Monthly Archives: June 2007

Mt. Bonnell on My Birthday

After work on my birthday, we drove up to the Mount Bonnell “trailhead”. It’s not really a trail, but a set of stairs leading up to Austin’s highest point (at an unbelievable 785 feet). The view at the top of Mount Bonnell is nothing like the view from the top of the Grand Teton (13,770 feet), but the view does include a nice panorama of the city.

Mount Bonnell 1

Mount Bonnell 2

Audrey’s shirt and pants were from Aunt Michelle. The pants were especially cute, but due to the heat, Audrey preferred them to be rolled up like shorts.

Mount Bonnell 3

It is so fun to see how much these two sisters love each other. I don’t have any younger siblings so it is fun for me to watch how Audrey is such a good big sister.

Mount Bonnell 4

The water in the picture below is called Lake Austin. If you look closely you can see the docks on the shore of most properties along the waterfront.

Mount Bonnell 5

This pose was, shall I say, natural – meaning that neither Jeana nor I asked Audrey to pose.

Mount Bonnell 6

We didn’t take a picture of us sitting by the Mount Bonnell sign because it was defaced with graffiti. When Jodi and Stephen came last October, they got a great picture of everyone (except me because I was at work).

Mount Bonnell 7

Audrey needed help from Ocean on her birthday blowing out the candles. By the time my birthday came, she knew what she was doing so she helped me. Jeana made a carrot cake for me, which is my favorite cake.

My Birthday Cake

Jeana’s [cancelled] Triathlon

The night before Jeana’s triathlon was rainy and stormy. She dropped off her bike that day and kept her fingers crossed that the weather would be clear the next day for the race. The organizers told the racers that they would know by 5:30am on race day if the swim portion would be canceled due to high bacteria counts in the water. Of all the parts to be canceled, Jeana was most discouraged by the swim being canceled because she had worked so hard on the swimming.

On the morning of the race, the weather was not much different. The swim portion was canceled, and the organizers said that the start time of the other portions would be delayed. Not long after the first announcement, the entire race was canceled. Jeana, of course, was not happy. Even though she didn’t do the race, she acted tired that day, as if she had completed each event!

Jeana before the Tri

Jeana and her team – er friends, returned later in the day to pick up their bikes. Jeana is in the red jacket.

Picking up the bikes