Birthday

Thanks for all the love on my birthday! Here are a few shots from the party. Joe and Jen both won prizes from the Mario Kart competition and of course Baby Mia.

The Road Ahead

and of course the cement tower again ;-)

The Jaksons

I have been searching for this video from some time. Yes, I know I could have found part it on the making of Thriller tape...but I have always wanted to see the completed video. Well here it is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06mz2yB46JM

Enjoy!

Cement Tower

Does the transporter know?

Fun on the InterUrban Trail

We found this old train cart last night and thought we would take a few goofy pictures on it.

Tad

Presenting my new officemate and co-worker!

Blogging the Blogger

I think the shot speaks for it's self.

Blooper and Bono

A Blooper from the other night and the Bono SUV...click on the SUV picture to enlarge, this one is for you Martha!

Pat or Roxanne?

So, does this baby look like Pat or Roxanne? I'm glad to see that the baby is coming along, good work Pat!

70!

So this is what it's like to be 70...Goodtimes! Ummmm, I am not sure what Polly is doing?

Sky!

I caught this shot while getting gas last night.

It's Growing

As you can see it's beginning to sprout.

Okay Okay

This is the BLOG emergency shot! If I ever found myself so busy I figured I pull this shot out of my archive! Notice good old black dog sleeping on the other side...look for the ears;-)

Blue

Yup, Fulltime!

NEO

So I was a little sneaky, I took a few shots inside New Employee Orientation yesterday, one at the beginning and one at break. Over all it was a great presentation and of course the benefits plan is out of this world!

Last Day of Being Orange

My last day of being a temporary employee of Microsoft or "Orange Badge". When I arrived at new employees orientation this morning I was told to turn my badge in. It was strange to see my badge discarded into a huge basket full of disposed orange badges. A new day begins with a new color…

Asian Design

I hope everybody has a great week...just another view from Beacon Hill!

As Promised

Jolene and I found these strange little homes on Beacon Hill last night. We could not figure out what these are?

I promise

I will have a new shot tomorrow! Busy Busy Busy

Labor End

I hope it was a good one...now back to work!

Step Brother Andrew

Dad and Ginny are in this weekend for a wedding and they brought their son Andrew. When I first meet Andrew he was a silly little kid but as you can see here he is full grown dude. I still see the silly kid.

Good News Trek Fans

They are doing all the old episodes with new special effects! Here is the preview shot...

It can be found...

Here!

Does the Transporter know?

Here is the latest challenge to the transporter and to those who think they can beat him...Where is this place? Hint: it's near a library.

It was a great week

I am one blessed guy for many reasons.

Wedding Party

One of Jolene’s cousins was married last night; it was a great wedding with a lot of laughs. This shot was taken of Mom and me during the mother-son dance.

Another Kidney Klassic

Here is a picture Dad took while climbing Mt. Rainier in 79!

Since I live here now

I thought I would show you some of the facilities.

Working Late

Working late is no fun, especially when you can see it's sunny out.

The week ahead

What a beautiful morning, please let this be a good indication for the week ahead.

Door

Everybody should have a door in there house that leads to something like this.

One I missed

This was a shot I took last week in the South Park Pea Patch. Nice corn!

Night Tree

Jolene and I hung out with Zach and Martha last night. As we walked the streets from restaurant to restaurant we observed this tree. Pretty cool.

Family Time

It was great to see new faces with the old. Congrats! to Polly on her new job!

Kayak

Goodtimes on Lake Union!

Swaddle

From what Joe and Kim tell me baby Mia loves to be swaddled, how can you go wrong with a nice warm pink blanket? According to Mia this is the best way to get a late night nap. Hmmm, I might try this myself.

Secrets

Hung out with the guys last night; we always have a great time. Chris and Joe exposed many new secrets of parenthood to Pat and I. It's kind of like a Quilting Bee but with interesting conversations of sports, video games, work, wives, kids and God.

Sign

Jolene and I have never used the community center, I think we intended to someday. But for now it makes a cool picture.

My commute

Edgar Martinez way to I-90! Everyday...

Zookeeper

Jolene’s job involves quite a bit of animal handling. She belongs to a group of people that are all related to animal science. They had a picnic on Saturday and invited a Woodland Park Zoo zookeeper to speak on animal enrichment. After the lecture I was pretty convinced we have a great city zoo with some awesome animal handlers. I will be going to the zoo soon.

Side Note: He also told us that rats were very trainable and could be taught to sit, lie down and roll over. The wheels started turning in my mind.

Allen Institute Company Picnic

We all went to the Mariner’s game after the picnic; yes the seats were high up and in the sun. Me, being the sports fan that I am could not tell if the M’s won or lost. I pasted this ticket on my head to keep the sun out of my eyes, next time I will bring a hat.

Oh, that’s Jolene, Ron, Geri and I.

The Sound

I thought this was a nice end of the week shot.

Strange Formations

Jolene and I took a walk last night and found this guys yard full of these unusual but cool looking rocks.

In and Out

The ‘Jet Setter’ graced us with her presence last night. It was good to see her…but she will be off again tomorrow.