Family Visits

We just had a wonderful visit with my Brother-in-Law, Paul and his girlfriend Jodi. We had good conversation, good times, good food. Friday was Paul's bday and we took him out to Lil Abner's for a nice steak dinner. They had a live band and we were able to get them to play happy birthday to Paul. He was embarrased. But, we had fun. Too bad they live so far away.

Orkland

I'm rediscovering the joys of Mork and Mindy. What a fun comedy show. Robin Williams is such a clown! I love it! Check out http://www.sitcomsonline.com/morkandmindy.html for a lot of Mork and Mindy info.

New Year's Day

We have made this sort-of a tradition to go on a hike on NY Day. This year we went to the spectacular Chiracahua Mountains! http://www.nps.gov/chir/ A national park that is not visited very often. It is located in the very SE corner of Arizona. this is the land of the Apaches and Geronimo! The place is full of awesome rock formations. Very much like Bryce Canyon but without the color. We took a 3.4 mile hike (the Echo Canyon loop) through the rocks. It was amazing. If I can figure out how to post pics, I will.

And, they are over

The Holidays, that is. We had an awesome holiday this year. We flew to Fresno to spend Christmas with the fam. Christmas Eve was the usual pizza dinner at the in-laws. A great poker game started and we all had fun. Christmas day was at my parents house. Matt and I got there an hour early and were immediately put to work helping prepare the food for the fondue dinner. It was fun being involved making everything esp. the crab and cheese fondue. The dessert fondue was the best. We had a chocolate waterfall and hot caramel. Yummy.

The plane ride home was very bumpy. the airline didn't put the $400 fishing pole on the plane though we gate=checked it! It arrived on a later flight.

New Year's was spent here in Tucson with some colleagues of Matt's. Another poker game and the Motley Crue concert on the TV!