Pics of the family

A couple shots of us from Megan and Joe's wedding. Dad wasn't really as drunk as he looked in the picture, just got unlucky with the timing.

Several months in pictures

My aunt Mary asked for pictures for Christmas, which gave me the nudge to post a bunch of backlogged shots.  A few months ago my cousin Megan got married in upstate New York.  In the Austin airport.

At the wedding. Stef and Zoe, Rhonda, Ryan, Mom and Dad.

Zoe took this one of me.

Ryan looking dapper

Matthew escorted his sister down the isle wearing his dad's boots.

Megan and Joe

Me, Ryan, Matthew and Dad.

It took us about an hour to figure out where we were going on our family trip. The big plan was to see Niagara falls, but there are a few other things in the area to check out.

We hit the aquarium first. Lots of penguins, seals and fishies.

Niagara falls.

Zoe's birthday.

Halloween

Zoe turning a pot

Baking

This year Zoe really got a strong handle on using chopsticks. This was the night I managed to convince her to try calamari, which she ended up loving. This shot was from Mama Fu's, which is a new family favorite because of their extensive gluten free menu and the crazy Japanese game shows they constantly have on their TVs.

In December I was in the bridal party for my buddy Jason's wedding, and played bagpipes for the ceremony. They had the wedding at Castle Falkenstein, which was clearly a very cool place.

My buds- Jason, Bernie and Kevin.

Zoe got a bit bored in the chapel, so we started playing with my phone.

Zoe honestly likes sushi of pretty much every type, even the stuff here at the mall. She had a rainbow roll, and a piece of my unagi.

We took Moe and Bluebell (who we were dog sitting) to the dog park. It got a bit rainy, but we all had a good time.

Christmas!

Zoe got and MP3 player and some speakers. She's really digging them.

Stef has declared the inventor of the snuggie "a genius."

Hanging with my girls

Zoe and I went to Zilker park a couple months ago and stumbled across a guy kite boarding. I love the weird stuff you find in Austin. Zoe was bummed because she fell in the mud. Being the larger than life stage actress type that she is, she can pout intensely, and 30 seconds later be thrilled to be alive.
And moments later she's stoked, despite the muddy paw:
The little cart thing on the right is a big skate board he was able to ride around with the big orange kite pulling him.
Zoe doing a zip line at her friend Molly's birthday party:
We all went to our local nursery to pick up some planting ideas, and they had a great little green house idea that fits with the square foot gardening Stef's been doing. Here it is closed:
There are hinges, and hinged support legs on this side that let you open the whole thing up comme ca:Zoe doesn't always like the nursery so she spends her time sighing, making beleaguered whining noises, and this face:
I like that there's still a little hint of a suppressed grin in there.
Yesterday Stef suggested we all head out to a little festival they were having at the Bee Caves Galleria. We had some vendor food, checked out the stalls and stores, and Zoe went "ice skating" on this neat plastic rink they'd set up:

Christmas pictures