Sunsets. Walla Walla has beautifully colored sunsets.
The track...I should have walked more!
'Life Trails' just added to track, cool!
The 'cht, cht, cht' of the big sprinklers going round and round.
Playful squirrels and
Tall shady trees everywhere
Lilo enjoying the back yard
The back yard,
Transplanting roses, lilacs and rhododendrons from Caryns'.
Watching their little tiny house evolve into a bigger home.
Flowers. (The Hispanics have the most magnificent gardens.)
Gardening and adding flowers to the back yard.
Huge tomato plants I have! Lots of blossoms.
Last years' voluntary pumpkin vine with Two pumpkins for Oliver's first Halloween!
Weird bunker architecture of school.
My work. I did it. Successfully. Hard work.
Learned a lot about being a special education teacher.
Two-faced, melodramatic principal.
Devoted assistants.
Learning to love the children and their quirks.
Delighting over their learning new ways of coping.
Grief over losing original assistant injured in car accident.
Supportive teachers' union president and reps.
Relief upon resigning.
Fence knocked down by powerful windstorm.
Dust storms.
Snow, two feet of it.
Ice not removed from school parking lot. No broken bones or car accidents.
Physical work-out of shoveling it out of driveway every day for 2 weeks.
Exhilarating, yet exhausting...good exercise!
Sunshine! Lots of it!
Hot weather, air conditioning.
Safe warm house. Continued support by home owner!
Oliver. Oliver. Oliver.
Joy in watching him be born and grow.
The smell of his baby-ness.
The soft touch of his roly-poly baby skin.
His learning curve.
His likes and dislikes.
His smiles and giggles.
His trucks lined up in the window.
His delight and gentleness with kitties.
His learning to play in the water.
How he loves balls.
Playing with him on the park playgrounds!
Even his stinky diapers!
How he loves grandma and calls me MMa-ma (sometimes Ba-ma)
His imaginative play with trucks and trains.
His ability to function successfully in a restaurant at a young age.
His soul/heart warming hugs and kisses.
His cute little feet for which I was privileged to buy him new shoes.
His delight in looking out a car window.
His recognition of grandma's house when we drove near.
His recognition of the toy store when we drove past.
His delight in homemade pizza and fruit shakes!
His ability to baby sign.
His love of Sabbath School and participation even with putting toys away.
His love of me singing to him.
His soft little head and face on my shoulder, his warm little body snuggled against mine as I sang him to sleep.
Watching him play in the bathtub.
His attempts to sing along at church and at naps/bedtime.
His slow but steady ability to sit during church and delight in the music.
Watching him enjoy music with dancing, singing, and clapping.
Watching him sign and say /more/.
Being there to watch Oliver eat his first corn on the cob.
Watching him push his jeep (rather than ride it) around the block.
Watching and hearing him enjoy his first snowcone and ice cream. /Cold!/
Watching Caryn become a magnificent mother as she worked through the exhaustion.
Thankful I could be there for her.
Getting to know Ethan and appreciating what a wonderful husband and truly outstanding father he is.
Enjoying our comings and goings to each others' homes.
Enjoying Family.
Sitting in church with family.
Listening to magnificent music from choirs, orchestra, string ensembles, pipe organ.
Thankful to be in such a beautiful House of God, letting my weekly stress dissipate.
Walla Walla County Fair
Onion Festival
Balloon Stampede
Ducky Derby
Caledonian Games
Always going with family and watching one sweet little boy enjoy it all.
