Rowing

(I'm the one on the very left)

hola

I got back from Mexico City yesterday (I was there all week). It was ok. Like any other business trip, I get to go to some neat places but mostly I worked. One of the nicer things was eating at La Hacienda De Los Morales. The Hotel Nikko was packed with rednecks because NASCAR held its fourth Nationwide Series race their today. I guess the support crews stayed at the hotel I was at be because the place was full of guys chewing tobacco, speaking with a southern drawl, and wearing firemen or similar shirts.

isaiah college

Isaiah has decided to attend the College-Conservatory of Music here in Cincinnati. The college is part of the University of Cincinnati located about 25 miles from our home. His degree will be Electronic Media (more) - Bachelor of Fine Arts.

angela rowing

In case you didn't know it, Angela has joined the Great Miami Rowing club. Although she just started a few weeks ago, she likes it so much that she has joined the elite team which means she practices six days a week year round ... but she also gets to participate in competitions and qualifies for her High School letter.

new sled

We picked up a third pony to add to our stable. This 2008 Toyota Corolla LE had 1,010 miles on it. It wasn't all that Isaiah wanted but ...

angela candy

It seems candy is a common theme with Angela. Here she scored this giant lollipop from the Cracker Barrel. Yes, we went to the Cracker Barrel because Barb had a hankering for something fried.

istanbul

Although it was not my first trip to Istanbul, I took time for some sightseeing last night.

The Blue Mosque


Hagia Sophia


Grand Bazaar

home again

Here's Home Again by Isaiah and his girlfriend Morgan Sandstrom. He wrote and played the music; Morgan wrote and sang the lyrics ... Isaiah did the production.

barb dancing

Barb went dancing.

happy easter

The equation to figure out when Easter will fall is:

((19*t+u-w-(u-(u+8) \25)+1)\3)+15)mod30) +(32+2*x+2*y-(19*t+ u-w-(u-(u+8)\25)+1)\3)+15) mod30)-z) mod7)- 7*(t+11* (19*t+u- w(u- (u+8)\25)+1)\3)+15) mod30)+22*(32+2*x+2*y- (19*t +u-w-(u- (u+8)\25)+1)\3) +15)mod30)-g)mod7) +114)\31 = /`\ /`\

Well, at least that's what I read somewhere ... doesn't make sense to me. I know some of my friends are finding some significance in the idea that this will be the earliest Easter of our lifetime. Not me.

Just plain Happy Easter.

Hope

Here is Isaiah's latest composition Hope.

angela's fort

We got 13.5 inches of snow this weekend. What's more amazing is this fort Angela built - all by herself.

mason fields home owner association

Cool - I am now president of the Mason Fields Home Owner Association. I guess I just didn't have enough going on.

candy bar

As Angela's Birthday party gets closer, her creativity (and the cost) goes up ...

jones soda

Angela is getting ready for her birthday party. She loves the colors of the Jones sodas ...

really bored

Ok - now I'm really bored. This is what happens to me when a 15 minute job at the repair shop turns into hours ... it's just a piece of tubing for crying out loud! Argh ....

waiting

I'm hanging out at the Chevy dealer waiting for some work on my car (found a hole in the windshield wiper fluid tubing). I got a little board and this post is the result.

missing tooth

Emrie needs a new tooth ...

m&m boy

Isaiah enjoying the few Christmas M&M's Angela left ...

christmas leftovers

Angela and her friend turned some of our Christmas leftovers into a beach ...