About Me

You may have already figured out that my name is Darlene.  I am a daughter, wife, mother, grandma and friend.  I could think of more adjectives but that is enough for now.  I graduated from Nursing School in 1982 which is the same year I got married to the love of my life, Eric.  Eric is the most energetic person I know and is non-stop motion!  He is a persister, achiever, energizer all wrapped up into one get-er-done man!  We have two amazing daughters who have brought so much to our lives!

We have been married for 29 years!!

This is a picture of me in Hawaii with my girlfriends in March of 2011.

Sorry girls, I cropped you out of the  photo!

This picture was taken by my husband as he was about to leave for backpacking 7/22/11.
I'm helping him figure out his new camera.

Part of my growing up years was spent on a ranch in southern Oregon.  We spent a fair amount of time shooting ground squirrels as they caused all kinds of trouble for irrigation ditches!  (I don't think I could do that now . . . yuck!)  Last summer when I visited my parents in Washington we went out shooting.  This is my dad's 22 pistol.  Its fun to shoot and I did hit the paper plate . . . but not the one I was aiming at . . . the one next to it.  Oh well!!