On the Road

We spent this morning at the Grand Canyon. The North Rim is closed in the winter but we traipsed through the snow to see the wonder of the canyon from the South Rim. We held on tight to the dogs; it is very far down to the river!

The TeePees in the Painted Desert of New Mexico

Petrified Forest National Park, NM is full of these trees turned into rock. The top picture is looking at a cross section. The bottom picture is of a fallen tree.

A few of my favorite recent pictures

The world is a wondrous place

Julia with her grandparents - us and Leanne and Dennis Taylor

Julia and JB figuring it all out



Dan at work

It's not really about the book! (We missed you JoAnne)

Krista and Becky at Thanksgiving

With Jim and Karen Moore in Utah (sorry about the anorexic looking picture)



Gary and Dan

Linda Judy and Penny on vacation

Krista and Lyrica

Matt and Elizabeth joined us for a day in the mountains

Becky Scott and Julia in San Francisco

Kari and Kalen's visit in Ohio

The Komen team in San Francisco

I'm not spoiled! I'm not! I'm not! I'm not!

Fond memories

What will we miss most when we move:

• Being close enough to Dan and Krista so that we can enjoy frequent visits and celebrate family events together.

• Our extended family through Dennis and Leanne Taylor, and Elizabeth and Matt. Thank you so much for including us in your lives. We love you all as family.

• Our good friends - you know who you are. We will always have the welcome light burning for you, no matter where we are.

• Our professional lives. Although retirement is wonderful, it is great to look back on careers fulfilled. Each one of my students has a special place in my heart.

• Our home on Laura Court. So many of our memories center there. We are glad that a wonderful family will continue to fill the home with love and life. We will never find neighbors we cherish as much as we do you. Laura Court Ladies, you rock!

• The very capable medical professionals who helped us navigate through some pretty terrifying times.

• The focus of California in our life. It took us many years to adjust to the very idea of California: the Valley, the Sierras, the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco and Los Angeles, palm trees and citrus trees, the architecture, fences, tri-tip, the weather, the western sense of history and culture. After so long, these have come to mark our place in the world and will continue to be a major part of who we are as we move on.