Re-capping.

Warning: This post is picture HEAVY DUTY. Not just heavy. No ma'am. No sir.

So I spent my 4th of July weekend here (well, the view from my parents' front yard in Pagosa Springs, Colorado):

... visiting my parents at their bakery:

And we visited Jeremy's mom and step-dad in Albuquerque:

And *of course*, I had to take a handstand photo at Camel Rock on the way back to Austin...

Can you believe I lived in Colorado for lots of years and even in New Mexico for a few months, and I didn't have a handstand photo in NM?! WEIRD! I thought this one was pretty cool. My toe really is pointed too... these are just weird shoes. :-p

Our trip was eight days long. Not nearly long enough, considering almost four of those we spent driving. Ah well. At least we got to go! We also were able to attend our 10 year high school reunion...

Not a great photo, but how do you get 100 people in a photo without it looking crazy?! LOL. This was the photo of our class WITH significant others. :) We're about 3rd/4th from the right. It was pretty fun. Well, *I* had fun. Jeremy is not a fan of large social gatherings. He amuses himself in other ways...

At the time, I didn't even *notice* his size 11 shoe next to my head. This is the first time I'm seeing this photo. I'm sure I was telling a story in this photo. Not sure what story. It looks like I'm talking about guns. Or the sky. It looks as if I might be scrunching up my nose, so I could be telling a story about how I don't like olives and mushrooms. But I don't remember telling a story like that. Or guns or the sky, for that matter...

We were able to attend the parade in Pagosa, but I didn't take photos. Not sure why. Hmm. I did take photos of my friends and I *during* the parade though! HA! That counts!

I didn't crop the top of this photo because seeing photos of downtown Pagosa makes me happy. :) So in this photo? Happiness abounds. :D Julia (on the left) was one of my best friends in high school... and still one of my best friends to this day. She was on my gymnastics team in high school too.

And Jen (on the right) was our coach (and boss when I worked there). She started coaching there in 1996, and she is THE BEST. She taught me pretty much everything I know about gymnastics (and handstands... though I could always whip her behind at those ;-) )! We became *so* close, and I love that whenever we talk, it's like we haven't been apart. To spend this day with them was awesome. They are two of my very favorite people in the whole world.

Which is why... it made this even sadder...

*sigh* Jen retired. After 25 years of coaching gymnastics (yeah, that woman is FORTY! Can you believe that?! Yeah, she's HOT! Tee hee), she closed the gym and is taking up animal communication. I'm happy for her, but sad at the same time. Very bittersweet.

So after we cried over the gym and took home some trophies (much to Jeremy's chagrin...), we set off fireworks in my dad's front yard. And when I say "we," I mean my dad... because I cowered inside on the couch... afraid we were going to get caught. Tee hee.

The dogs (my dad's dog Bailey, and our pup Ruby [we left Amber at home with friends]) did NOT like the fireworks. Bailey went to hide...


... in the bathtub. LOL. She knocked over all kinds of stuff on her way in there! And Ruby doesn't like the bathtub, so she just shivered closeby...

They were in there the WHOLE night! And that was fine. We put a water bowl in there and a bed. They seemed happy as they could be as they shivered uncontrollably.

Then we went to our friends' house, and I took photos of Libby writing her name with sparklers...


I can't believe I caught this "L"!! SO COOl. :D My Canon has a fireworks setting, and that's what I used. How crazy is that?! I just found out on this trip. LOL. Perfect timing.

And that's it. Hope you enjoyed the re-cap. Now to start scrapping the photos...