Here's a video that I recently put together from short clips and pics of our Maddie-girl. Hope you enjoy it. 

Every now and then, you come across a gold nugget when mining the internet. Here's one for the whole family...the DeFrank family! :)
It's a movie so be patient.

Thanks, Matt!

I had to rip this off from my friend Matt. This was his Christmas to the East Coast. It really captures that Christmas in Austin feel. Just click on the screen to watch. It's very entertaining.

We started to get into the christmas spirit by putting some decorations around the house. We're very excited to be going back to the east coast for christmas! It's hard to get into the christmas spirit when it's 80 degrees.  

Maddie got into the decorations, too. 

Happy Turkey Day!!!

We had Thanksgiving Day dinner at Bonterra. This was an interesting restaurant because it was actually the chef's home which he converted to a restaurant. The food was excellent. We had Oyster Rockfeller soup, turkey with giblet gravy, Andouille and Cornbread stuffing, Creamy mashed potatoes, sweet potato crunch and pumpkin upside down cake! It was all very delicious. If we are in Texas next year, we will definitely try to return to Bonterra.

The Barn

We stayed in a little farmhouse called "The Barn" on the Palo Alto ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Inside the farmhouse. 

Cara just outside the ranch. 

We took a walk down the country road that ran by the ranch. 

I took this picture through our front window when we returned from our walk. The lamp is made of deer antlers. It was really cool. 

Maddie and I warming up by the fire. 

Maddie got a new harness in Fredericksburg. 

Cara and I at the Copa! I know, it's a little blurry. 

Happy Birthday, Mireya!!!

November 19 was Mireya's birthday. Mireya, Cara, Beth, Chad, Glenn and I went to Copa for a little Salsa dancing. Since this isn't our scene, we spent most of the night just watching the other dancers, but it was a lot of fun.

Scott from Wideawake at Mixfest 2005. I really was glad that we were at the show. Wideawake is, without a doubt, the best band in Austin!  

Some more pics from the Wideawake performance at the Backyard. 

Cara surprised me by buying tickets to the Mix 94.7 Mixfest at The Backyard (The same place where we saw Nora Jones last year). The show featured Wideawake, who recorded their first video at the concert, Josh Kelley, has a couple of popular songs on the radio, Vertical Horizon, who did a pretty good acoustic set, and Hootie & The Blowfish. I know, I know. You're probably saying "Hootie!?" Well, I gotta tell you, it was a really good show. I never realized how many songs that I knew from the good ole 90's. They brought back so many good memories. And, their new album has some really great songs, too. They played some covers too, including Cheap Trick and Violent Femmes songs. It was pretty exciting. And, I guess, I was pretty lucky because I caught one of the guitarist's picks that he threw into the audience. It was a long show, but Cara and I both had a really good time. Thanks, babe! 

Meet Bella.

This is Bella. She is 3. She and Maddie played all day at the pug meetup.

Go Maddie! Go!