"Mullet Valentino" and friends - part of a skit during
a marriage retreat at our church, Calvary Chapel of OKC

Beautiful items made by my friend Doaa and I
during a craft night one weekend.

 One beautiful Wednesday afternoon in January
I took a half day vacation for some kayaking.

It was very nice, but unfortunately, within an hour of my
 taking this shot I had injured my back while working out.  Ouch!

 Eric the sawyer - cutting a huge limb in our front yard

Our new friend Levi Chavez
on his first climb with Eric in the Wichitas

Eric drove all the way to north Edmond to see me cross the finish line.

Caroling with my church at a care center in Bethany

Romeo & Juliet set in war-time Japan

Me with my friend Doaa and her brother Omar
at the Henderson Hills Baptist church Christmas program

Me & E at the GHK Christmas Party

Jupiter, Venus, & the Moon were very close together
on December 1 - here is my blurry attempt at photographing it.

On November 16 our church, Calvary Chapel of OKC, had
a flag football game - young against old.  (I won't mention which team Eric was on!)

Here you can see he's still got some of his moves.  For the record, he caught this pass.

One Friday night we attended a bon fire at my friend
and co-worker Ron's house.  This is all you can see of the group around the fire.

Here David shows off the contraption that helped 
put him back together after the "chainsaw incident." 

 Some of us at church got together to help a new member
with some chores as they were moving into their home.

Here I helped the Blue Star Mothers prepare for the big Christmas pack.

A scene from the Diwali presentation at the Oklahoma City University 

On Saturday the 8th I went to a cookout with the Callantines at Lake Arcadia.
Here, a damp Baxter & Bentley stare intently at "the finger of discipline."
 

They honestly did not taste burnt.

On Friday night, November 7th, I went out for the evening with my international friend Doaa.
We went to a Lebanese bake sale (pictured above) and to one of my favorite restaurants, The Garden, in Edmond.
We had a really nice time, I am sorry I did not take a picture of her!

 This was a float our next-door neighbor Nita built for 
her office to use in a Halloween parade.  She did a great job!

On October 24th, our good friends
Nathan & Stacie (Gibbons) Blythe
were married at their home in Houston.

We are very happy for them and also
happy that they shared the pictures with me!

I took a half day vacation on Friday, October 17
to do some kayaking.  It was great!

Scenes from a quilting bee I recently attended at my church, Calvary Chapel of OKC.

The ladies of our church make a quilt for
every new baby.  This one will be for 
Juliana, new daughter of our friends Kevin
and Larissa.

Here Larissa gets way more help than she bargained for!

This is a pic from one Saturday morning when I volunteered
with Blue Star Mothers of Edmond to pack goodie boxes for the troops.

They recently finished a new highway interchange near our house.
Now they are painting the wall decorations.  I am not sure why
I took a picture of it, but here it is in case you are interested.

This is a picture of our friend Luc (the lower person in the orange helmet)
as he climbs The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
Rock on Dude!  (Inside joke)

Here Eric opens our Vietnamese take-out containers
on our deck with Luc & Cassy Gruenther.

Here is General Colin Powel - the main reason
I attended was to hear this great man speak.
 

Here is Joe Montana.  He seems like a great guy,
but made a better quarterback than public speaker.
 

This is a picture of Dorinda, her aunt Pat, 
her cousin J.P., and J.P.'s son Luke.
I got to spend a very pleasant afternoon with them 
one day in September.

This shows Eric up in a tree in front of our new house.
He did an amazing amount of tree trimming when we first moved in.

This was a Sara Groves concert which was really great.
 

Here's Eric doing his belay thing at 
the Calvary Chapel OKC 4th of July picnic.

One Saturday in June Ron had some folks
over for a great cookout and some cool-off time in the pool.

A good time was had by all.  We even got a talent show
demonstration from Mowen on the trampoline.
 

 Since we couldn't be with our own dads on Father's Day, we
crashed Tom Thomas' Father's Day celebration - it was great!

 Tim, Della, Gracie, Tom, and Laurel Thomas

Kayak Demo Night at Lake Hefner

Eric, balancing on the top
of the fence while doing
chain saw work.  Because
ladders are for wusses.

 Mom ran the half (13.1 miles) at OKC Memorial 
Marathon on April 27.  She did great!  I'm proud of her.

AIS gives us a 2 hour lunch to enjoy the Arts Festival each year.

 My friend Jonathan Cigary played on the first day so Eric, Lisa, and I went to enjoy the show.

 Eric & Lisa in the crowd

On Saturday the 19th I participated in a cleanup day
at Lake Overholser.  Here's a picture of the nice area that I worked on first.
It's a "before" shot but I forgot to take the "after." 

My friend Shisheika Swan graduated on Friday, April 18
from Vatterott College with a Medical Office Assistant degree.
She worked so hard for this - I'm very proud of her!

Celebrating with her sisters 

And with her boyfriend and their new baby
 
 

Through our church, I helped to recruit students for a training program called Project MOVES.
It is a great program that gives young people training for great jobs in Advanced Manufacturing.

I got to visit the class twice this spring and really enjoyed getting to know the students. 
They are so bright and have such a great future ahead of them.  Here some of them pose for me in the classroom.
Pictured are: Patrick, Josh, John, and DeAnn

A brooding but nice sunrise I saw on my way to work in April

Here's Dana telling us her
qualifications - and there are many!

Here's Eric with friends Kyle & Mona

GHK - Eric's company, always does a big thing
for the annual Redbud Classic race.  Here Eric advises the 
Lamunyons that she should not have the baby during the race.

After the race they treat us to a first-class 
meal on the beautiful patio at Bellini's.  It was nice!

Here Zack gets to visit the great
outdoors and seems quite pleased with it.

On Saturday the 5th we met the Callantines at Lake Arcadia
for a cookout.  Here Jackson & Bentley are rearing to go.

On the morning of Saturday, April 5th we took a skeet shooting class
at the Oklahoma City Gun club.  It was fun, although we found out we aren't crack shots.

 Mom & her work gang came to town for a conference at the first of April.
Here I am with Mom and another shot of Mom with her "sister" Linda Baker.

Here's our sweet Zack in his "love nest"

While Eric went climbing, I spent a very nice Easter
with the Callantines, who kindly included me in their Easter dinner.

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Here I caught the beautiful sisters 
Kara & K having a big laugh.

These girls are fun company!

Our good friend Martin Beck & his sweet wife Tonnie 
produced this beautiful baby girl on March 19th - Leila Grace Beck

Eric and I went to the driving range
on March 22nd because the weather
was so beautiful and we wanted to see
if we could still swing a club after 5 years.

Me & friend K went to the Matchbox Twenty concert on March 2nd.
Here I do a bad job at taking a self-portrait of us.  A tornado passed over
the Ford Center while we were there and they didn't even mention it to us!

I got this picture from our good friends the Bramwells.
They are Brits who now live in Norway.  We miss them!

I know some of my friends who live in non-oil towns might not have 
pump jacks in the parking lot of their mall, so I thought I should capture it.

We got a foosball table at work.
This has pretty much been the
scene at the office ever since. J/K!

Mom brought a group of kids to OKC
on a field trip. and let me join them  
for lunch at Chelino's on Feb. 13th  

I love capturing the beautiful sunrises
that I so often see on the way to work.

It was lovely and hardly made 
a terrible racket at all.

I like Mike!

Here Eric and I enjoy a warm day 
by taking a walk a Lake Arcadia

When we were about to take this picture facing the other way, 
I said, "Iont the water highness." Eric immediately translated
the statement from hick into "I want the water behind us."

Isn't he cute?

Black Belt Camaraderie

These fun guys came over for lunch and hanging out in the 
hot tub after a particularly grueling workout one Saturday. 

Here we are out to dinner at Zio's with friends
before the George Strait concert on Jan. 11th

Here's a grainy shot
of George himself.

He did so many songs!
It was a really good show.

This was the sunrise on my way to work on Wednesday, January 2nd 2008

We spent part of the first day of '08 at the lovely Hafer Park.

Scenes from the Baby Dedication at church on Sunday the 23rd

Sorry these are blurry, I was sitting far away.

I took these by taking a picture of the big projector screen.

A dark, blurry shot from the annual TKD
Christmas party at Kang's in Edmond on the 21st.

Scenes from a quick shoot one Friday afternoon at the 
Oklahoma City Gun club, of which I am a new member. 

I pulled over on the way to work on Thursday the 20th to take this shot.

Scenes from the "somewhat-annual" Godsey Christmas party on Tuesday the 18th. 

 Laine & Nancy with the tree

Scenes from a shower for Shannon & Dionne's second daughter.
Here's S'yriah, Kelly, and Dionne.

Me with my very good friend Shisheika

S'yriah with Beth's amazing daughter Samantha

Scenes from the graduation ceremony for the 10 girls who completed the one-year training program.
Here they are pictured on stage with Pastor Kirk, Pastor Nancy, director Nicole Crain, and their mentors.
I am very proud of them - they worked so hard!

Here we prayed for the graduates for the 
great futures they have in store for them.

Fun & games at the graduation party.

A picture of David's dog taken
at a Christmas party at his house.
She doesn't normally have one
glowing eye, that was my expert 
photography that added this effect.

These are scenes from a very nice outing in Guthrie, OK 
which we attended thanks to Womack Financial Advisers.
This is Greg Womack speaking below.