ATW "Take 2"... dedicated to YOU!

My Mom... my best friend -- Diane LaCroix ...a woman of class and grace who dazzled our world

March 22, 1951 - Janary 11, 2007

I will never forget our wonderful times we shared together...

Bonfiring and making S'mores in the rain at my house in Keene

SNOWBOARDING together at Whiteface

Learning how to fly-fish together, w/Jean in the 'dacks

Taking you kayaking along the Chubb River

Our bike ride in Kennebunkport, ME

Our roadtrip up to Camden, Maine & the Rocklin' lobster festival

Our weekend roadtrip to Galveston - biking, beaching & dining

Our separate roadtrips to Vermont - and meeting on Church St.

Jeepin' in many different states... to many different places

Skiing together at Winter Park during Xmas

Ice Skating on the Olympic Oval in Lake Placid

Our hike to Marcy Dam... and how much you loved it there

When I announced I was buying a house :)

Antiquing - pretty much everywhere we ever went together

Tearing up the carpet from my stairs and other house projects

Making snow angels and having a snowball fight out back

La Calle Doce, Luna de Noche, Zorbas and Kathleen's Art Cafe

Trying to learn to play bridge with you

Learning to Greek dance together at Angie's

Friday nights out in Plano

Our trip with Aunt Suzie to Blowing Rock, NC

Choosing an oriental rug together in N.C.

'Taking cover' from the tornado outside the Nashville gas station

Roadtrip bathroom stops at McD's

'Dancing with Ellen' everyday at 3pm

Spending time with our favorite stalker - Cindy

Smoothie parties with B.J.

Joan & Chloe's visit from Cali

Reading books & visiting with Jean

Brenda & Renee... all their love & care

Something's Gotta Give, Pretty Woman, & French Kiss

Gardening, washing the dog, and other house projects

Our times at the lakehouse with the Kelly fam

Playing tennis together - just hitting & giggling

When you took tennis lessons from me!

CSU tailgaters & football games

CSU bonfire with Pete & Aunt Suzie (and hot cocoa)

Cafe Brazil, Lucille's Creole Cafe, Millies, Demetrio's and Caffe Rustica

Roadtrip bathroom stops at McD's

Piano lessons, gymnastics and ballet

Play days at Siesta Beach

Building sand castles... and drip castles!

Sunset picnics and swimming in the warm water (& Publix fried chicken)

Tennis & swimming at both the Field Club & Bath & Racquet

Boating with the Mudgetts & Chavers

Slumber parties and T.P. ventures

How you always made our halloween costumes from scratch

Cleaning the sap off my feet when I came in the house in FL

Tomato soup, grilled cheese & the couch to remedy any cold

Caring for Chelsea together

Choosing fish with you (usually shrimp for me!) at our neighborhood market

Each of the birthday parties and cakes you created

Writing my letters to Santa and sharing my reindeer stories

Making Xmas cookies with you

Our family roadtrips up the east coast of the US

Hilton Head, Calloway Gardens, Amelia Island, Lexington, & Washington D.C.

Dandelions on the Washington D.C. mall

Being dressed to a "T" -- and despising dresses when I was younger

Cotillion dances

Riding in the yellow bike seat as you pedaled

Learning to tie my shoes on my teddy bear's vest

Ice cream socials at Gulf Gate

Hospital visits for stitches

Brownies - you as my troop leader; camping and making our sitting pads

Pressing wildflowers for my despised 10th grade school project

You watching my tennis lessons with Roger

When you were my susbstitute teacher in 10th grade biology

Dinner, English crackers & port with the Butlers

Berry picking outside Princeton, NJ

Our day trip to the Jersey Shore

Your visit to San Diego - the zoo, sailing, hotel Del, PB

The moment you met Ashely - when I picked up my 1st paycheck

You painting your nails at the table as we ate dinner before you went out

Bonfiring at the beach in Playa del Rey

Our trip to Santa Barbara - hiking up Cold Springs Tr

Our roadtrip through Napa with Mike, Pete, Em & Aunt Suzie

Our visit to Yosemite & walk to the falls with Mike, Pete, Em & Aunt Suzie

Going down Lombard St (San Fran) in a taxi - way too fast!

Feeding the stingrays at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Coffee & beneigts & our brick-wall room in the French Quarter, New Orleans

Taking you to my neuroethology grad course at CSU - how we find our toothbrush in the dark!

Moving to CSU - our visit to Manitou Springs and unpacking into my dorm room

My grad party at Pott's and our hike up Horsetooth with Wendy & Jeff

Leaving CSU - and our roadtrip to TX with Ashley & Dusty

...and so much more!!!