Lab retreat

A couple of weeks back, my lab went to Woodstock, Vermont, for a lab retreat (and my first time downhill skiing). Mom wanted to see who the people in my lab are, so here is a link to the photos Dr. Gilmore took during the retreat because this seemed the easiest way for her to see. And yes all those little kids in the picture above got down the hill faster, with more grace, and on more difficult routes than the one I took. For the record, this is before my second-to-last (penultimate, if you will) trip down the hill. It was on my last attempt down that I slid 30 yards or more on my stomach (though there might be a picture among those posted where I'm a bit snowy after finally making it the rest of the way down).

Our new coffee table (maybe)

So Debbie and I are in the process of making a new coffee table that, if we like the end result, will replace the one we're currently using. It's a bit taller and deeper, but not quite as wide. The nice thing is we're making it out of shelving we got from a Crate & Barrel location that was closing, so we got the parts for dirt cheap ($15, I think). Oh and we also picked up one of their cool display barrels but aren't sure yet what we're going to do with that. Anyway, here's what we have so far (it needs a shelf running across the length to support it and the top will need refinishing before we're done):

Our Trip to NYC

So yesterday, Debbie and I went to New York City for the day (yes, that's us in front of the tree at Rockefeller Center). It was cold and rainy (and eventually that turned to snow) and the bus was made for people considerably shorter than us, but all in all we saw a lot of things and had a good time. A link to some of the pictures we took is here.

Links to many pictures (been a while)

So I have posted links to two new sets of pictures.



The first is here and is a group of the last pictures I took in Michigan (some at Michigan State, some of Brian coaching a soccer game, and some when everyone came to Lansing the week before I moved for Dad's birthday).



That's followed by a second set, here, and is of the parks across the street from our apartment here in Brookline (unfortunately that's not the side of the building we're on, so we don't have quite that view) and then a photographic tour of our apartment (including in the last few shots, the view we do have). Featured prominently in the tour of our apartment is the new set of very dark brown bookcases in our living room we built last weekend and my new (again very dark brown) dresser we also build last weekend, all from Ikea. Please pardon the mess and we still haven't finished decorating, so it's a bit of a work in progress.

Father's Day/Malachi's Baptism

The folks and I went to Sterling Heights last weekend to celebrate Father's Day and see little Malachi get baptized. Pictures are here.

Special Delivery

Kara was feeling like she needed a bit of rest for her last few weeks of school and Debbie did offer, so she should be expecting a package in the mail. And yes, we did make sure there were some holes in the box.

The rest of the pictures from our visit yesterday are here.

Easter at Grandma's house

Just thought I'd post a link to the few photos I took at Grandma's house today.

The rest of the photos can be found here.