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Valentine's Day dance at the Spiritual Enrichment Center
Mark's funny Valentine, Dorothy Moore
In March 2009, Mark took a trip to Seattle for the NASPA conference. Here's a view of the city from the top of the Space Needle
At the NASPA conference with Dea Forney, one of Mark's graduate program professors

At NASPA with former professor Tim McMahon and Tracy Scott of the WIU Orientation Office
2009 Spring break trip to San Antonio - this is the chapel on Randolph Air Force Base where Mark and Dora were wed in 1980
Inside Chapel 2 - this is pretty much what it looked like in 1980
Spring break trip - eating good Tex Mex food at Bill's favorite restaurant

April 2009 - Took a trip to L.A. to see the Smothers Brothers - stopped at Griffith Observatory for a birdseye view of the City of Angels
At Griffith Observatory - love the Hollywood sign!
Memorial Day weekend 2009 - it was Wyatt Earp Days in Tombstone, AZ. Yeehaw!
Tombstone - we had to take the stagecoach ride

Dora posing with some shifty-looking cowpokes in Tombstone
Streets of Bisbee, AZ
May 2009 - getting ready to watch Taylor's 8th grade promotion ceremony
Taylor was a proud and lovely-looking 8th grade grad

Taylor and her friend Natalie at her promotion ceremony
June 2009 - weekend trip to San Diego
San Diego County Fair - Mark holding a turkey leg, his favorite "fair faire" - Dora got her favorite (funnel cake) later
View from the Sky Ride at the San Diego County Fair

We joined a band at the fair and rocked out . . . dude
A friend recommended the Venetian Italian resturant in San Diego - YUM!
In June 2009, Mark graduated from a 3-year training program and became a licensed practitioner (spiritual counselor) through the Church of Religious Science.
With fellow new practitioners Susan Little (L) and Sarah Busby

Dora was so proud
July 2009 - Dora, Wanda, and Taylor went to see the broadway show "Wicked" in Phoenix
In Dec 2009, Mark will complete his 3-year term on the Board of Trustees at the Spiritual Enrichment Center.
Dora shows off her new hairdo

Dora and Wanda, 2009
Sunny loves to be loved, 2009
Dora and Sunny snuggling, 2009
Next to snuggling and playing, Sunny loves sleeping the most

Sunny speaks Videos and photos from the Paul McCartney concert we attended in March 2010
Dora, Mark, Taylor, and Wanda at the 2009 AZ State Fair Photos from our 30th Anniversary Renawal of Vows Ceremony and Key West second honeymoon

Dora and Mark at the McCartney Concert, Apr 2010
Strawberry pie! At Polly's restaurant in Los Alamitos, CA for the 2010 July 4th weekend
Bill at Wrestlemania, March 2010
At the ASU Gammage for Mary Poppins. The movie was still better.

Photos of Sunny and Cherie, our kitties
Eating a hot dog on the 4th of July while watching a parade. Can you GET any more American?
At the Huntington Beach 4th of July parade
How many different modes of transport can you see in a parade?

With Mike, Wanda, and Taylor at Dillon's Barbecue for Dora's 29th birthday, June 2010.
Shake it baby, shake it!
At a Diamonbacks game, July 2010
Beautiful flowering sage bushes in our backyard. They bloom three times a year and it always surprises and delights us.

Dora and Wanda - trying to cool off and win some money, at the Mazatzal Casino in Payson, July 2010.
Dora, Taylor, Wanda - on our way to pick apples at an apple farm north of Wickenburg. They're thrilled to the "core." - Sep 2010
Aline, one of Mark's student workers (and friend), at her big birthday bash. What a ham! Sep 2010
The Cardinals beat the Saints, the Cadinals beat the Saints!! Oct 2010

Dora, Wanda, Taylor, and Mark decided to take a trip on Route 66 in the fall of 2010. Here's Taylor in front of the Powerhouse, the R66 Museum in Kingman
R66: Taylor wishing she had her drivers license
Nothing says Route 66 like a dead cow's head
R66: old filling station, now a gift shop

R66: Ma and Pa Kettle
R66: Now Taylor's really wishing she had her DL
R66: Suitable for framing
R66: one of Mark's relatives guarding the entrance to the gift shop

R66: we had fun in the gift shop
The drive along Route 66 was very pretty
We stopped at the Grand Canyon Caverns, very pretty cave. It's not near the Grand Canyon, it gets its name from GC water traveling 200 miles to get into this cavern. Our tour guide knew everything, and more, about this cave. It has an interesting history.
The cave is a constant 56 degrees with only 6% humidity, a "dry cave."

Wanda and Taylor get an earful.
The Grand Canyon Cavern was deep, we got a good cardio workout.
Cave Women
"This here is a ceiling!" OR "This cave is #1."

Christmas 2010: Taylor
Christmas 2010: Wanda
Christmas 2010: Michael
Christmas 2010: Bill

Christmas 2010: Dora
Christmas 2010: Mark
Dora's new necklace
Christmas 2010: Taylor's Native American purse, handmade by the people of the Hualapai (pronounced Walapai) tribe, the only tribal lands along Arizona Routee 66.

Grandpa's customary gift of skivvies.
Silly superhero!
Christmas 2009: Mark and Dora
Sherry is so sweet, sleeping with her little tongue sticking out.

Oct 2010: at Mark's birthday dinner
With friend's Tom and Lil for Mark's bday dinner
Oct 2010: beautiful fall day in Prescott, AZ
Fall 2010: Taylor and friends before the Peoria High School Homecoming dance

Wanda and Taylor goofing around at GC Caverns, 2010
Guitar Tim and Ponytail Steve, 2009 Men's Campout
Good buddy Tim, 2009
In a photo booth at the Arizona State Fair, 2009

Picking apples at the Date Creek Ranch in AZ, 2010
Lots of Joshua Trees on the drive to Date Creek Ranch, 2002
Sonny and Sherry watching the birdies, 2010
Bill and Taylor - dinner after Taylor's 8th grade promotion ceremony, 2009

Dora and Wanda - dinner after Taylor's 8th grade promotion ceremony, 2009
Wanda's 2010 birthday dinner at Ah-So's - Wanda and Taylor
Wanda's 2010 birthday dinner at Ah-So's - Mark and Dora
Wanda's 2010 birthday dinner at Ah-So's - The Reeds and McKenneys

Wanda's 2010 birthday dinner at Ah-So's - getting a lesson
Mark's 2010 birthday dinner at Pappadeaux (Cajun) Restaurant
The birthday boy, 2010
Halloween 2009 - Mark won the "Best Costume" Award at work for the second year in a row

Birthday 2010 - unlike most men would be, Mark was thrilled with his gift of an electric roasting oven
2010: Dora, Sunny, and Cherie
Christmas 2009: Taylor has seen every episode of "I Love Lucy" several times.
Christmas 2009: Bill, looking skeptical as usual.

Christmas 2009: Bill and Wanda
Christmas 2009: Bill, Wanda, Taylor, and Dora
Christmas 2009: Young Michael visiting from Maine where they have no sun in the winter
Christmas 2009: Dora and I hosted a breakfast for the Maine McKenneys and Nobles

Christmas 2009: Sunny
Christmas 2009: Sunny, looking for some Christmas chow
Christmas 2009: Taylor
Christmas 2009: Taylor again

Christmas 2009: the holidays always bring out Dora's freckles
Christmas 2009: Mark and Sunny
Christmas 2009: Mark and Dora
Christmas 2009: Steve and Amy, visiting from Maine

Christmas 2009: Jacuzzi in December? A treat for our Maine visitors.
Christmas 2009: opening gifts
Christmas 2009: the Noble family from Maine
Christmas 2009: Mike and his mom, Christine

Dec 2009: took a trip to Vegas to see Cirque du Soleil's Beatles' Love
Beatles' Love in Vegas: Dora, with one of Paul McCartney's Hofner Violin bass guitars, 2009
We LOVED Cirque du Soleil's Beatles' Love show, 2009
Dec 2009 in Vegas: there's no way Mark could pass up an opportunity to make an ass of himself!

Practitioner Induction Ceremony, 2009
Treatment and Meditation class at the SEC, Fall 2009
One of Mark's students, Aline, and her sister Edisa came over to the house to earn some money and have dinner with us. The funny hats were my idea. :)
Reverend Ron and Becky, 2010

Summer 2010: Dinner at Buzz's Wharf at Ma'alaea Bay in Maui
Cute little Sherry, 2010
He's the Doctor Dolittle of felines, 2010
2010 Route 66 trip: at the Snowcap Malt Shop in Seligman, AZ

Route 66 trip: stopped in beautiful Prescott, AZ on the drive back to Phoenix. Had to get a photo of this gorgeous fall day.
2010: Sherry was the cutest kitty
2010: Sherry loved her big brother Sunny
2010: Sunny escaped from hyper Sherry for a few minutes of peace

Taylor's 16th birthday, 2010
Taylor's 16th birthday: opening gifts
Taylor's induction ceremony into the National Honor Society, 2010
Bill and the McKenneys, 2010

BACK

Valentine's Day dance at the Spiritual Enrichment Center	Mark's funny Valentine, Dorothy Moore	In March 2009, Mark took a trip to Seattle for the NASPA conference. Here's a view of the city from the top of the Space Needle	At the NASPA conference with Dea Forney, one of Mark's graduate program professors
At NASPA with former professor Tim McMahon and Tracy Scott of the WIU Orientation Office	2009 Spring break trip to San Antonio - this is the chapel on Randolph Air Force Base where Mark and Dora were wed in 1980	Inside Chapel 2 - this is pretty much what it looked like in 1980	Spring break trip - eating good Tex Mex food at Bill's favorite restaurant
April 2009 - Took a trip to L.A. to see the Smothers Brothers - stopped at Griffith Observatory for a birdseye view of the City of Angels	At Griffith Observatory - love the Hollywood sign!	Memorial Day weekend 2009 - it was Wyatt Earp Days in Tombstone, AZ. Yeehaw!	Tombstone - we had to take the stagecoach ride
Dora posing with some shifty-looking cowpokes in Tombstone	Streets of Bisbee, AZ	May 2009 - getting ready to watch Taylor's 8th grade promotion ceremony	Taylor was a proud and lovely-looking 8th grade grad
Taylor and her friend Natalie at her promotion ceremony	June 2009 - weekend trip to San Diego	San Diego County Fair - Mark holding a turkey leg, his favorite "fair faire" - Dora got her favorite (funnel cake) later	View from the Sky Ride at the San Diego County Fair
We joined a band at the fair and rocked out . . . dude	A friend recommended the Venetian Italian resturant in San Diego - YUM!	In June 2009, Mark graduated from a 3-year training program and became a licensed practitioner (spiritual counselor) through the Church of Religious Science.	With fellow new practitioners Susan Little (L) and Sarah Busby
Dora was so proud	July 2009 - Dora, Wanda, and Taylor went to see the broadway show "Wicked" in Phoenix	In Dec 2009, Mark will complete his 3-year term on the Board of Trustees at the Spiritual Enrichment Center.	Dora shows off her new hairdo
Dora and Wanda, 2009	Sunny loves to be loved, 2009	Dora and Sunny snuggling, 2009	Next to snuggling and playing, Sunny loves sleeping the most
Sunny speaks	Videos and photos from the Paul McCartney concert we attended in March 2010	Dora, Mark, Taylor, and Wanda at the 2009 AZ State Fair	Photos from our 30th Anniversary Renawal of Vows Ceremony and Key West second honeymoon
Dora and Mark at the McCartney Concert, Apr 2010	Strawberry pie! At Polly's restaurant in Los Alamitos, CA for the 2010 July 4th weekend	Bill at Wrestlemania, March 2010	At the ASU Gammage for Mary Poppins. The movie was still better.
Photos of Sunny and Cherie, our kitties	Eating a hot dog on the 4th of July while watching a parade. Can you GET any more American?	At the Huntington Beach 4th of July parade	How many different modes of transport can you see in a parade?
With Mike, Wanda, and Taylor at Dillon's Barbecue for Dora's 29th birthday, June 2010.	Shake it baby, shake it!	At a Diamonbacks game, July 2010	Beautiful flowering sage bushes in our backyard. They bloom three times a year and it always surprises and delights us.
Dora and Wanda - trying to cool off and win some money, at the Mazatzal Casino in Payson, July 2010.	Dora, Taylor, Wanda - on our way to pick apples at an apple farm north of Wickenburg. They're thrilled to the "core." - Sep 2010	Aline, one of Mark's student workers (and friend), at her big birthday bash. What a ham! Sep 2010	The Cardinals beat the Saints, the Cadinals beat the Saints!! Oct 2010
Dora, Wanda, Taylor, and Mark decided to take a trip on Route 66 in the fall of 2010. Here's Taylor in front of the Powerhouse, the R66 Museum in Kingman	R66: Taylor wishing she had her drivers license	Nothing says Route 66 like a dead cow's head	R66: old filling station, now a gift shop
R66: Ma and Pa Kettle	R66: Now Taylor's really wishing she had her DL	R66: Suitable for framing	R66: one of Mark's relatives guarding the entrance to the gift shop
R66: we had fun in the gift shop	The drive along Route 66 was very pretty	We stopped at the Grand Canyon Caverns, very pretty cave. It's not near the Grand Canyon, it gets its name from GC water traveling 200 miles to get into this cavern. Our tour guide knew everything, and more, about this cave. It has an interesting history.	The cave is a constant 56 degrees with only 6% humidity, a "dry cave."
Wanda and Taylor get an earful.	The Grand Canyon Cavern was deep, we got a good cardio workout.	Cave Women	"This here is a ceiling!" OR "This cave is #1."
Christmas 2010: Taylor	Christmas 2010: Wanda	Christmas 2010: Michael	Christmas 2010: Bill
Christmas 2010: Dora	Christmas 2010: Mark	Dora's new necklace	Christmas 2010: Taylor's Native American purse, handmade by the people of the Hualapai (pronounced Walapai) tribe, the only tribal lands along Arizona Routee 66.
Grandpa's customary gift of skivvies.	Silly superhero!	Christmas 2009: Mark and Dora	Sherry is so sweet, sleeping with her little tongue sticking out.
Oct 2010: at Mark's birthday dinner	With friend's Tom and Lil for Mark's bday dinner	Oct 2010: beautiful fall day in Prescott, AZ	Fall 2010: Taylor and friends before the Peoria High School Homecoming dance
Wanda and Taylor goofing around at GC Caverns, 2010	Guitar Tim and Ponytail Steve, 2009 Men's Campout	Good buddy Tim, 2009	In a photo booth at the Arizona State Fair, 2009
Picking apples at the Date Creek Ranch in AZ, 2010	Lots of Joshua Trees on the drive to Date Creek Ranch, 2002	Sonny and Sherry watching the birdies, 2010	Bill and Taylor - dinner after Taylor's 8th grade promotion ceremony, 2009
Dora and Wanda - dinner after Taylor's 8th grade promotion ceremony, 2009	Wanda's 2010 birthday dinner at Ah-So's - Wanda and Taylor	Wanda's 2010 birthday dinner at Ah-So's - Mark and Dora	Wanda's 2010 birthday dinner at Ah-So's - The Reeds and McKenneys
Wanda's 2010 birthday dinner at Ah-So's - getting a lesson	Mark's 2010 birthday dinner at Pappadeaux (Cajun) Restaurant	The birthday boy, 2010	Halloween 2009 - Mark won the "Best Costume" Award at work for the second year in a row
Birthday 2010 - unlike most men would be, Mark was thrilled with his gift of an electric roasting oven	2010: Dora, Sunny, and Cherie	Christmas 2009: Taylor has seen every episode of "I Love Lucy" several times.	Christmas 2009: Bill, looking skeptical as usual.
Christmas 2009: Bill and Wanda	Christmas 2009: Bill, Wanda, Taylor, and Dora	Christmas 2009: Young Michael visiting from Maine where they have no sun in the winter	Christmas 2009: Dora and I hosted a breakfast for the Maine McKenneys and Nobles
Christmas 2009: Sunny	Christmas 2009: Sunny, looking for some Christmas chow	Christmas 2009: Taylor	Christmas 2009: Taylor again
Christmas 2009: the holidays always bring out Dora's freckles	Christmas 2009: Mark and Sunny	Christmas 2009: Mark and Dora	Christmas 2009: Steve and Amy, visiting from Maine
Christmas 2009: Jacuzzi in December? A treat for our Maine visitors.	Christmas 2009: opening gifts	Christmas 2009: the Noble family from Maine	Christmas 2009: Mike and his mom, Christine
Dec 2009: took a trip to Vegas to see Cirque du Soleil's Beatles' Love	Beatles' Love in Vegas: Dora, with one of Paul McCartney's Hofner Violin bass guitars, 2009	We LOVED Cirque du Soleil's Beatles' Love show, 2009	Dec 2009 in Vegas: there's no way Mark could pass up an opportunity to make an ass of himself!
Practitioner Induction Ceremony, 2009	Treatment and Meditation class at the SEC, Fall 2009	One of Mark's students, Aline, and her sister Edisa came over to the house to earn some money and have dinner with us. The funny hats were my idea. :)	Reverend Ron and Becky, 2010
Summer 2010: Dinner at Buzz's Wharf at Ma'alaea Bay in Maui	Cute little Sherry, 2010	He's the Doctor Dolittle of felines, 2010	2010 Route 66 trip: at the Snowcap Malt Shop in Seligman, AZ
Route 66 trip: stopped in beautiful Prescott, AZ on the drive back to Phoenix. Had to get a photo of this gorgeous fall day.	2010: Sherry was the cutest kitty	2010: Sherry loved her big brother Sunny	2010: Sunny escaped from hyper Sherry for a few minutes of peace
Taylor's 16th birthday, 2010	Taylor's 16th birthday: opening gifts	Taylor's induction ceremony into the National Honor Society, 2010	Bill and the McKenneys, 2010