Kitchen Construction

I have been productive this week and made a spice rack, a bar to go over the kitchen sink, and a papertowel holder. They were kind of spontaneous, inspired after looking at an IKEA catalogue and thinking we could use one of those but why buy when I can build one, out of electrical conduit nonetheless. Some pictures:
the jars are from IKEA, sadly we don't yet have a pottery wheel and kiln...someday

Mother's Day

Happy Mother’s Day!
Laura and I want to express gratitude for all the ever patient, sacrificial, loving mothers out there (especially our two) with a collection of Calvin and Hobbes. Enjoy.

The Airport

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, its been a little busy. I started a project at work that I am really enjoying. We are developing a myriad of options for DFW Airport to renovate their existing terminals in the next five to twenty years. It is mostly concept work which after three years of construction work is a nice change. Another plus is they moved the five of us who are working on it out to an office at the airport which makes for a slightly shorter commute and a less stressful working environment. Oh and the parking garage we park in has a crazy spiral vertical drive (which we have contemplated going down in office chairs…).

I Need to Find a Better Scanner

Some recent sketches:

Expelled

Laura’s dad got tickets to the world premier of the movie Expelled showing in Dallas last night. Since his wife didn’t want to go, he took Laura. They got dressed up and had a great time (even though Laura has been sick as of late). They had good things to say of the movie which, helmed by Ben Stein, is a documentary trying to expose the persecution against the intelligent design movement. I’ll probably see it soon and have a better review then. Some pics:


Fuzzy picture of Ben Stein
Myself as the chauffer for the night

High School

In honor of Brian successfully becoming a dad, I decided I would post some high school pictures just as a reminder of how far he has come in life over the past ten years. To get more details on the adoption go to his or Janelle's blog.



I have much more if anybody is interested. (Rachel, let Randy know that I was very close to posting his baggy pants immpression picture but that I decided against it)

Life in the City

We had a good weekend with a lot of time spent in both Dallas and Fort Worth. In Dallas we discovered a great little grocery store/cafe that was straight out of Europe (complete with Kinder candy, Bueno bars, bottles of mead, a fresh bakery, really narrow isles, and German cola). It was a great find and actually brought tears to Laura’s eyes when she found the Bueno bars.

In Fort Worth we did our usual museum hopping, seeing an alright exhibition at the modern by Martin Puryear, and then visited the Water gardens. A brief visit to the Kimbell was a reminder of both how great their permanent collection is and specifically how much I like Caravaggio. So I leave you with a few peices of this brawling Italian’s art:

Cardsharps (currently owned by the Kimbell)

The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

The Calling of Saint Matthew