Trip to Chicago...

Chris and I took a short trip to Chicago to see Lydia on March 28th. We were going to run the Shamrock Shuffle, an 8k race through downtown Chicago. When we woke up on the day of the race, all we could see was white...apparently a blizzard rolled in overnight. We decided it wouldn't be any fun to get hypothermia, when we just wanted to do the race for fun. Even though we didn't do the race, we had a lot of fun hanging out with Lydia. We hung out at her apartment on campus, went to a movie, and walked around the city (when the weather cleared up). I challenged Lydia to a little Guitar Hero, she kicked my butt, but to be fair, I had never played it before. Chris took a stab and the two of them played until their fingers hurt! Here are a few photos from the trip.

We head back to Chicago mid-May to attend Lydia's graduation ceremony at Illinois Institute of Technology...should be a blast!

Guitar Hero: Battle of the Siblings

Waiting for the bus...

Walking around the city...

Sears...um...Willis Tower

I wanted to have a photo, before they change the sign...

View from the train station on Lydia's campus...

We Love Snow...

It seems we didn't have a very snowy winter, but recently we have been getting some big storms! Uber loves to be out in the snow. He can keep himself occupied for hours, just running around in the snow. Here are some random shots from a few of the recent snow storms...

3.25.09 Snow Storm - Got over a foot

Shoveling...one of many times that day

The next day was beautiful...and the snow melted fast!

There is a step there, but hidden in all the snow...

Quite the life!

4.17.2009 Snow Storm - over a foot of wet snow

My little love bird birdhouse...

"I'm not coming inside, this is great!"

The snowflakes were huge and Uber felt compelled to try to catch them all...

Sleepy puppy...too much fun in the snow...

Random New Photos...

I haven't posted anything in awhile, so here are some new photos from the past few months...

Uber is of course still growing and he is almost 1!

While David was in town, the guys enjoyed
40s while watching the first period of an Avs game.
Like the good ole college days!


D'Corizon dinner with friends. We hung out with Jeremy, Kirsten, and
Dave and Erin while they were in town from NYC.
Dave and Erin got engaged the day after these photos!



Uber in the 4Runner. He likes to lay in the backseat...

More water please...

Hanging out outside one beautiful winter day, I watered the lawn and the dog.
Uber loves playing in the water!


My new favorite photo of him!

Cruisin' with the Family...

In January, part my family went on a cruise to the Mexican Rivera, aboard the Holland America ship, the ms Oosterdam. On the trip was Chris and me, my mom and dad, my brother James, my aunt Judi and uncle Steadman, and my brother's friend Jeremy. We had a great time with everyone and did some fun things in ports. We left from San Diego and went to Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, and Cabo San Lucas. It would take forever to upload all the photos, but here are some of my favorites!

Hanging out before we left San Diego...

Exploring the ship...

Haning out on mom and dad's balcony...

The lifeboat drill...

Finally, we leave San Diego and the gloomy weather behind!

Bye Bye San Diego!

Happy hour...2 for 1!!
Where you could count on meeting up with the family each day!

Formal night photos at dinner!
Aren't we an adorable couple? We love photos!

Mom and Dad

Steadman and Judi

On the back of the ship

Pulling into Mazatlan. View from our little balcony.