Hanging out around the counter (left to right: Kristina, Christi (B-day girl), and Courtney.
I said to Chris (right), "Dude, I ain't your wife!"
Later, he found his wife, Kathy.
Birthday Girl with Kristina drinking a libation of questionable content.
It was supposed to be a photo of just (left to right) Monica, Jodie, and David... but I jumped in!
Folks...
Time to hug the Birthday Girl...
Dancing time...
Monica showing us how to "work it".
Casey on his knees to start "the mix."
Time to mix!
Next... Mike gets the mix...
Then the "real" stuff.
"Oh my god," Jodie says, "what is Mike doing?"
Matt and Catherine. "That looks disgusting! I can't believe he's doing that," says Catherine.
"Is this right? What do I do? Am I doing this right?"
"Can you believe Jodie? Oh my god, that is sooooo NOT lady-like!"
Jodie in the mix.
Jodie mixing it up.
Matt: "You should try it."
Catherine: "I WOULD NEVER!!!"
That didn't take long.
Catherine: "Hold my hand, though. I'm scared!"
And that was the end of Catherine...
Matt: "Kathi, are you ready to be saved?"
Kathi shaking it up.
Kathi: "That was awesome!"
Kathi having a difficult time getting up.
Kathi sees her friends ...in a blur.
We later found her... "No, Kathi, you can't ride that bike into your pool!"
Marci -- confession time.
Hours later, we found Mike...
Mike, Ryan, Catherine, Christi, and I went to Sedona to climb Streaker Spire, a 5 pitch route rated at 5.7 ...though it definitely felt more than that.
Mike leading up some sketchy rock... that crumbles at the touch...
I'm getting ready for the climb.
Catherine belays Mike while... the infamous Braaaaaaaaaaaasch looks over and sees me. "Dude, what are you doing?" he asks.
Oooops, I've been caught. "C'mon, it's a multi-pitch climb. It's better to pee down here than up there!"
Mike continuing upward.
I've just discovered YouTube and so trying it out.
The view of Sedona a couple of pitches up.
Christi at the top. She makes it look so easy!
Catherine channeling the powers of the vortex. (If you know about Sedona, than you know about the powers of vortices. If you don't, than ...really, there's just no way of explaining it. Kinda like psychic reading, powers of gem stones, voodoo, baptism, and things like that.)
Ryan Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasch fresh out of the completion of his first semester in his master's program.
Mike is setting up the rappel.
Christi: "So, Mike, why don't we just call Search And Rescue and get a helicopter ride off this thing?"
Why life is great! Me, Christi, Catherine, Mike, and Braaaaaaaaaaasch.