Been awhile...Tilia = 8 months old!

Here is Tilia helping me change a jug of water into the cooler. She is closer to 7 months in this clip, but who's counting. I joke that when I teach genetics to middle school kids I must forget about Tilia. She doesn't seem to have any genes from me. Straight up 100% Michelle.

Tilia says "Hi."

Here is the babe. She's pulling herself up and standing quite well with the support of the coffee table these days. Acer calls her "T-Mobile".

speaking of monster snowmen...

This is near my school. Wow, I watched a bit as 5 people lifted the "body" section of one of these bad boys up. Yes, that is a sports cone for the nose.

Long time, no post

I've uncovered a backlog of posts - just waiting for someone to read them. Enjoy!

Here is our backyard -about two weeks ago. We'll be done with this snow by next weekend.

Happy Birthday, Paul

Props to this dude. He's made it 57 years today. Happy Birthday, Dad.

More on Chicago..

This appetizer was sooo goood -0 yeah- that's a 3 o on the o scale. It is unfortunat?e that you haven't invested in the new "scratch and sniff" monitor. This was as good as it looks. This restaurant experience was at the Frontera Grill - run by Rick Bayless (a public television dude in Chicago?). It was recommended by Laura and Brian.


Michelle thought it was cool that she was able to catch up with Laura in person and see the family.
According to the website it is the 3rd Best casual restaurant in the world. I can't vouch for that acclaim, but Michele and I enjoyed the interesting & authentic dishes quite a bit. Michelle laughs, but I like to take pictures of the food we eat while out of town - got a problem with that?

Pizza Uno

Here is what I took home from Chicago - a pizza that I'm still digesting. They do make a good pizza, however, Michelle and I are more fans of the thick and chewy crust for deep pizzas. This crust was almost "pie" like - flaky and crispy. Acer enjoyed the pizza much more than Salix (surprise?).

Speaking of Acer, he took this great self portrait in Chicago. We'll be posting more Chicago pics shortly. While in the second city, we also hit the aquarium and some restaurant run by a dude on public television. Remind me to post about the awful Sheraton Towers at some point...I'm still recovering from how dry the room was.