It's a Virtue

First are the rest of the photos from our trip to San Antonio over Thanksgiving.

Froot Loops on vacation. Nice.

On Friday we went to the San Antonio Zoo, where we met my old high school friend, Dr. Daniel Howard; his wife, Louise; their two kids, Elena and Bryce; and Dan's parents, Bill and Julie.

Friday night in San Antonio is always a big event as there is a huge parade on the riverwalk. We ate at a very nice restaurant and then had great seats for the festivities.

Mommy was very proud of the additional storage she picked up and how nicely the living room looked. Too bad it only lasts so long and then it's destruction all over again. But let's not think of those times. Let's remember the serenity and beauty of it all...

I know you believe our little Simon is as happy as a clam all the time, but oh how wrong you are.

What a life this kid leads.

Hopefully I got some good husband points for sending these flowers to mommy for her birthday.

New Do

I still need to upload more pictures from our San Antonio trip (hopefully that'll happen sometime this century), but I wanted to post this pic taken yesterday. Simon got a nice new haircut and looks pretty sharp.

Way Cool!

Uncle Bunk, I am sorry I had to steal your line but I couldn't say it better myself. Today was a very special day -- we picked up our brand-new 2012 Nissan Leaf. It's completely powered by electricity and has ZERO emissions. I have destroyed a lot of the Ozone Layer with all of my driving the last eight-plus years, so our household needs to try to do its part in reducing our carbon footprint. But it's also a pretty cool little car; it has 100% torque and some neat little gizmos. Stop on by and we'll give you the 411. And someday I hope to obtain all of our needed power from the sun, so then we can say we have no carbon footprint whatsoever in terms of energy consumption.

And I haven't forgotten that I need to post more pictures from San Antonio. They'll be here eventually, just be patient. Finally, I haven't had a chance to acknowledge the passing of my grandmother, Ilse Ruth Brauer, on Monday. She was my last living grandparent, so definitely the end of an era. For those of you attending her funeral on Thursday you'll hear some additional remarks from me at that time.