King James in town

We went to the Rockets vs. Cavs game and got to see Lebron James and Shaq. Here's King James shooting a free throw and Shaq resting.

Gussie visited!

Aaron and Gussie were in Houston early this month and we got to visit with them. It was fun! We went downtown one night to meet up with Aaron's friend pictured here in the far right.It was good to laugh with someone from home and explore Houston with.

Holiday Party at Work

My work threw a lovely Christmas party on the only day it snowed all year, December 4th. It was wonderful to get out of the office early and celebrate a good year.These are the people I usually see daily. The Alaska/Canada team and a few from the rest of the company who wish they were on our team. :)
Anna and Victoria. Anna is on the Alaska team, and her house is our Woodlands, TX 'hotel'. Victoria works for Gulf of Mexico, but she can't help it. :)
Victoria and I.

Our tree

We got to upgrade our tree this year. Last year we had a four-foot tree, but this year we were able to get a 'regular' size tree. And we were earth friendly. This tree comes from a farm where they plant two trees for every tree they cut down. Yaaayyyyyy.Cutting off the wrapping.
After hanging up the lights.

Thanksgiving again

We were lucky enough to have two Thanksgivings this year. One at Uncle Alan's and Aunt Concetta's and the second at Uncle Neal's and Aunt Sue's. Here we're at Uncle Neal's and Aunt Sue's.Uncle Neal and James. They look alike!
Brian, Katie, Jen, Jessica, James, Kristin, me, and Adam. The Bonelli cousins.

Out to an Islanders game

The real fans!

Jonathan, Adam, Aileen, and Jen at the Islanders game.

Happy Thanksgiving

Adam, Avery, Aileen, and Jen standing. James, me, and Jonathan sitting at Aunt Concetta and Uncle Alan's.
Everyone enjoying dessert.

Hometown Bar

We visited James' hometown bar with his pals, Joe, Sean, and Paul. It was such a good night, we closed the place down at 4am! I can't believe James and I were able to stay up that late, since we're usually asleep by 11pm. I guess time flies when you're having fun.

Hofstra University Trip

We visited James' undergrad university, Hofstra, while we were on Long Island for Thanksgiving. Dr. B was his advisor and he's a real cool paleontologist. We had lunch with him, toured the geology department and the rest of the university.James in Dr. B's office. I like all the dinosaurs!
Dr. B and James in front of their display of fossils.
James helped prepare the big rock with all the cool shells.
Darwin poster created by Dr. B for a celebration of Darwin's work.

Houston Dinner

A few pals over for dinner.
Blueberry Delight
Peach Pie

A good meal

James was real champ and made me uuraq (Oo-ruck), which is fish soup. Just add water, onions, potatoes, and fish. So good.A lot of onions...I made James take some out.
Wine, pilot bread (big cracker), butter, and uuraq. Mmmmmm.

Otis turned 2 years old!

A new ducky duck for Otis
I went to a dog bakery and got him a pizza cookie, some other cookies, and a birthday bone cookie. Real spoiled.

Halloween!

Larry Bird and the Robot.
Feeling up the knobs.
Courtney the dark angel, Timmy the Irish soccer player aka Carl Elliott (Irishman with an American name), me as Larry Bird (worst Larry Bird fro ever), Jen the deer, and Tye as himself.

There's a Turtle in my house

Friday the 30th

My co-workers were invited to an Argentine Halloween party the day before Halloween. We went as Fraggles from Fraggle Rock! James went as a robot from Flight of the Conchords' music video The Humans Are Dead.
The Fraggles! I'm Mokey, the purple one.
James, me, a Doozer, and another Fraggle. The other couple is really Xell (pr. Chell) and Fernando.
Robo-boogie.
James' head looks like it's floating!
James...where are you?

Ballunar Festival

We drove down to NASA's campus to watch the Ballunar Festival with Jose and Sarah. They're both enginerds at NASA, and either have worked or are still working shuttle missions. It was fun to walk around with them and see all the balloons. All the balloons would burn their fuel at the same time after the sun set. When they did this, they called it a glow.



Cool kids walking through NASA's campus.
Sarah and Jose in front of the Mission Control building.
Space suit.
Balloons all together being blown up.
All the balloons glowing!

Bunny Butt

The energizer bunny balloon was filled right next to us. The crew gave us the bunny's butt. Enjoy watching a growing bunny butt!

Niagra Falls

I got to travel to Toronto on business, so during the trip my co-workers and I traveled to Niagra Falls. The Canadian side is beautiful! As far as the surrounding town anyway. Enjoy.

The Falls come from this river.
There are beautiful changing colors on the river.
Yummy, crisp, fresh looking water going over The Falls.
The Falls.
Me and my broken-looking arm at The Falls.
Fossils at The Falls. Crinoids!
Sea gull legs at The Falls.
The guys reviewing photos at The Falls.
Yes, it can be very dangerous at The Falls.
Walking through the spooky-looking tunnel under The Falls.
Right under The Falls!
Looking at The Falls from below.
Very misty at The Falls.
Getting wet at The Falls.