The fourth level of the Acropolis, referred to as the “White Temple”, contains the tomb of an Ek Balam king named Ukit Kan Le’k Tok’. The stucco-work on its facade is in such astonishingly good condition that it appears to have been completed only yesterday. This is because the temple was covered over with rubble [...]

Just prior to Christmas we bought a new 2003 Honda Civic. After waking up New Years Day while visiting Bruce in Wistler we found a tree had fallen down covering out car. Luckly for us the tree’s weight was held mostly by Neil’s Bronco.

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This picture of Jeaniene was taken as we were snowshoeing up on Cypress Mountain on an absolutely beautiful March day.

Sayil means place of the leaf-cutter ants in Maya. Stephens and Catherwood visited “Zayi” during their 1841 expedition to the Yucatan. Stephens wrote: “After proceeding a mile and a half we saw at some distance before us a great tree-covered mound, which astonished us by its vast dimensions… Our guides cut a path, and, clearing [...]

“The region behind or south of the two converging ranges of low hills that come together just northwest of Uxmal is called the Puuc (Maya hilly country). During the eleventh and twelfth centuries, this section of Yucatan supported the densest population in the entire northern half of the Peninsula, a population which was gathered around [...]

The lofty stairway on the west side, with a 60 degree angle of inclination, is flanked by large masks of the rain god in a stepped series, one behind the other, creating a propelling energy to the top, with its dramatic entrance to Temple IV

These pictures of Jeaniene were taken though out her pregnacy with Emery as a record to see the changing size of her belly.

Because it was a beautiful spring day that happened to fall on May 1st, our close friends Michael and Christine along with their two kids Megan and Ethan decided to have a barbecue. For Emery this was his first social outing and turned out to be a fun day to see our friends.

Emery’s closest cousins.