We went up in a balloon. To see pictures, click here.

I took this picture while on horseback at the top of one of the hills at Wayne's family's 3,000 acre ranch.

Happy Anniversary to us! Many of you witnessed our wedding two years ago in our backyard. The trees you gave us as wedding gifts are very tall now. Where the dance floor was, there is now a cottage garden with fruit trees and wildflowers.

When will we be able to legally wed? Things are looking good in the California courts but bad everywhere else. The Attorney General has appealed the recent ruling that denying marriage licenses based on sex is unconstitutional. The Religious Freedam and Defense of Civil Marriage Act (which would have allowed us to marry legally) was defeated by 1 vote in the California Assembly.

Jessie took us to the Russian River Rodeo this weekend. Here's some bulldogging. We also saw bull riding, roping, saddle bronc, bareback and barrels.

I won 2nd prize in the Angel Island photo contest. I get $50 coupon towards purcahse of a Tamron lens. I think I'll get the 90mm macro lens. The minimum distance on the 90mm lens is 11 inches, whereas the 180mm is 18 inches. The advantage of the 90mm is that it weighs half as much, so I'll be more likely to have it with me. I don't know what this is a picture of. I took the picture with a 180mm macro lens. Whatever this is, it is about the size of the end of a pensil eraser. I had no idea it was so beautiful (or even that it was there) until I looked through the lens.

We spent the first week of April 2005 on a cruise to the Eastern Carribean. It was loads of fun. We got tan and relaxed. We went snorkling 3 times. Bo loves snorkling. We took over 350 pictures, but only added about 40 of them to the website.