This is easily one of the funniest commercials I've ever seen. It brings joy to my life every time I watch it, which thanks to youtube, is quite often!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Too hot to Handel
I wish I was clever enough to have come up with that title to this blog entry. As it is it was on the sign outside of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra this past weekend as they performed Handel's Messiah. It was the first time either of us had ever seen or even heard the entire thing, and it was awesome. I highly recommend seeing it if you get the chance and this may become an annual tradition for us. People dress nicely on the east coast so we did our part and dressed up a bit for the occasion.
The venue was very cool.
On Saturday we hung out with our great friends/relatives Noel and Heidi. Noel was in D.C. for a preaching conference and it was great to get to spend some time with them. For some reason, this is the only picture we took while we were with them. The picture contains the following in order from left to right: First row: cinnamon stick, Second row: gigantic sugar cookie covered in sprinkles, chocolate cigar, triple-decker corned beef sandwich, Third row: Heidi, Noel.
That reminds me, I still have some left over chocolate cigar in our hotel refrigerator.
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The venue was very cool.
On Saturday we hung out with our great friends/relatives Noel and Heidi. Noel was in D.C. for a preaching conference and it was great to get to spend some time with them. For some reason, this is the only picture we took while we were with them. The picture contains the following in order from left to right: First row: cinnamon stick, Second row: gigantic sugar cookie covered in sprinkles, chocolate cigar, triple-decker corned beef sandwich, Third row: Heidi, Noel.
That reminds me, I still have some left over chocolate cigar in our hotel refrigerator.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Thanksgiving
For Thanksgiving we joined Sarah and Josh at my parent's house in Fredonia. We had an awesome time of just eating way too much food and playing tons of games...mostly Settlers of Catan. Zoe is my mascot.
As it turns out, my parents own a Snuggie-type thing that actually preceded the official Snuggie. As you can tell by the picture the old design was not quite as useful as the real deal, but Becky liked it anyway..and Zoe just likes being in pictures.
Stockings are still fun.
We went to see the Christmas Carol movie in 3D. It was cool, especially the part where we got to wear these awesome glasses.
On Thanksgiving I certainly felt very thankful to have such an awesome family...which is nice because we drove through a lot of traffic to hang out with them!
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As it turns out, my parents own a Snuggie-type thing that actually preceded the official Snuggie. As you can tell by the picture the old design was not quite as useful as the real deal, but Becky liked it anyway..and Zoe just likes being in pictures.
Stockings are still fun.
We went to see the Christmas Carol movie in 3D. It was cool, especially the part where we got to wear these awesome glasses.
On Thanksgiving I certainly felt very thankful to have such an awesome family...which is nice because we drove through a lot of traffic to hang out with them!
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The past two months.
These last two months have been a bit crazy. Here's a brief summary:
- I finished grad school
- We went to Austria for 10 days
- We packed up, said goodbye to all our Colorado friends, and drove through 4 days of rain on our move to Maryland
- I started my first ever real job
- We bought a house
Austria was amazing - it is such an incredible place. Here we are at a palace in Vienna.
Becky at the Vienna opera house. Yeah, that's right I went to the opera...3.5 hours worth.
My favorite part of the trip was hiking around in these Alps. Easily one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.
The hardest part of leaving Colorado was saying bye to the students we had been mentors to for many years. Before we left, one of the students parents threw us a goodbye party.
Life in Maryland has been good so far. We look forward to updating the blog more often with what's going on in our life on the east coast.
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- I finished grad school
- We went to Austria for 10 days
- We packed up, said goodbye to all our Colorado friends, and drove through 4 days of rain on our move to Maryland
- I started my first ever real job
- We bought a house
Austria was amazing - it is such an incredible place. Here we are at a palace in Vienna.
Becky at the Vienna opera house. Yeah, that's right I went to the opera...3.5 hours worth.
My favorite part of the trip was hiking around in these Alps. Easily one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.
The hardest part of leaving Colorado was saying bye to the students we had been mentors to for many years. Before we left, one of the students parents threw us a goodbye party.
Life in Maryland has been good so far. We look forward to updating the blog more often with what's going on in our life on the east coast.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
In good company
As Becky eluded to in the previous post, I completed my requirements for my PhD last Monday. In light of this, there is a bit of information you might find amusing. Another graduate student made an incredible discovery a few months ago. There is a plaque at our research center that lists the name and year of all PhD graduates from the center. Close inspection of this plaque reveals that none other than Charles Norris received his PhD back in 1992.
I am truly honored to be in the same company as this great man.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Visit to Maryland
On Friday night, we toured Washington D.C. It was cool to see all of the history, and be reminded of our nation's past.
We visited the Korean War Memorial, which meant a lot to me as my grandpa fought in that war. I am very grateful for his service to our country, and all those who served so selflessly.
We also got the chance to see Matt and Eli Margaron and their beautiful girls, Emma and Leah. We hung out in Baltimore then headed up to their home in Bel Air for dinner. We also went to a beautiful farm for ice cream (which was obviously the highlight of the trip for the girls)!
This was a very nice long weekend, and gave us a great feel of that area of the country. Maybe we'll be moving there soon....
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