We went to Frisco (1.5 hours SW of Boulder) and spent the night at Patti's parent's condo. John et al. & Patti et al. met us up there. No time for downhill skiing, we went for a walk instead. It was really good to spend some time with Patti, Jim, Emily & John, Floye, Mae. Patti and I have been best friends since jr. high school and I met John in band camp right before high school started (YES - marching band camp!!!).
We took turns dragging Emily on the sled.
And Mae in her sled.
We brought some moose roasts for dinner. Emily helped us put the spices on it. John is in the background, fixing the blender so he & Patti could have their margaritas.
Floye & baby Mae
Tuco begging for attention
Mae is only 5 mo - look at the amount of hair!
Dave enjoyed playing with Emily's toys - especially this magnadoodle
the ladies enjoyed playing with Mae
Mae - you can't choose your parents...!! HAH! no, really, she's got a great set of parental units.
bat baby! Mae seemed to really like viewing life upside down.
Mae also likes to bounce a lot. So much that, as to quote John, '..might prevent other babies from being produced'
We saw Bighorn Sheep on the drive up and down! They blended into their habitat extremely well. Can you find them?
some blow-ups of the photos revealed some sheep:
My parents really enjoyed having Porter & Emma around. My mom and her grand-puppies!!
My dad says that in a former life, mom must have been a squirrel. We will never starve at their house. And we are never able to find anything in the fridge but my mom seems to remember where everything is. Loading the fridge is like playing a game of tetris. She somehow makes everything fit!
We are back in Seward now. We had a wonderful visit with my family. I miss them terribly. It's hard to imagine living anywhere else besides AK but it's also hard living so far away from family.
