train depot in downtown Cheyenne, which is all restored with a big plaza out front, there are lots of big boots, saddles, etc. Cheyenne is a great cowboy town!

.. . . which would lead you to believe that Boulder is a pig town! It's not. Their entire downtown area is a pedestrian mall with lots of shops, restaurants, and art galleries. I guess this qualifies as art, I don't know.

Here is my beautiful wife in the pedestrian mall in Boulder. How can you tell that it's not a weekend, but a week day? The fact that there are NOT 20,000 people milling around. This place is a ZOO on weekends.

Having fun with the grandkids