Off to Omaha

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Last week John informed us that he did indeed rock and got tickets for the Rice/A&M games before they sold out. So, we piled the dogs in the car and headed out to Houston this past weekend. Saturday was of course ridiculously hot (it is Houston), but a tailgate starting at noon certainly helps. By 5 we were ready for the game. Rice won, beating the Aggies and clinching their spot at Omaha. Oh, and Dog the Bounty Hunter was there too - *many* Aggies were going up to him to get autographs.
Rice fans? Not so much....

So, that's Dave, Me, Khoa, Kyle, Betty and John, photo courtesy of Betty (cause we were stupid and forgot the camera).

Kyle is my Hero

This weekend we loaded up the dogs in the car to head out to the Leander Park and Ride Grand Opening. Unfortunately, we never made it - the car got a flat tire about half way there (and its a long way to Leander). Pulled over, and Kyle proceeded on his heroic task of changing the tire, despite my absolute idiocy in parking on a slight incline - oops. But, we made it back to Austin, the dogs didn't have quite the adventure we thought they would, and now I've seen a tire changed, I think I could probably do it myself. But, just in case

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

We'll be celebrating Emmy's graduation from high school!

Artichoke from our Garden!

Convention

This past Thursday through Saturday I was able to attend the AIA Convention in San Antonio (so close!). I bummed with a college friend in SA, and took advantage of the close location to really be at the convention for way too many hours every day. But - it was great. The whole theme was 'Going Beyond Green' and there were plenty of very interesting seminars I attended. The final key-note speaker was Al Gore - great to see in person. I think he's finally found his niche, and probably does this sort of campaigning much better than he ever did for President. His whole idea was that the first great generation was during WW II - they saved the world from a world-wide (not just local, or regional) crisis, and it's our responsibility to be the next great generation in this world-wide (environmental) crisis. He also tailored his speech towards the audience, which was wonderful - related it to architects and the building industry: we have the most to gain from this move towards green, and can be the leaders in this movement. Another presenter said he wished that architects were like superheroes - when towns were in trouble, they would turn on the big 'bat light' and an architect would come to the rescue with a solution. The whole weekend was very inspiring.

And...Kyle and I discovered that we have a company that presents at both of our conventions:

none other than Big Ass Fans!