Garden Progress

Jesse and I planted a bunch of stuff today, and he built a trellis for the beans to grow up.

Stacy's 30th Birthday - Manzanita, Oregon Coast

Welcome Home, Rob!

My cousin Rob finally made it back from a 15 month tour in Afghanistan. Yaaaay!

UPDATE: Here are a couple homecoming pics I stole from Amy's Myspace page:



The last time Rob saw Ashlyn was in August (he came home for her birth):

HAPPY APRIL TO YOU!

I LOVE APRIL... totally the best month of the year. I hope you are celebrating the onslaught of spring as well. Here is evdidence of some the fun that has been had so far this month.

Pics from Lake Puckaway, Wisconsin. Karaoke courtesy of Good Ol' Days on the lake:



Adam, our karaoke MVP:



"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" duet; safe to say I'll never do that again:



Tim buys a whopping 100 pull tabs, which we were allowed to open in 2 minute increments:



No explaination needed:



Back at Kate and Adam's cabin we kelebrate with champagne:



Two fools losing in Srabble:



Fake Smile snugs with Jessie Spanno and Charlie:



Breezy is my Guitar Hero:



Trampled by Turtles played the Wonder Ballroom my first night back in PDX:

"Bring Back the Backpacks!"

In my line of work, I spend a lot of time reminiscing about the good ol' high school days. Last night I told some pals the story of one of my favorite RHS moments: Our student-led protest (thank you Megan and Jaime) when we walked out of class and stormed the streets of Ripon demanding the return of backpack usage in the classroom. Freedom of speech at its finest.