We celebrated July 4th with Karen’s parents and Robert and Kwo Ue. When Joe and Bobby are together, it’s a given that “boom booms” are involved. The pictures can be seen in the 2007 Friends album. Also in the album are pictures of Karen’s friend Azure and her new baby Erica – what a little sweetie!

In the Family album, new pictures have been added to the July-Aug album. Included are pictures of the boys cooling off on a hot day and a trip to the zoo, joined by Robert and Kwo Ue, where we saw the bird show, the newly renovated Minnesota Trail, and other fun exhibits. The album also has its usual assortment of cute kid pics.

Tags: family outing, friends, holiday, zoo

Joe and I just got back from a little weekend get-away to Vegas, and we had a fantastic time. We traveled with Mark Kantor, a poker buddy and former co-worker of Joe’s, and his wife, Yvonne, and Rich Kanter (no relation to Mark), a long-time friend of Mark’s, and his wife, Yukimi; we stayed at the beautiful Bellagio on the Strip. In addition to the obvious poker and slot machines, we saw the Blue Man Group (very unique show), toured the Strip, checked out the Ansel Adams show at the Bellagio’s fine art gallery, and took advantage of the fabulous salon and spa (I had two massages, talk about being spoiled!). We didn’t do too well at the casino, but hey, we had a great time!

Check out the pics we took in the Vegas ’06 album in the Vacation gallery .

Tags: friends, Joe, Karen, poker, vacation, Vegas

We’ve added new pictures to the Family July-August 2006 album of the boys’ first taste of veggies, fun new exersaucers from Grandma Pat, and other cute photos. The Sept-Oct 2006 album has been created (how is it that late in the year already??) with Zach’s exciting first attempts at crawling. And we took some cool pictures from the “Space Tower” at the Minnesota State Fair while hanging out with Bobby and Kwo Ue.

Tags: friends, playtime