July 23, 2005
Welcome back. A lot going on. Summer is in full swing, and it is HOT! We just got back from Ireland. Another trip, another airline screw up. This time they lost our luggage (on the way out). We got there early on Sunday and didn't get the luggage until Wednesday evening. (Mike's razor was in the lost luggage, and didn't shave the entire time (even when the luggage was returned)) Aside from the luggage, we had a great time! Mike only ended up on the wrong side of the road once (damned traffic circles!) Lots of history, culture and castles! Kids preferred the castles to the history and culture, but we all had a lot of fun. We got to see lots of castles in various states of restoration. The weather was perfect. Low to mid 70's and sunny! There are a TON of new pictures on the picture pages. Go check them out. Thanks for stopping by!

April 2, 2005
Welcome back. Not much going on. We just got back from a vacation in San Diego. Great place. The weather man threatened us with rain, but it never showed up. Great weather (68-74 mostly sunny). We went to the Zoo, Legoland, Sea World and the USS Midway. (Mike's mother joined us) We had a great time and took lots of pictures (you should go look at them...I work my fingers to the bone on this site, the least you could do is look at all the stuff!). We didn't want to come home. That was even more true when Delta screwed up our connecting flight through Cincinnati. We didn't get home until after 1am :(. Oh well, thanks for stopping by!

January 22, 2005
Hey, welcome to 2005. A crazy holiday in '04. Shari's parents came in from NC, but nobody else could make it because Mike got really sick. (Who also got Shari's parents sick.) Then over Christmas, Mike's parents came in during a snow storm! Ila also was one of the lucky people flying USAir that got her luggage "misplaced". But we all survived (Ila got her luggage back) and the kids got EVEN MORE presents. This year's big hits were a PS2 and the ESPN game station. The kids haven't stopped playing them. Finally, football is almost over, and Alex's ability to pick superbowl contenders has ended. The Broncos have been eliminated. We're all very sad...Enough of that. Here's to a happy 2005 (and to Lucas picking up Alex's prognostication ability.)