Happy Holiday’s to you in 2011!
This was the year Beth had back surgery, and was off work for 137 days. As she was recovering from the spinal fusion procedure, we both turned 50 years old, (we are only 9 days apart). I went to the lake with Beth, Jeanne, Bobbie and Larry, and some of Beth’s friends came out the next day. We kept a campfire going all weekend, and although the weather was cool and cloudy, it only rained a little bit overnight the first night. Bobbie took this picture when the sun came out the next afternoon:
This was the year Beth had back surgery, and was off work for 137 days. As she was recovering from the spinal fusion procedure, we both turned 50 years old, (we are only 9 days apart). I went to the lake with Beth, Jeanne, Bobbie and Larry, and some of Beth’s friends came out the next day. We kept a campfire going all weekend, and although the weather was cool and cloudy, it only rained a little bit overnight the first night. Bobbie took this picture when the sun came out the next afternoon:
The” 5-0” at Marion Lake
For Beth’s birthday, I threw her a surprise party at a local hotel. She had the whole weekend for role-playing with her best friends. We reserved a big room next to the lobby to play (and eat) all weekend long.
Our annual trip to Arkansas’ Beaver Lake was enjoyable –great weather this year…..no burn ban. I could add many more pictures of Beth’s fish-catching ability, she caught fish everywhere…..the freezer is stocked.
White bass
Even with a record-setting heat wave over the summer, we still went camping at least once in every month between April and October!
There were no international yoga retreats this year, but I made time for yoga weekends. I made a trip to Tyler, Texas to support YogaBeth’s workshops. She invited a guest teacher from Colorado to three different studios where she teaches. In September I made the trip to Estes Park for the Yoga Journal Conference by myself, sharing a cabin at the YMCA of the Rockies with a yoga teacher I know from Wichita. She had her two dogs with her, and they were great company while I was there.
Biking at Lake Estes
I started teaching a new yoga class at Linwood Recreation Center, turning over the Edgemoor yoga classes to a friend of mine who had been away from teaching for a couple of years and mentioned that she wanted to teach again. It’s well-attended and I love the time slot….I can go home from work for a little while before class starts and I don’t have to change clothes in my office bathroom with the cold tile floor!
I bought my first boat in 2011, a kayak. No batteries, motor, tires….toss it in the truck, carry it to the water, and paddle!
Lake Afton, late summer
Mom and I are wrapping up the year with one more adventure - a mother/daughter weekend in San Francisco. A little yoga for me, and some sightseeing for us both. I had asked friends there to “stop the shaking” before I arrived (they had been having earthquakes in the Bay area)……and unbelievably, the next weekend: we had one right here in Wichita! It originated in central Oklahoma, and I absolutely felt it underneath the house that night. I was completely surprised and amazed at the event….my first-ever experience of an earthquake.
I hope you and yours have a great 2012!
