All Good Things Lang

Happy Birthday to me!

2012-01-24T13:26:00.000-08:00

Happy New Years

2012-01-23T01:53:00.000-08:00

I know a little bit late... Oh well.

Happy New Year!

Christmas

2012-01-23T01:40:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

Aggie Football

2012-01-23T01:12:00.000-08:00

I got to go with Ben to the Aggie Bowl game this year

I don't think we could have gotten higher seats. However, last year we had standing room only seats so any seat is better than that.

A good time was had, the Aggies won, so all in all pretty good!

Christmas 2011

2011-12-14T08:58:00.000-08:00

Another Company Christmas Party

Suzanne is always so cute!!!

Evening Getaway

2011-10-20T10:35:00.001-07:00

A little getaway time to San Antonio was nice.

Mexican food is always good.

Remember the Alamo!!!

Hold your arm out again and take the picture.

I could have fought with these guys.

How cute is this girl!

Free Cory Morrow Concert

2011-08-15T18:31:00.000-07:00

We went to a free Cory Morrow concert.

Not a bad way to spend a Saturday evening.

Fantasy football time again

2011-08-15T18:30:00.000-07:00

We had a full house this time for fantasy football.

Too much thinking really is involved in this.

Very Intense.

Well maybe a little fun involved too.

Another Cute Family Picture

2011-07-22T10:45:00.000-07:00

Weddings

2011-07-16T19:59:00.000-07:00

We have been to a couple of weddings since last we posted.

This was at Jonathan and Abby Yonley's wedding.

Nick and Julie Davis' wedding.

Take me out to the ball game

2011-05-29T16:02:00.001-07:00

A family outing to an Astros game.

The first of many to follow I'm sure.

Crawfish Boil

2011-04-02T22:03:00.000-07:00

Eric and Janis Wilson's crawfish boil

Really just another excuse to take a family picture. (Like we really need an excuse.)

Art Festival and more

2011-03-28T18:30:00.000-07:00

Over the week end we went to the Bayou City Art Festival.

Nick and Julie came out with us for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

It was a bit of walking so we brought the stroller so we didn't have to lug around the baby. (because She's so big now he he)

Friday we saw Keven Fowler in concert, it was a very enjoyable evening.

If you're going to play in Texas you gotta have a fiddle in the band.

Zoe didn't get to come to this one. (you gotta be a little bit older before you can come to these.) From what we were told she was not happy about not being able to come out with us.

A few more cute wedding pictures, the Sam Houston Girls.

Suzanne and Julie all dressed up and looking cute.

Heather finishing up her dinner and getting ready to party.

Nick and Julie doing their swing dancing.

Hey Dave got a dance! A very good time was had by all.

Heather and Aaron's wedding

2011-03-19T22:01:00.000-07:00

A good time to get all dressed up and looking sharp.

Look how pretty my girls are!

Happy 4 years!

2011-03-13T19:09:00.000-07:00

This year we took a trip to the woodlands!

Our trips seem to keep getting closer and closer, but still a very enjoyable evening!

2010 Weekend in College Station! We contemplated going here again but this year they had a 2 night minimum and we didn't want to be away from Zoe that long.

2009 Egypt / Kenya trip. Last year I mentioned that our 2 year anniversary trip was to Egypt, and while true it was only partially true. We actually went to both Kenya and Egypt, and on the 10th itself we were traveling between the 2. So this year instead of putting up the same picture from last year I figured why not one of the other pictures.

2008 Week in Mexico! (Probably not a wise plan to visit Mexico this year.)

2007 Honeymoon in San Fran! Last year for 2007 I only put up our wedding Picture but we took a nice trip so why not a picture!

March 10th 2007 Spring Texas! Hey this is only about 5 minutes from our house. Good memories every time we drive down kuykendahl road!

Random Photo's Over The Years

2011-01-28T12:00:00.000-08:00

Here it is random photo time again...

This one the date says Dec 24Th 2005 so that would make it 2 days before we got engaged. I sure had some long hair back then, maybe I should grow it out again? Suzanne looking all cute and dressed up for Christmas eve.

This was at Eric's apartment (maybe rented house) in Corpus. I don't remember the occasion and there doesn't seem to be anything strictly identifying the date. So, just a cute picture with no real story behind it.

Dallas, Texas. Rangers and Astros baseball game. It was really hot that day. We had a really good time. Look Rammy snuck his way into the picture. :) (Again no date...I'll have to think back to when it was we went to this game)

Another cute one of Suzanne all dressed up. This was Leila's Wedding.

We seem to have a lot of pictures of us at baseball games. She must like me a lot to go to all those games. Here is one of opening day 2007. I'm glad my new camera has a date stamp on it, all this thinking back to remember the date is tough.

Aggie Football!

2011-01-09T23:08:00.000-08:00

Cotton Bowl.

So Wednesday we got home and my tickets to the cotton bowl had arrived.

On Friday, Eric, Ram, James and I struck out on a road trip to Dallas to see that Aggie's play LSU.

Zoe was supposed to cooperate and wait until after the Aggie game to make her appearance, but she does things on her own schedule not mine. I guess that's probably not going to change any time soon, so my road trip consisted of 3 hours of sleeping in the back while Ram drove.

Part of the reason to go was to see this new stadium that Jerry build... (somehow if you build it they will come pops into my head)

Why so serious???

Good friends having a good time on a road trip!

We even got there early and had time for some bones.

The sun and the clouds made a nice sunset.

Some of us never really grew up. (And we are OK with that.) Zoe will just have to get used to a daddy that goes on road trips to watch Aggie football! Next time though she should get to come, we'll make a family trip out of it, it'll be fun!

The game didn't really turn out as planned but the whole experience was fun and that's what really matters. Thank you Suzanne for letting daddy go and have fun!!! Not many women would be cool with their husband leaving 4 days after their child was born to go watch football. (You are the best mom and wife a guy could ask for!!!)

Happy New Year!

2011-01-02T17:16:00.000-08:00

Happy New year!

We spent this new years as we did last year at Leila's party. We had a great time.

The girls always look so cute.

We'll post more soon...(probably mostly on the baby blog!)

Company Christmas

2010-12-12T05:40:00.000-08:00

It's that time again, the one time per year that Dave puts on a suit.

Suzanne's looking beautiful as always!!!

A night out and Aggie football

2010-11-07T12:00:00.000-08:00

We have been busy lately preparing for Zoe, so we haven't had much for this blog. We did take a little time to go out on Halloween weekend and then the next weekend to College Station.

We had an evening at The Melting Pot. With as much as we like cheese would it be any wonder that we like a restaurant devoted to fondue?

Aggie Football games are always fun. (Somehow it seems a little more fun when they win!.) We usually get about one game per year; Suzanne is so cute in her Aggie outfit!

Day trip to New Braunfels

2010-08-16T18:00:00.000-07:00

A little day trip to New Braunfels is always nice. Some relaxing in the river water.

We didn't have a water camera so no pictures of us at the water park, but we did go to Gruene to have dinner. It was a fun little get away for the evening.

New Doors

2010-08-06T16:49:00.001-07:00

We finished putting the doors up. I'd like to thank my Dad for all the "help" putting up the door (he provided all the tools and did most of the work, I stood around and said "man that looks good.")

I think they turned out pretty good.

A good look at just the finished product.

This is the other set of doors that Eric helped put up, I think they turned out pretty good too. Now I've come to a blog quandary; I've started this new baby blog and I'm trying to decide exactly what all should go on that blog and what should stay on this one. For example the new doors were put up to enclose a baby play room should that go on our blog or the baby blog? If it goes on the baby blog and everything encompassing the baby (pregnancy photos and what not) goes on the baby blog there won't be much left on this one. However if none of that stuff goes on the baby blog then it will be 6 months before anything else goes there and that would just be boring.

Risk

2010-08-04T10:07:00.000-07:00

I really enjoy a good game of risk. (p.s. I don't have to win to make it a good game, but it does make it more fun)

Don, Marcy, and Nick came over, Don just got a brand new risk board and needed to try it out.

The game came with new rules and new missions but we preferred to play the old way so we brought the cards and rule book from the old risk game we had laying around.

Time to play!

Attack!!!

A very lovely evening we will have to do it again sometime soon!

Today in the world of Lang...

2010-08-02T08:52:00.000-07:00

Well lets see I have some more pictures...

For her Birthday Suzanne went to spend some time with Kaylee.

Leila had her baby, a beautiful little girl named Addison.

Suzanne and I both got to hold her for a little while.

She got a couple of flowers too...

Out for a birthday dinner, dressed up all nice and cute.

I know those aren't the ones everyone wants to see...

So we are officially at 14 weeks now... We should know in the next couple of weeks if our child is a boy or a girl. (I think S/He look like me :) What do you think?)

Cruise Pictures

2010-07-26T13:39:00.001-07:00

This past week we went on a cruise around the Caribbean (or is it Caribbean you decide)

Mom made the trip with us. She had never been on a cruise before and I think she had a pretty good time. As you can see in the picture the boat was called the Conquest.

We played a little mini golf on the top deck of the boat. It was pretty windy. It was the first time I ever made a hole in Zero. (I just put the ball down and the wind blew it right into the hole)

Our first stop was Jamaica, where we climbed the Dunn River Falls!

Also in Jamaica we played with the Dolphins, they really are quite amazing creatures.

Receiving a kiss from the Dolphin.

One for me too!

Next stop was Grand Cayman Island. There was a unique rock formation and a little town called Hell because of the rock formation. (They have their own little post office there, if you mail a postcard from there it will be stamped from Hell)

After Hell we went to the turtle farm, where they said they have about 15,000 turtles, some hatch lings, some babies, and some up to 100+ years old.

We got to hold the little 2 year old turtles.

They flapped their flippers pretty excitedly.

Approximately 1 mile off the coast (30 min by small boat) is the stingray sandbar.

The water looks like it could be pool water but we are in the middle of the ocean.

A little petting of the stingray, notice you hold him (or her) from the front, far away from the stinger in the back.

They are wild stingrays in the middle of the ocean so you want to be careful, but they are used to people because they get fed at this sandbar quite often. (It is Grand Cayman's most famous attraction.)

On to Cozumel where we did some shopping.

Finish off the trip with a nice Mexican Lunch

More Good Stuff

2010-07-26T13:22:00.000-07:00

My dad and Eric, helped put up some new doors in our house.

The white doors in the background Eric helped put up separate the living room and dining room, and the Mahogany french doors are in the front entry way.

Finished product pictured to follow (when I get it finished :)) I still have the door casing and the handles to install.

Spring and Summer Pictures

2010-06-03T12:52:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd put up some pictures of the last couple of months.

Memorial Day weekend we went to the beach in Corpus.

Suzanne and Jennifer hanging out by the fire.

Our "Small" "Controlled" fire on the beach.

Eric and Jennifer hanging out by the water.

Dave likes fire!

Look how cute this girl is!!! (Could I be more lucky)

A little beach time is always nice.

Hey look that's us!

We went to Jack's first birthday party.

Really Jack was having fun.

Mary came into town from Vegas so we had to go out.

A couple of cute girls.

After Suzanne's team banquet we went out because she was dressed all cute.

Mom came out with us!

Suzanne and Amber looking all pretty as usual.

Take me out to the ball game...

2010-05-10T13:56:00.000-07:00

Suzanne and I went to a ball game.

The Astros aren't doing so hot this year, but the game we went to was fun!

A nice view from the nose bleed section. (Hey we like it up here.)

A picture of the whole group.

Awe aren't we cute...

Finals

2010-05-05T06:29:00.001-07:00

1 down, 1 to go.

Spring Show / Finals

2010-04-19T13:52:00.000-07:00

Suzanne just finished her spring show, and Dave is quickly approaching finals in the first semester. Not much free time, will check back again soon.

Out for an evening

2010-03-22T14:34:00.000-07:00

We went out with some friends, Suzanne got all dresses up looking cute so we had to bring the camera.

Sushi Sara, a nice little place close by to get some sushi.

After sushi we went to Baker's Street for a drink. (The girls looking cute as always.)

Heather and Aaron (Hey I've seen them before.)

A nice relaxing evening to cap off spring break (Now get back to work, oh wait I didn't take off from work, oh well maybe next spring break I hear they come around once a year.)

Winery

2010-03-18T08:21:00.001-07:00

Since we couldn't go out on our actual anniversary, Over the weekend we went to a nice winery and bed and breakfast in College Station.

A nice little tour of the winery (With Samples.)

It was a beautiful day, the weather was very nice.

Dave with some barrels of wine. (This looks just like the picture of Dave on our Honeymoon next to a bunch of barrels of wine.)

Suzanne all dressed up and looking cute for our evening dinner date.

The restaurant was also used as a storage place for the wine. It was quite a nifty Idea. The food was good, we had a very nice evening.

Some pictures over the last couple of weeks

2010-03-18T08:11:00.000-07:00

An evening out with friends. (Yes Heather I stole pictures from your blog again)

The girls looking cute as always.

Heather and Aaron, hey she actually got a smile out of him. (Aaron doesn't much like pictures)

Julie and Nick, After dinner They took us to Swirl. (I didn't know frozen yogurt could taste so good)

Suzanne always looking so cute

3 Years

2010-03-10T05:55:00.000-08:00

The last couple of years we have been in some pretty cool places on our anniversary. This year I have a test (boo.) Oh well, we'll have a good time this weekend. In the mean time here are some pictures from our last couple of anniversaries.

Last year in Egypt, visiting the pyramids and such.

First anniversary in Mexico.

Hey look Dave found some food!

Happy Anniversary! It has been 3 wonderful years!

Happy Valentine's Day

2010-02-15T11:38:00.001-08:00

We had a nice dinner at the Shirley Acres Lodge. We didn't bring our camera so you get a nice picture from their website.

If the name sounds familiar it's because we got married at Shirley Acres almost 3 years ago, so it was nice, good memories.

Superbowl

2010-02-15T11:27:00.000-08:00

I know it was a few weeks back, but Work and School are leaving little time for blogging :)

Hey these pictures look awfully familiar. (That's right I took them from Heather's blog)

Relaxing on the couch after stuffing our faces with good food.

The girls won the challenge, they picked the Saints to win...

30

2010-01-25T05:31:00.000-08:00

So I turned 30, as they say it only happens once. Suzanne decided to have a surprise party, it was quite fun.

She did plan it quite well, I had no idea that people were coming over.

Hey look the same "gift" I gave Aaron a week ago.

Suzanne always looking cute.

I got cake, I do like cake.

The games were really fun, I think it was a great idea.

"you got to know when to hold em..."

Noah looks like he's having quite a good time...

The Lang gang minus a couple who couldn't make it.

Hey look I got a kiss :)

I glad that everyone who could make it came over, we had a really good time.

Company Christmas

2009-12-22T14:36:00.000-08:00

The other day we went to our company Christmas party.

We got all dressed up and looking snazzy!

There was some dancing after the meal.

Enjoying a night out.

Christmas with the Nolens

2009-12-22T11:28:00.001-08:00

The Nolen's came over and were able to spend a whole evening at our house. We are glad they could make it, we had a good time and can't wait until they come over again.

Jack found some toys laying around.

Sydney helped Jack play with the toys and watched her movies.

Suzanne and Rebecca just hanging out.

Dave and Sydney having a good time.

Just the four of us with the tree in the background.

Jen's Wedding

2009-12-21T05:41:00.000-08:00

We had a nice time a Jen's wedding. (sorry it took so long to get the pictures up, although if you think about it we are still waiting for our wedding video and thats been almost 3 years now)

David and Alana all dressed up.

The big finale.

The happy couple.

Dave and Jen.

Suzanne and Jen.

Hey look that's us.

Still here...Still Busy...

2009-12-16T11:19:00.000-08:00

Still here just haven't had much free time lately. We will have some of the pictures from Jen's weeding when we get a chance to put them on the computer.

News!

2009-11-21T16:21:00.000-08:00

I just received my acceptance letter to UH MBA program. Go Coogs!

New Pictures

2009-11-11T19:34:00.000-08:00

Some pictures over the past few weeks.

A night out at Bakers Street with Heather and Aaron.

Lindsey's Birthday party, out to dinner and dueling pianos.

Us at Lindsey's party, hanging out, having a good time on a Saturday Night.

Suzanne and Amber, dance teachers at West field High School, showing off their Halloween spirit.

Dancing to Thriller at the football game.

This was the Bob and Sue dance for the team. One of the girls on the team didn't have a partner for this dance so Dave was "allowed" to fill in for their dance.

Halloween night in College Station. Suzanne was a leopard and Dave was the guy on safari with the goofy hat vest and camera.

Football game in College Station.

On Kyle Field!!! The weather was gorgeous, the game was good, and we had a blast!

Football Season

2009-11-11T05:29:00.000-08:00

Football season is a particularly busy time around our house. We will post more when we get a chance.

Crazy About Dominoes

2009-10-06T12:19:00.001-07:00

Once a year, sometimes twice a year, Eric, Ram and I descend on Hallettsville, TX for a weekend filled with dominoes and basic stupidity. (Funny how Suzanne always seems to have something better to do on that weekend.)

Friday Night warm up tournament. (No stupidity yet.)

After the warm up tournament we go to the local pub and begin the craziness.

Midway through the evening, it appears that Rammy was hitting it pretty hard.

I very rarely get to see my friend Dewbie, but he came to the tournament this year. If you couldn't tell this too was pretty late in the evening.

Saturday morning, the game face on and ready to play.

It's a little different tune, after a day's worth of being beat soundly. We did however have a really fun time and I'm sure we'll be back to do it all again next year!

Slacking on the blogging

2009-09-29T14:33:00.000-07:00

I've been totally slacking on my posting, oh well here are some pictures taken over the past couple of weeks.

Suzanne and Michelle getting ready for our party.

Some of our peeps hanging our outside.

Was there any doubt that there would be dominoes?

Suzanne, Heather, and their girls at their football game.

On the field doing their routine.

A few of the finished product house pictures that I promised a while back. Here is the living room and dining room.

Kitchen and breakfast area.

Bedroom.

And the den. We'll have more pictures of things as they come along.

Corpus

2009-09-09T10:41:00.000-07:00

We always have a good time when we go to Corpus!

Out to the dance hall.

Good buddies hanging out.

Hey look, I got a kiss!!!

A little beach time is always nice. (Yes, I know there are time stamp issues, but it's not my camera.)

Before / After

2009-08-31T05:14:00.000-07:00

Can you guess what our project was this weekend

Ugh...

Look the car fits in the garage now!

Fantasy Football / Dominoes

2009-08-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

Fantasy football draft was this weekend.

Putting together another grill. (Flash back to going away party, we got a little nicer grill this time.)

We hooked the computer up to the TV in the living room for easier viewing of the picks.

Group picture time.

After the football was done it was some time for dominoes!!!

Big Texas!

2009-08-26T05:40:00.000-07:00

Some of the things you just don't get in Nigeria.

We went to go see Brandon Rhyder in concert at Big Texas. Suzanne and Heather looking cute as can be.

Here are a bunch of yo yo's standing around being goofy.

I'd just like the say that the beers were not all ours. See previous picture to see all the guys standing around our table.

Hey look, that's us.

More pictures of us, Isn't she cute in her pearl snap shirt and boots. I guess you have to look back at the first picture to see the boots.

Random Items In Our House

2009-08-20T13:44:00.000-07:00

We have a lot of stuff so I'm not going to put up pictures of everything. I'll put some pictures to hold you over until the finished product pictures come out.

Abstract Nigerian Art.

Another painting that goes well in our room.

The infamous room divider.

Nigerian wooden heads hanging on the wall.

The hand carved bench. We think the wood carving guy did a pretty good job. There is a mirror hanging just above the bench but the picture with the mirror didn't turn out real well, so just imagine a mirror with a hand carved wooden frame hanging just above the bench.

Some built in shelve are perfect for our random collection items.

Our fireplace with some art niches for more collectibles.

Weekend break in Austin

2009-08-18T11:16:00.000-07:00

We had to take a break from all the moving and unpacking, so we went to Austin for the weekend.

Suzanne went to see Wicked with Rebecca, they had a really good time.

After the show it was game time. If we are at the Nolan's house it is a requirement that we play at least one game.

Suzanne was tired and went to sleep, but Dave and Rebecca decided that a game of Risk was in order.

Attack, Attack!!!

Some time with the little Nolan's.

Moving Day

2009-08-12T15:20:00.000-07:00

We have some really great friends that helped us move into our new house. They stayed from 10 in the morning until 11 at night, asking for nothing but a meal (and a couple of beers) in return.

This was about half way though the first load.

Starting the unpacking process in the new house.

A good nipple pinch (we really never got any older than 13.)

If there is a ballgame playing it is going to be on at my house!

Buc-ee's the cleanest bathroom in town.

The end of a very long day. By no means the end of the moving process. (Pictures of the finished product to follow when we get our shipment home and everything in it's proper place.)

Moving Weekend

2009-08-06T14:40:00.000-07:00

We haven't had a chance to get settled yet. This weekend we move into our new house. After everything settles down a bit we should get a chance to put up some more blog stuff.

Good Bye Poppy

2009-08-06T08:36:00.001-07:00

This past Sunday a very dear man in our lives passed on.

He was a very loving and very loved man and will be dearly missed, but we know he is in a better place now. Rest in Peace, and we will see you again when we get where we are going.

Good Bye Dinner

2009-07-20T02:47:00.000-07:00

This time it was goodbye to us. Amy and Reza took us out to Bottles and we enjoyed an evening with Mexican food and Maragarita's.

Final Week in Nigeria.

Reza and myself.

The Girls. We are really going to miss our friends, but I am certain that we will see each other again.

Happy Birthday Suzanne

2009-07-10T00:00:00.000-07:00

Today is Suzanne's birthday. This is now the second birthday that she has had here. All of our friends here have either gone home or are on R&R, so she gets to spend the evening with Just Me. We plan on going to one of our favorite restaurants here. We should be able to post some pictures later but I wanted to say happy birthday to my beautiful wife this morning and hope she has a good day!

Coincidentally, or maybe not so coincidentally becasue it hapens every year it is also Rebecca's birthday. Happy birthday to Rebecca as well. We will see you soon.

Love,

Dave

More Pictures

2009-06-29T23:15:00.001-07:00

It really was a beautiful day in London.

Just enough clouds to not get too sunburned while on the bus

I was really fascinated by the changing of the guards. Apparently I wasn't the only one, there was quite a crowd there.

The top of the Houses of Parliament.

We saw the Nigerian embassy while there.

It doesn't get much better than fish and chips.

An obelisk from Egypt. It really shows how connected this region really is, and has been for a really long time. If you look back at our Egypt pictures you can see a clock that was traded for an obelisk in France.

The tower bridge. They have such detail put into showmanship here. It is quite extraordinary.

Going Out

2009-06-28T23:48:00.001-07:00

As Saturday was Ana's last day in Lagos we went out and had some snacks and a few drinks.

Ana has taken an assignment in Australia/Papua New Guinea, she will be missed but I'm sure that our paths will cross again sometime in the future.

Emily and Monty, are taking a couple of weeks in Germany and then should end up in Houston weighing different opportunities they have going on there.

This is also Peter's last week here. He has decided to go back to Canada. I met Peter when we were both working on the same project in Houston, he came to Lagos about 6 months before we did. Suzanne met his girlfriend Jenny at the small world project. It really is a small world, in this business we may come across one another again.

Bottles is a really fun place to hang out.

Amy and Suzanne are so cute together. We are going to try our best to get Amy and Reza to Houston.

Again hanging out having a good time.

The girls as always looking so radiant!

Going Away Parties

2009-06-26T03:50:00.000-07:00

In the past couple of weeks there have been several of our friends here that are in the process of leaving, so we have had several going away parties lately.

Christine and Moody came to the project in March 2007 and have just bought a new house in Sugarland. We will be seeing them again soon!

The last night at their apartment, the girls looking cute as always.

Pool party for Monty and Emily, wait that looks like us. The party was for them but I like cute pictures of my wife so I put our picture up.

Being Movie stars by the pool.

The next evening Amy cooked an Iranian feast for us all to enjoy. Saying goodbye to Monty, Emily and Ana.

Hanging around chatting. Toasting everyone and their hard work.

A nice group of people who have enjoyed each others company through work and relaxing times.

Random Trip Photos

2009-06-24T04:54:00.000-07:00

It is tame again for some random photos.

Some of our luggage being dragged onto the train. It was quite an adventure trying to squeeze all the bags through the train station entrance gates.

The Eiffel tower from all angles. We didn't have time to go up in the tower but we walked around it a lot.

Hanging out and relaxing on the grass next to the Eiffel tower.

Cognac bottles in the shape of the Eiffel tower. I should have gotten one of these.

The Musee d'Orsay

A glass of wine at a street cafe on Place Saint Michael.

New Home

2009-06-22T01:57:00.000-07:00

We are both really excited about being able to come back home again. We are in the process of purchasing a new house. We should be finished with the process by the end of July and able to move in in August. A couple of pictures to hold you over until we get a chance to invite people over.

It is a 4 bedroom, red brick house with a detached garage. Look at me I'm like a real estate agent or something. We are really excited about our new house.

It has plenty of room in the back for hosting a party or just hanging out. We are really excited to get to move in and enjoy time with friends and family!

London For A Day

2009-06-20T05:19:00.000-07:00

We took the bullet train from Paris to London, it only took like 2 and 1/2 hours and we were there.

With so much to see and only one day we decided the best bet would be one of those goofy red double deck open top bus.

The timing could not have been better. We got to the palace just in time for the changing of the guards. They do this once a day, and it is quite a production.

They get the whole palace in on the operation, the guys (or girls) in the fuzzy hats, the guards with guns, the horseback guards. It is quite a production.

Since there were thousands of people there the best way to see was to get up on the wall. (Only allowed on the outer wall quite far back from the actual palace wall.)

The Princess Diana memorial walkway.

Buckingham Palace, In case you were wondering we did not photo shop our selves into this picture. It actually was that beautiful of a day while we were there. We could not have orders more perfect weather if we tried.

The House of Parliament is quite amazing to see.

A picture with Big Ben, more perfection of the hold your arm out picture.

The giant observation wheel. In America we call those things faris wheels, but I guess its sheer size makes it an observation wheel. It has 32 compartments and each one holds up to 25 people, and reaches a height of 135 meters (about 440 ft)

A nice cruise around the river. It seems like every where we go we find a way onto a boat. (Its a good thing we like boats)

Cruising under the London Bridge. This is the 5th London bridge in case you were wondering.

The Tower of London. This is a huge structure and I understand that it has had many different uses over the years.

We had fish and chips and a pint in a pub in London. How cool is that, I have to say it was pretty good.

A London phone booth, these things are really neat looking.

One of the open top buses, We had a really great time while there.

Disneyland Paris

2009-06-19T22:22:00.000-07:00

Before we went we purchased tickets to Disneyland. The weather tried to stop us but we weren't about to let a little monsoon keep us from having fun. Turns out the lines to everything are a lot shorter during a downpour. (Who knew)

At the entrance, notice all the umbrellas and ponchos.

The castle, the whole hold your arm out picture doesn't work so well with umbrellas.

Suzanne's favorite, its a small world after all...

Small would dancers, you knew she would have a picture of dancers.

The Mickey parade near the end of the day

Ah the castle, the rain did let up a little later in the day. This was a really fun experience.

We'll Always Have Paris

2009-06-19T01:06:00.000-07:00

A quick stop in Paris on our way back to Nigeria. We had a really wonderful time there. We had a nice clean hotel and the people were very friendly the whole time we were there.

No trip to Paris would be complete without the Eiffel Tower. It is quite spectacular, and when it gets dark out and it is all lit up is very stunning.

We had pizza at a very good very small eatery. You see how small and how close the table are, they had to pull the table out just for Suzanne to be able to get in.

Walking around I found a wall that said Paris on it so I took my picture next to it. I know, I'm a dork, but Suzanne loves me anyway!

Notre Dame de Paris. We discovered an easier way to hold your arm out and take a picture. If you set the timer on the camera then you can push the snap button and then position the camera however you want without having to position your hand where you can reach the snap button. I'm very fascinated by this discovery.

We asked a nice lady to take our picture with the Notre Dame in the background. Can you see it? It is off to the left behind the tree.

Suzanne is so cute in all the pictures!!!

Walking down one of the main streets in Paris.

This is the big Arc de Triomphe that is the same little arch in the previous picture. We walked a long way.

The Seine river, this is the place where Isadora Duncan's children were in an accident and fell off the bridge and drowned. (See Suzanne you only thought that I wasn't listening ;)

We didn't have time for the Louvre, but we did get a chance to go to the Musee d'Orsay where they have impressionist art by the likes of Van Gogh and Degas. Look at me I'm all artsy now

One of the ballerina dancers. Suzanne likes these painting (I wonder why?)

Dinner the second night there was fondue, we really like fondue. We even tried som escargot, Suzanne even ate one.

Dinner in the Latin Quarter of France, we had a really nice couple of days.

Corpus For 2 Days

2009-06-18T07:29:00.000-07:00

I was able to go to Corpus for a couple of days, Suzanne was busy and couldn't make it :(

The main event for our time there was an evening of domino's.

There were 5 of us so we drew up a round robin bracket so everyone got to play with everyone else, how PC we are :) This is a picture of us trying to figure out how this should work.

Some burgers and sausages were quite delicious.

I was supposed to spend a whole day with Ram, until he had to have his stupid knee surgery boo. I did go by and see him in the hospital after, he looked good, sounded good, I hope he starts feeling better soon.

Playing domino's ahhh, much fun!

Nigeria Again

2009-06-18T02:08:00.000-07:00

So we are back in Nigeria again. We had a wonderful trip. I will post pictures soon.

In Paris

2009-06-13T03:13:00.000-07:00

So we made it to our hotel in Paris. We will blog more later. The keyboard here has a lot of the letters in the wrong place, it makes it weird to type. Talk to yall soon.

Wine Time

2009-06-05T13:50:00.000-07:00

Back in Houston after a mere 6 months away. We got the opportunity to go to a little wine bar for a wine tasting, I swear we were only "tasting."

The beginning of the night, not much tasting done yet. A hair cut and a shave and Dave looks almost like a respectable human being again.

As the night wore on we "tasted" a few more! We had a really good time and expect to go back again.

Closer to the end of the night...

Suzanne and Jack

2009-06-02T07:31:00.000-07:00

Suzanne was able to spend a few hours in Austin with Rebecca, Jeremy, Sydney and their new addition to their family Jack.

I thought this was a really cute picture.

42

2009-05-21T00:11:00.000-07:00

Anyone who know me knows that I really like to play 42 but I don't get the opportunity very often. Turns out there are a couple of other people here that also like to play 42.

A quick refresher for those who haven't played in a while.

Donna and their chef preparing some food for the occasion.

It was also Eds birthday but we won't tell anybody (Happy birthday Ed)

Enough with the breaks and finish up the explanation we want to play!

2 Weeks until R&R

2009-05-15T22:46:00.000-07:00

So R&R is coming up, this time a quick stop by home and then off to Paris on the way back to Nigeria. Not really much to talk about. I started watching the TV show 24 so that's occupying my time. Other than that I can put up some of our pictures from here in Nigeria.

Out to dinner with Moody, Christine, and Ana.

Dinner at Churrascos again.

Dave with two really hot girls!!!

Again out to dinner with our friends.

Just hanging out having a good time together.

More Small World Photos

2009-05-08T06:40:00.000-07:00

So here are some more pictures of the small world event.

Hanging out eating some food before the show

The show is beginning.

Suzanne in her dance.

Some of the other dancers.

Simply relaxing and enjoying time out and about.

Random Photo Time Again

2009-05-04T08:53:00.000-07:00

So nothing new to talk about again so how about more random photos

Kevin Fowler concert?? I can't remember exactly who we saw this night? Some concert in Corpus, Eric could tell you who exactly it was.

Dallas, Texas. Baseball game between the Astros and the Rangers!

The bridge climb in Sydney. This was the one free picture that came with the deal. The others were like 100 dollars or so. I would have spent like 10 or 15 but 100...

Ram the Fire Man!!!

This was the flight from Houston to Kazakhstan, I'm telling you its tough when you have to fly business overseas.

Slow Blog Month

2009-04-28T07:44:00.000-07:00

So it has been a pretty slow month for blogging. Suzanne is in the States so I'm here alone. I don't tend to do a whole lot when I'm here by myself. When I get home I'm usually too tired to blog, and I like to sit in front of the TV and not have to think very much.

I guess I could put up a few more random photos from our trip.

This was the first night in Nairobi. We ate some good traditional African food, I'm not really sure why we have been in Africa for over a year now. I guess things just taste better while on vacation.

Sunset on the Mara. I like to watch the sun set and now I have a camera that can take pretty good pictures of it. It's crazy there is actually a setting on the camera called sunset, what a novel idea.

Another sunset, this time on the Nile river.

The Citadel in Cairo. We went to see many religious establishments while in Egypt and this was by far the largest and most celebrated.

Happy Birthday Reza

2009-04-11T17:17:00.000-07:00

Today is Reza's birthday. We like birthdays, it gives us an excuse to go out and have a good time.

We had dinner at one of our favorite places here.

A drink or two is always nice.

She is always so cute.

Having a good time sharing a drink.

I think he had a good time on his birthday. I know we did.

More about SPAN

2009-04-03T02:34:00.000-07:00

My older ballet girls. There were a few missing because of Spring Break.

Learning pas de chat. Look at Emma in the background trying to be like her older sister. Emma is in my younger class.

Working on 3rd position and tunr-out.

Changement! Point your feet in the air!

Releve

Creative Dance class

Leap Frog!

Every class we have the same routine. I am obsessed with structure! After our waterbreak half way through the hour, the girls line up for across the floor. I took this picture because they lined up on their own without me or my assistants reminding them where to go. Pretty good for 3, 4, and 5 year olds!

Monkey Dance from the Wiggles!

Circle stretches and "Surprise"!

Plies in first position.

I have had so much fun with these classes and hopefully some of the strategies I have used will be passed on for next year in SPAN. The tuition paid from these classes benefit the public school kids and several orpanages around Lagos, giving kids the opportunity to dance who would not ordinarily get to.

Post 100

2009-03-31T09:16:00.000-07:00

After Just over a year of posting we have reached the 100 mark! This milestone deserves some of the most beautiful creatures on earth.

In my opinion lions are really cool. I'm just glad we were in the car and not on foot.

Another shot of the little cubs.

You can see already blending in with the grass.

It is quite amazing how much they really blend in. Can you spot all three in this picture?

How about this guy? He's pretty hidden.

A couple of young males staring down the buffalo.

A nice silhouette as the sun is starting to go down. They like to hunt the most in the dawn just as the sun is coming up or in the dusk just as it's going down because that is when they blend in the best. You can almost walk right up next to them and not even know they were there.

These two were resting after their meal.

A couple of female checking us out seeing if we are ok to hang out next to their cubs.

Babies

2009-03-29T04:57:00.000-07:00

Who doesn't like looking a baby animals?

The cutest one had to be the baby elephant. Our guide said that this one was about 4 days old. How cute is that.

Can you see the baby hippo hiding behind his mama?

A couple of baby gazelles learning where to go and what to stay away from.

The antelopes called Topi.

A family of warthogs. These guys are very skittish. They did not like anyone getting close.

Another baby zebra. This guy is such a cute little zebra.

A family of mongooses. These guys were fast, and hard to catch on the camera.

These were not exactly babies but they were a couple of young cubs learning how to hunt.

This was a tiny hyena that hasn't gotten his spots yet along with another baby that was a little older and has started changing colors.

Little baby lions, they are so cute. They didn't really care much for us hanging around so they decided to walk on down the way. The mama wasn't far behind so you didn't want to get too close, but they were just too cute not to stop and take a look.

Maasai

2009-03-29T04:08:00.000-07:00

The Maasai people are nomadic people that live in the Mara of Kenya and the Serengeti of Tanzania. Their native language is called Maa and sai means speaker or one who speaks, so Maasai means the speaker of the Maa language.

This guy was a chief in training, he told us all about their culture and heritage.

A group of Maasai warriors performing one of their tribal dances.

The guys will jump to impress the ladies. The one who can jump the highest impresses the most. (Guys are all the same everywhere, it's all about impressing the ladies)

A nice group photo, the Maasai colors are red, they really like red.

The stick I'm holding is the chief stick. (Me big chief!)

The Red Sea

2009-03-28T00:21:00.000-07:00

Near the end of our trip we took a couple of days to relax on the beach. I never really thought of the red sea as a beach destination but take a look at some of the photos, The place was beautiful.

This was the entrance of the resort

Here is the view out our window of the room we stayed in for two nights.

This one shows the different colors that you can see of the water.

Relaxing on the beach. We thought Suzanne's dad would be proud of the straw hat with the big brim to keep the sun out.

Between the resort and the little town we found some nice flowers to take a picture beside.

We got the opportunity to go para sailing while we were there. This was a really neat experience.

We got the person reeling out the rope to take some pictures while we were in the air.

This rope was 100 meters long. For those who don't think in meters that's about 300 feet high. That is really high. It was quite amazing looking at the sea and the beach from high up.

Touching the water. If the boat driver times it right you can touch the water and then get back up.

After our flight, hanging out in the boat in all our gear.

Temples

2009-03-27T07:12:00.000-07:00

There were so many temple here I could post a whole photo album and not cover them all, but here are a few of the highlights.

This is the temple at Abu Simbel, with the giant statures of king Ramses II. This wasn't initially on our itinerary, but we were instructed by our friends that it was a must see and it was really cool.

This one gives a little perspective on how large this temple really is.

This is another section of the Abu Simbel temple.

Here is the outer court of the temple of Isis.

The inner court of the temple of Isis. The columns and the carvings on the stone is really breathtaking.

A column at the temple at Kom Ombo. This one dedicated to the Crocodile god.

Another of the temple of Kom Ombo. This one shows a place where they would keep a crocodile caged up.

This picture shows how they would draw in red "ink" on the stone before carving. This one they didn't get to finish and erase the red.

Dave and a statue of the god Horus.

The temple of Queen Hatshepsut who ruled without a king, until her son took over and tried to erase everything she had built.

This was quite interesting it was a listing of different cities being presided over by king Ramses II.

You can't leave out the obelisks can you?

The temple of Karnak. The largest ancient temple in Egypt. 2800 meters away from the temple of Luxor, with a row of Sphinx's all the way from one to the other.

The wonderful temple of Luxor, with it's beautiful mosque right in the middle.

This one is not really one of the temple. It was taken while at the temple of Kom Ombo. I just thought it was a beautiful sunset on the Nile and wanted to capture it on the camera.

Hot Air Balloon

2009-03-26T08:08:00.000-07:00

One thing we have wanted to do for quite some time is ride in a hot air balloon. Until now we either haven't had the time, or the place wasn't right. However there is not much of a better place to go in a balloon then in Kenya.

Early morning, pre-sunrise getting fired up. It was a little chilly in the morning but close to the burner was quite warm.

Both of us looking cool pre-flight.

Sunrise on the Mara!

Can you see right in the middle, the Giraffe? We were pretty high up at this point.

Some elephants roaming in the forest. Still pretty high. It was a little difficult to get the camera to focus. It took a couple of tries but I think we go some pretty good ones.

A lot of Zebras and Antelopes called Topi. Remember this was pre great migration time. I can only imagine what it is like during the migration.

I had to do the stretched out arm picture again, from the balloon with the beautiful Mara in the background.

The Pilot had a camera on a string so that he would be able to get a picture of all of us, I think it turned out pretty good.

A nice smooth landing.

Enjoying a wonderful time. We had breakfast and a game drive to compliment out balloon trip.

A nice glass of champagne by the rivers edge to toast a beautiful morning.

Fun with Pyramids

2009-03-25T05:00:00.000-07:00

The Pyramids really are one of the true wonders of the world. Just the beauty and genius and sheer size created so long ago by some truly amazing people.

The step pyramid in Sakkara, really demonstrates the evolution of the pyramids. This beautifully preserved specimen, claimed to be the very first pyramid ever built.

The pyramid to the left is called the bent pyramid. This is where the builders started at an angle that would not support the entire weight of all the bricks and needed to change the angle midstream.

Truly a great pyramid. The great size and amount of blocks that went into building this pyramid is simply astounding.

Here is another angle where you can see all three of the great pyramids. This is from quite far away but in order to get all three in the picture it requires being far away.

A camel ride was quite interesting. Suzanne refused to get on the camel so she got to stand next to him.

View from the other side where you can see the great sphinx, another one of the amazing things to see here in Egypt.

Us and the sphinx! Way cool! Yes Eric I was wearing my hat again. In case you didn't know its really sunny in Egypt. You know the pyramids were a little easier to capture in the pictures, they don't move quite as fast as some of the animals :)

Maasai Mara

2009-03-24T03:40:00.000-07:00

Following are just some samples of the animals that we saw on this trip. It is really awesome to see all the animals not caged up but just running free and natural.

No safari would be complete without the king! This guy and 4 of his buddies were staring down a Buffalo. We didn't see them actually chasing after him but it was obvious what they were after.

This guy would take more than just one Lion to take down but he could feed a whole pride for about a week if they got him.

Here is a family of Elephants trekking to their patch of forest for the evening. If you look closely you can see a 4 day old baby. we got several pictures of him hiding behind his mama.

This fella shares the waters with the Hippos. He is just slipping along waiting for his chance. The water was pretty low at the time so the Crocs were well exposed and the Zebras could tell where not to cross at this time.

The Hippos just basking in the sun and bathing in the water. They pretty much stick to themselves unless you try to get in their area of the water.

This was a very beautiful Impala looking out making sure nothing was coming his way. He is so perfect he looks almost like a statue.

A lone Wildebeest trotting along. The time that we went was several months away from the great migration time. This means that this guy and a couple others got separated from the herd, leaving them vulnerable to the many predators in the Mara.

A Hyena and a Vulture sparing over a piece of scraps left by the Lions. The Vulture was there first but the Hyena decided that the meal should be his.

Look at the little baby Zebra right in the middle. Since it was a few months before the great migration time, it was about time that the animals were having babies. We got to see several baby animals.

A picture just for Sydney! There were many Giraffes there. This was a big male with several more of his family walking with him. The pictures that we have with all of them they are walking away, this one is a better view of the animal.

A mama Cheetah teaching her two growing cubs how to hunt. The cubs came back empty handed but it was cool to watch them try.

A couple of Homosapiens. They are very elusive and hard to catch up with, but we found a couple of the good looking ones!

1475

2009-03-22T10:17:00.000-07:00

The number of pictures that we took on this trip. I'll upload a lot of them eventually but that may mean that I'm blogging about this trip for quite a while.

This was at the temple of Isis. This was a beautiful temple on an isle. There were so many beautiful temples and relics. This was a really cool trip!

Society of the Performing Arts

2009-03-05T06:14:00.000-08:00

Dance Teachers in Training

This year I have been working with SPAN, which is the Society of the Performing Arts of Nigeria. It is a nonprofit organization that uses tuition paid from the wealthier students as well as outside donations to fund programs in public schools and orphanages around Lagos. Before SPAN, there was no actual training in ballet, jazz, or ballroom dance in Nigeria. I started a teacher training program for young adults who are interested in becoming dance teachers for SPAN. We have been focusing on a ballet and jazz technique and choreography. They are nowhere near perfect but they have improved so much since the summer, especially since I am traveling pretty often out of Nigeria. Each of them has become a real friend to me and I am so thankful that I have gotten to know them.

Jazz class

I also teach several creative movement classes and regular ballet classes for kids. These are some of the little ones doing their butterfly dance. Josephine is one of my assistants and a member of the SPAN teacher training program. I don't have very many pics because I always get too caught up in their classes to remember to take pictures. I will post more later hopefully.

Visit to school and ophanage

2009-03-04T03:29:00.000-08:00

This morning I joined one of my friends and we visited a local maternity clinic that is also a school/ orphange. The school is one of the organizations supported by the American Women's Club. I met the lady who runs the school- everyone calls her Mama Teresa. Apparently she inherited some property and uses the rent income to fund the clinic/school/orphanage. There is a section for babies and children whose mothers cannot care for them. When we were there we met a two day old baby girl whose mother could not keep her after having her in the clinic. She was so cute and slept the whole time we were there. Dave almost got a surprise to come home to tonight!

I taught them a few songs and dances. This was the older kids doing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes." They seemed like they were having a great time.

They are doing some coloring. To donate, I took some children's books that I shipped for the purpose of giving them to people who would use them. The teachers were excited to recieve new books for the school.

Here are some of the younger kids. They are all between 2 and 4. I had so much fun with them and I will bring some music with me next time I visit to teach them some more dances. Most of the day they are crammed in a really small room so I think they really liked to get outside and move around.

Small World

2009-02-21T16:28:00.000-08:00

Once a year here in Nigeria there is a presentation called Small World, where people from a lot of different places around the world come together and raise money for a lot of different charities. They have a bunch of different booths set up where people showcase their different ethnic foods, and then there is a dance by some of the people form the different places.

This is us getting there at the beginning of the festival.

The girls looking cute as always.

Reza and I looking cool!

A shot of some of the booths set up with the good food and drinks.

Amy and Suzanne in Holland!

Our group sitting around, eating, having a good time.

Relaxing before the dance.

Suzanne was in the dance put on by the USA!

There theme was a superbowl presentation.

They were really cute and put on a good show!

2 Years in 2 Weeks

2009-02-19T21:23:00.000-08:00

In two weeks, we will have been married for two years.

Look how pretty this girl is!

We still like to dance from time to time.

This is our profile picture taken on our honeymoon in San Francisco, California.

Look at us in front of the Golden Gate bridge, just the beginning of our many adventures together. We look forward to many more to come!

Happy Valentine Day

2009-02-15T00:05:00.000-08:00

This Valentine's day we spent here in Nigeria.

Suzanne got some flowers, I think she like them.

Suzanne in her pretty new dress.

We went out to a restaurant called bottles. It was good Mexican food.

Trip to Lekki Market

2009-02-07T06:47:00.000-08:00

After Christmas our house was looking a little bare because most of our decorations went home as Christmas presents. So we went to the Lekki market to re-decorate our apartment.

Two new statue items, man and woman heads, and a wood carving of people.

One of the paintings that we got this time.

Suzanne wanted everyone to know that Dave chose this one, she had nothing to do with this one.

The new item here was the bowl with the animals on it on the table next to the Chair.

The third new painting. We are not quite sure on the final placements of the items but they are here to start.

Next R&R Planned

2009-02-05T08:47:00.000-08:00

So it is actually four weeks away but you have to plan early. We decided to stay in Africa this Trip. The plan is Kenya first and then a little time in Egypt. I got a little preview of what we plan to see.

On the Kenya safari we should get to see some Zebras.

Elephants are really cool.

Pyramids are really too awesome to miss. Since we are in this part of the world we really want to visit some of the really cool stuff here.

We were told that Abu Simbel is a real highlight of Egypt and a real must see if we are so close.

Party at our place

2009-02-01T02:23:00.000-08:00

We had a little party at our place this week.

All of us sitting around having a good time.

The guys all looking cool.

The ladies looking beautiful as always.

Some Random Photos

2009-01-28T10:27:00.000-08:00

Heather's little game inspired me to put up some random pictures that we have on our computer. So here goes in no particular order.

The first night on the cruise ship we had a very nice dessert. Since it had been quite a while since we had a good dessert we took a picture of it.

These are some of the trees at the beach in Nigeria. We had a really good time both times that we went to the beach.

Just before we got married we took some "Pre-wedding" pictures.

Here is the winery that we went to in San Fransisco. Speaking of that we still haven't opened the bottles that we brought back. Maybe we will drink some when we get back.

Dave in Kazakhstan. I don't really know what this statue is of but it looked cool so I took my picture in front of it.

Tag

2009-01-28T06:50:00.000-08:00

This is for Heathers tag game. It is a picture of Dave and I in Pisa on our trip to Italy last summer.

Here are the people I'm tagging:

Becky- one of our very favorite people in our family

Christine- one of our good friends in Nigeria along with her husband Moody

Jenn- has been one of my BFF's since I was one year old

Can I also tag Heather or has she already done it??

Here's how it works

*Go to the place on your computer where you store all your pictures and open the 4th folder.*Open the 4th picture.*Post the picture and give an explanation of what it is.*Tag 4 people.*DO NOT CHEAT!! You cannot edit or crop the picture!!

Have fun

Playing with my new camera

2009-01-23T22:34:00.000-08:00

Suzanne bought me this fancy new camera for my birthday, and since then I've been playing with it to see what all I can do.

Here we are trying out the automatic timer feature. Our previous cameras had the auto feature but we never took the time to figure out how they work, but this one was fairly simple.

Dave pretending to know how to play the guitar. Suzanne bought this for me last Christmas, and since then I've learned how to play an E Chord a G chord and a D chord. Soon I'm going to learn how to switch between them.

We went out to a place called the Piano bar.

The owner of the place also got on stage and sang some of the songs.

Here I'm testing out the Black and White feature of the Camera. I like my new toy!

The four of us having a good time as usual.

We danced to a Willie Nelson song. We are in Nigeria, doing the Texas two step to a Lebanese man, singing some Willie. How cool is that!

Friday

2009-01-23T04:09:00.000-08:00

"Oh, and remember: next Friday... is Hawaiian shirt day"

So last time there were complaints that Dave was the only one wearing a Nigerian outfit. This time there were a few more of us with our traditional outfits on. From left to right Lukman, Dave, Ihuoma, Badru, and Mathew. These are some of our expediters.

Here is a shot of our Materials group. Shijoy, Jess, George, Emeka, Wale, Dave, and Nnamdi.

More B-Day Pictures

2009-01-19T10:23:00.000-08:00

Amy got me a cake. (flash back to July) We have now both celebrated our birthdays here.

Suzanne in here beautiful dress for the evening

We taught them how to play the bean game. It was fun. (Thanks Rebecca and Jeremy)

We had cake and tea. We started drinking hot tea now, we really are becoming international!

Dave's Birthday in Nigeria!

2009-01-19T01:31:00.000-08:00

Luckily for Dave his beautiful and brillant wife came back to Nigeria just in time for his 29th birthday. Can you tell who is writing this blog post?? Anyway, Dave and I and our good friends Amy and Reza went to a seafood restaurant that was wonderful, even by U.S. standards. Then we went back to Amy and Rezas house for cake and played games. Amy was so sweet to get a cake for Dave and I am very thankful to her. We had a great time and enjoyed spending the evening with our friends!