Return to Quartz Mountain

On Palo Duro's Rock Garden Trail

Cadillacs, ho!

Alpine Adventure

These photos do not capture how scary it was for me to peer over these rocks onto the parking lot below and imagine Emilio tumbling over. You might notice how tightly I'm gripping his right bicep.

At the Georgia O'Keefe

At the Amarillo Holiday Inn

Looking Down into Palo Duro Canyon

Good morning, Quartz Mountain

Quartz Mountain Arrival

At the Wichita Wildlife Refuge

At Norah's Third

Surfin' Safari

So Long, Farewell in the Stairwell with Picasso

First Talent Show

Silver Surfer Star Wars

The Silver Surfers' last game of the year, scheduled for Saturday May 4th--a make-up game for an earlier cancellation, was itself canceled because the other team (Navy) couldn't field a team.  We still held one more practice, though, and this one was special as Coach Dwight's Under-10 team, the Dragons, combined with the Silver Surfers (the under-8s) to challenge the parents of the players on both squads--including Mari and me.  Mari played defense; I played forward (I think we just left Pablo and Nina to fend for themselves in the wild), but I'm not sure.   Though Mari and I were both hoping we'd play on the small field the U-8s play on, we ended up playing on a the big field.  After the game, Mari reported to me that within minutes of the game's start other parents commented to her that it was clear that Emilio didn't get his soccer skills from me.  True that.  

At the conclusion of the game, some enjoyed hot dogs and other snacks (we brought strawberries) and Coach Dwight distributed trophies and medals to all the players, which he garnished with a few words of individual recognition.  About Emilio, he said "he has ball skills of a kid twice his age."

Afterwards, Pabi observed, accurately, that Emi's trophy looks like C3P0.  On the pitch, though, Emi's less C3PO than he is Anakin.  Or Luke.  At this point, I'm more R2D2, I guess.

Silver vs. Black (Season Three Finale, Game Eight)

In eight games of this third season, Emilio scores 17.
In twenty-four games over three seasons, he has scored 88 goals.

The Silver Surfers are (top row from left to right): Dalen, Sarah, Malachi; (bottom row from left to right): Emilio, Eva, and Graham. Not pictured: Paige and Paik.

Emi in a Tree

Crazy Hair Day

Crazy Hair stains the car seats.