January
I rang in the new year at a club in Santa Clara. Y & T was on the stage, Kristy and I were in the front row, and life was good (and loud!). At midnight a bunch of balloons came down, and the band launched into "Midnight in Tokyo". 2007 has potential, I thought.
A bit later in the month, I was off to Seattle for a business trip.
February
Not much of interest happened in February, and that was just fine with me. I'm not a superstitious person, but February historically has been an unlucky month for me. This year, it was just another 28 days of winter.
March
I made up for a boring February in March, with a concert, my 40th birthday, and a trip to Disneyland.
Jars of Clay in Vancouver, WA:
40th birthday dinner cruise:
40th birthday party with co-workers:
Chillin' with Mickey in Disneyland:
April
The annual church plant sale! We raised over $1500 for preschool scholarships and had a great time selling plants.
May
Back to California for a business trip and some R&R, including a trip to Santa Cruz to ride the Giant Dipper:
June
Summertime -- and the beginning of our summer travel season!
Camping at Wallowa Lake, OR:
Off to the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC:
And Jerry's 9th birthday party:
July
4th of July fireworks:
Since Tony didn't have a very good 40th birthday in '06 (he was recovering from a knee injury), I decided to take him somewhere cool for his 41st -- Universal Studios!
Harry Potter is practically a member of our family, so the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was a big deal at Camp Crum. Tony went to the midnight release party at our local Border's dressed as Lord Voldemort:
I went to sleep early but spent the next day reading the entire book.
August
August began on a sad note, as we watched our dear feline friend Bubbles grow weaker and weaker. We said goodbye to her on Aug. 9th, and we still miss her.
The rest of the month passed quickly. First, a Night Ranger concert:
Next, a family reunion, where Jerry met a couple of his cousins for the first time:
And finally a weeklong adventure in Alaska:
September
September = Def Leppard month! Three concerts over about three weeks!
Oh, yeah, and Tony and I celebrated our 16th anniversary with a trip to the Oregon Coast:
October
Like August, October began on a sad note, when one of Tony's high school friends died. We drove down to Eugene for the funeral, which turned into a mini-reunion of family and friends.
About a week later, we headed back to the coast for our annual church retreat at Camp Magruder.
Then of course there was Halloween.
Kristy, Matt, Tony, and me at John's party:
Trekking through the San Joaquin Delta the day after the party:
Goofing off at a pumpkin farm on Sauvie Island:
And Halloween night:
November
Finally an uneventful month.
December
Black 'N' Blue concert
A quiet Christmas, followed by a trip to Mt. Rainier to enjoy some snow:
And that's about it for 2007. It was a pretty good year, and it passed much too quickly. It doesn't seem possible that it's been a year since Y & T melted my eardrums on New Year's Eve. I hope 2008 goes a bit more slowly, but somehow I doubt it will.
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