K-EYE TV, a local news channel, put my pictures in a slideshow on their website. Pretty cool! 

This says it all about our pug obsession. 

So, I haven't been very active on my blog in a while. Cara and I have been overwhelmed by the wedding plans. We have less than 100 days before the big day! Even though I've been slack with the blog, I hope that you will enjoy the wedding website. Click on the pic. 

We had an incredible thunderstorm on Tuesday night! I stopped at Mt. Bonnell to take some pictures. This is my favorite. 

My master's thesis has finally made it into print. And, yes, I would argue that I should be first author, as well, but I lost that battle. Anyway, happy reading!!! 

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.