Yesenia and I finally found the perfect wood floors and started to have them installed downstairs.  We had the wood in our house for about a week before they actually came out and installed it.  It took a crew of four people the whole day to install, but we now have a beautiful floor in the family room, dining room, and our Master bedroom.  It feels like a new house again!

Next, we will put the same wood in our study and probably on the stairs to the second floor.  Then, after we recover from all that, we want to get wood floors upstairs.

Last week, I spent a couple days in Charlotte, NC to attend a conference and product show for work. It was well worth the trip - I learned about new products and received tips that might come in handy for future designs.

Peter and I each had a flight lesson today. This was a gift for his adoption day, but it also served as an introduction to see if we would like flight training. I absolutely loved it! It was amazing. I thought I would be more nervous, and I was pretty nervous - especially when the instructor said I was going to control the wheel and the climb during take off. Yikes! But it was a lot of fun. I got to keep some measure of control over the plane the entire time. We climbed up to 3500 feet and did a few turns. We were up for about 30 minutes before turning around and landing.

I have also added pictures from Christmas in downtown Austin.  It was a lot of fun being so close to the lake, the Zilker tree, and some really good food . . . all walking distance from the room.

 

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I have uploaded some pictures from Peter's and my visit to El Paso last month.  We took the tram up to the moutain.  It was a little chilly, but oh what a view!

 

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Yesenia and I drove to Austin for Thanksgiving for the third annual celebration with Wayne and Peter. Mom and Lorain also flew in along with Peter's parents. We really had a great time and enjoyed the awesome food. Can't wait till next year!

You can find our pictures in our photo album. If you have pictures you would like to add, email me and I will move the album to a place where we can all upload pictures.

After a pretty long absence, I have begun to upload some pictures and be a little more active on this site.

Yesenia and I recently (on Thanksgiving weekend) went to a wedding of one of her coworkers. I have posted a few of the pictures in our photo album here. You will also find some pictures of us with friends out to dinner, at my company Christmas Party, and at the Dallas Symphony from this weekend. We had a blast!

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished. Watch the story below and vote on whether or not you think this is a good idea. Should a good samaritan be sued for trying to help?

Sue the poor sap. Shouldn't have tried to help in the first place!

This is wrong and sends the wrong message. There should be some immunity.

Each situation is different, and I can't decide...

Peter was on World News with Charles Gibson last week. This comments were recorded the previous week, and we were not sure when it was going to air. We were able to get a copy from his office as we were out of town last week.

Follow this link to watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlWpiMoEqdI

(Rich, I tried to embed the video, but I could not get it to accept.)