Birthday Fun

My work observed Veterns Day today so I felt like I had a real birthday for the first time in a long time. I appreciate the birthday wishes from everyone, thanks.

I got a new camera lens and thought I would share some of the photos I took of Ira as I was adjusting to it.

It was a beautiful day today so we headed to the park to play with the new camera lens and the new Aussie Football (Footy) I got from Sharon. Footy is another variation of football that resembles a mix of Rugby, Gaelic Football, Soccer, and American Football. I won't bore you with all the details, but if you're interested you should check out some videos on youtube. I discovered it doing some research this summer on all the different kinds of football with the World Cup happening. I stumbled on it as the season was starting in Australia and kind of got into it. Anyway, I've been wanting to play, or try at least, and Sharon was nice enough to do some research and find a place to buy a ball.

Ira really liked the ball. Sharon and I had been playing for a bit and he started to get fussy so we went to give him some attention and play with him, but when we got there all he really wanted was the ball. It was cute.

I've got some work to do, but now I have a ball all I need to do is round up some people to play with.

We went out to dinner at a little Brazilian Cafe, Minas Carne, we've been wanting to check out. It's always nice to get some beans and rice Brazilian style, not to mention some meat fresh out of the Churrasco. Ira apparently really like it and the Brazilian guy working the counter really liked Ira back.

Catch Up

I've been doing a lot of catch up lately, but not enough keeping up on the blog. We got a new camera and I started taking a ton more pictures. I decided before things got too out of hand I needed to organize all our past photos. This morning I finished labeling and organizing our photos from the last seven years. I wanted to post a bunch, but it would be out of control. I have neglected the blog while focusing on this project, so I need to catch up. Enjoy the pictures of our adventures over the last few weeks.

 Conference weekend was spent in Niagara Falls, New York with the Romero's (Sharon's sisters' family). We had fun going on walks/hikes and exploring the area. This is a picture of Sharon and her sister on a hike by the river and a picture of Ira when we were at Lake Ontario.

After Niagara we headed south to Washington DC and were able to catch the Cherry Blossoms. They were beautiful. We got some fun family pictures.

The weather in Pittsburgh was nice and we were able to make it out to a Pirates (Baseball) game. It was a good game too, we won it at the very end of the game. We had Ira dressed up in his Pirate uniform we got.

At the end of April our apartment contract was up and so, sadly, we have left Pittsburgh. We've kept to the right of the country and have migrated East to Marietta for the month of May. Sharon's parents are letting us use their place while we wait for what's next.

We've been having fun here, I'll post more on that next.