On Sunday we went to Kyle's Bye-Bye BBQ. I didn't take a lot of photos, but I thought I'd post two of 'em.


We'll miss you, Kyle!


The dog was pushing Jeffry over to try to make Jeff pet him.

Labels: BBQ, friends + family

We went to a wine tasting out in Sonoita the weekend before last. The drive was beautiful; everything was so green. The tasting was a lot of fun as well. The people were nice, the wine was great, and a good time was had by all! We bought some crackers, cheese, summer sausage, and some sodas from the vineyard and had a nice lunch outside. We really enjoyed our trip. Thanks for the gift certificates, Bob and Connie!

Labels: Sonoita, wine

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.

Labels: quotes

In middle school I had a couple of friends that I thought I would have for the rest of my life. We wound up attending different high schools and practically never spoke again.

Now I encounter them on Facebook and hardly recognize them. I miss those relationships and wonder if we would have been such good friends if we met randomly as adults. And there isn't really any reason that we couldn't re-establish a friendship on some level past being "friends" on a social networking site except for the fact that we are completely different people now and it would seem needy. In reality it's just that I miss those friendships that I had as much as I value my existing ones.

Labels: regrets

Labels: family

I think we may need to cut the grass soon...

Labels: house

Our house is coming along quite nicely! I thought I'd put some pictures up for every one to see. These are of the living room.

Labels: house