I simply must start out with a wedding picture. Because I have to recognize Dee Dee Rainbow, (yes you can tell which one she is). She married us and made it an unforgettable time. As you can see, there were smiles all around and she made our day special.
Here is part of my family. Left to right, my mom then in the back row is nephew Paul, niece Taira, brother in law Jack, next to him sister Sue and then sister Cathy. We're missing a sister and some brother in laws, nieces and nephews.
Christmas is always a good time for a little group photo. Ho ho ho Brian is to the left, next is oldest son Bishara, then proud mom followed by middle son Taylor, and youngest son Zane.
Same Christmas we got Brian's family. Left to right is ho ho ho Brian, Dad, Darlene, nephew Maury, sister Vickie and brother Bruce.
A few biker buddies at the Snohomish bike show from a few years ago. Left of Brian and me is my awesome buddy Mike, who used to have a bike until he took a little spill and banged himself up a bit. Since he plays viola in a quartet, and does many of the shows down at 5th avenue, he decided perhaps he had to give it up so hasn't gotten another bike..........yet!!!! The nice weather has him hankering!!
It's the chiclets!!!! I'm on the left, then Lisa and China. We are Brian's little harem a lot of the times when we don't have any men in the group. Lisa rides a nighthawk and China rides the BMW dual sport. Sister Vickie is up and running on her yamaha vstar, so will hopefully join the chiclets this summer. varoooom varooooom
Shelly and husband Kevin are in the Italian Alps with their Harley group in this photo. Shelly and I have been buds for about 27 years now. We traveled to Europe on vacation 4 years in a row from 1994-1998. We both fell in love with it and she ended up joining the foreign service. After 2 years in Mexico City, three in Ottawa, they now reside in Rome. Yes, tough life but they volunteered to have to do it!!!
John and Lainey have been some great bike mates. We took a spectacular trip to Canada a few years ago and out of the 11 nights we were gone, we stayed at hot springs 9 of those nights. The Canadian rockies are amazing, and they are always up for a good ride and a good time.
Everyone needs some great ski buddies. Richard and Betsy have done Whistler and Sun Peaks with us and we look forward to the day when we all do New Mexico. Richard is a major shredder so keeps Brian on his toes. I'm the odd man out of this group as that they all ski and I board. One of my clients dubbed me "lemon head" because of the yellow helmet!!
Nothing like some good girls to kick it with. Yep, they're "g.j girls" (that would be what we call the Gene Juarez girls) and that's my great friend party cat to the right of me. Can you tell that Zane was loving the attention?!?!?!
We met Barbara (right side) when we bought the condo in Everett. She was the real estate agent and her husband does commercial real estate. He's a diver, so what a treat for Brian to be able to dive with someone that likes to go below 40 feet!!! We finally got a chance to get them out on the boat for diving, whale watching, kayaking, trekking, eating, drinking and making merry. If you need a good real estate agent, Barbara is the one!!!:-):-):-) You can catch up to her at barbaramcmahon@seanet.com
Boater friends that came up for the 4th of July 2006. Far left and far right are Ray and Sheri who we met for the first time over dinner with John and Phyllis who are standing next to me. John and Phyllis own Western Flyer, a Selene 43 that Brian sold to them . He's known them for a long time, having sold them another boat before this. For any of you who have seen some of those naughty naughty email jokes that we have forwarded on, chances are they came from John!!! Great group of people to spend time with.
We went up to Sucia Island the weekend before the 4th of July. Howie and Diane were out on their boat Aluminator and pulled in to Friday Harbor on their way to Bellingham. So we got them to come along for dinner at Sucia. Howie also rides a motorcycle, and is always game for the New Year's Day ride. Diane was on the back for that this year as well!!! They ski, but we haven't gotten the chance to do that with them, YET. Howie is a mad man on the slopes and got a concussion this last season, so Brian will have to go with him, and Diane and I can carve our way down at a NORMAL speed!!!:-):-)
Notice the beautiful view of Mt. Baker in the background. Sucia is part of the San Juans and is a great place to drop anchor.
Of course, I can't forget the pet section!!! The orange tabby is Larry, and the skate boarder is Crab Bait. Brian got terrorized one night by the 7 week old kitten I had gotten to keep Larry company. I hadn't named him yet, and the next day Brian got up a little tired and cranky from lack of sleep and said, "I've got a name for that cat.........crab bait". It stuck on the poor guy and that was that. He's a schizo and Larry isn't the friendliest of cats either. But hey, they're cats, enough said.