The Happy Holidays...

Well, the end of last year came with some trials... but all in all, it was a good holiday season for us...

In April of last year, my brother got married to Nancy...  she's pretty cool, and she and Alissa get along really well...  I like her, but she has one huge defect... she likes my brother....

I think after living with only boys for 27 years, my mom was glad to have some female presence in the household.  She now has the daughters she's always wanted (I guess me having long hair didn't cut it).  It's weird to see how feminine she really is... seeing her giddy about shopping and girly stuff is new to me... I think she's really glad to have daughters... 


These are the youngest of my cousins (minus one boy).  They are cute.. I fear that they will grow up and no longer be the cute babies I once knew them.  The smallest one (Ashley) was our flower girl...

Yep, that's right... Isaac and I whipped out our old Nintendo (that's right... the original one), and had some fun with Super Mario Bros. (the original)... Apparently I'm still good since I passed the game in less than 10 minutes (given the "warps".... remember that.. for any old school video game folk)....  

The best part of the holidays was having time off and being with the hottest girl on the planet... We had a good time with our relatives and both sides of our family.  We are blessed to have good parents and in-laws.  But now we're back to the ol' grind... here goes.... happy 2009, ya'll...

eric