An Adventure with Pearl

So living in Alaska means preparing for the cold and Pets are no exception. Here is Pearl trying to chew her way out of her new arctic dog shoes.

She looked at me like, "You've got to be kidding me!" and pranced around trying to buck them off...

Finally she gave up , played with her toys and we went for a long walk in the FREEZING COLD!

Note: Pearl's doggie shoes are reserved for single digit temperature and below...just in case you wondered.Wearing her bandana....... How cute!

Pearl and I on a cold afternoon walk.

Girls Stick Together

Here are some shots of our "Pearl" and I.

We are sticking together until Kelly gets home. :o)

Full Battle Rattle

I learned a new term today and thought I'd pass on this new vocabulary word to the rest of you who also may not have known the meaning.

Battle Rattle: n. (protective) military gear worn in combat situations. Subjects: English, Military, Slang

Here is Kelly in Full "Battle Rattle"

MERRY OCTOBER!

I know you might be looking at these pictures and thinking..."What a nerd to have her Christmas lights up already in October!" But the truth is I am a genius (and oh so humble about it) for gettting my lights up BEFORE the snow and ice covered everything. Hahaha!

Alaska has officially hit winter and here are our lights and snow pictures to prove it!

Sarah

Pearl

Kelly says GOODBYE

Here is Kelly leaving for a few months of training and then will be going straight from there to the sand box in the middle east.. Hopefully he will not be away any longer than the 9 months that are scheduled. Give him a call on his cell phone and send him your prayers-

I'm Proud of you!

IT'S A GIRL!

After years of Kelly begging for a puppy he finally got his wish and we welcome "PEARL" into our family! Here are some pictures to ooooh and aaaaah over.

Pearl at just 8 weeks old! Born 7-21-08

This is Pearl's house.
Kelly with his new little girl-
Proud Momma
She's already grown. Pearl at 10 weeks-

Great weather at Garden of the Gods

Cathedral Rocks





Pikes Peak


Mom and Me


The Park

Golf at Eisenhower Golf Course USAFA

Mom learning how to golf.


Me on the sixth hole.



Great scenery on the course as we played around the local wildlife.

Kelly Looking HOT, HOT, HOT!

Kelly looking OH SO Handsome for Kendall and John's Wedding!









The view from the reception on a beautiful evening! 

Megan Takes the Plunge!

Megan and Aaron Defferding July 21, 2006 6:00pm

Kendall and I helping and enjoying...

Megan's incredible designer decor....Pink and Brown!

Joanna getting a little action from Megan! What a wonderful wedding!

Stanford here I come

I was selected to go to Stanford for 3 weeks this summer to work with NASA on migrating an active satellite (Gravity Probe B) to the Air Force Academy. I will be the Computer Science team lead, and my mission will be to figure out how to migrate the control center and the mission center to the academy and integrate them into our network and architecture. I am going to be one of 7 people that got selected on this 100 million dollar project. My team members were selected from a wide variety of intellectual faction, such as astrology, aeronautical engineers, history, system engineers and management majors. But when all is said and done, not only will the Air Force Academy get an active satellite (and a famous one) but I will have had the opportunity to go to Stanford and represent the Air Force.

Ring Dance 2006

Finally, It arrived. For those of you who do not know, ring dance is a huge deal. Ring Dance is the ceremony, and ball where upcoming seniors at military academies receive their academy/class rings. It is also the second most revered ball in our society to attend right behind the Presidential Inauguration Ball. The ring is a symbol not only of your completion of a military academy, but also of your individual class. I will be the 49th graduation class from the Air Force Academy, and thus the graduation class of 2007 has our own crest. It is this crest that is engraved into the right side of the ring, where the academy crest is engraved into the left side. The top of the rings are customizable and thus are unique in nature, yet they all are the same in spirit. Here are some pictures from Ring Dance where my beautiful guest was my fiance Sarah.


My roommate Ryan Stillwell, my old roommate Ricky Ricciardi and me.


Sarah wearing my bling with hers.


The gang, Front row, Shawn Steipp, Bryan Pascuzzi and Ryan Moss. Me in the back.

The view. Here is the view of the Eagle and Fledgling with all the couples walking in front of the fountains on the terrazo.


Sarah and I standing in front of the fountain pools.


Me with my sweet new ring.



Sarah is distracted by the shiny sparkles.

Dead Week Fly Fishing

One of the great benefits of having "Dead Week" after finals here, is that you have a whole week off (mostly) with no stress, to go and do whatever it is that you want to do. This year I went with some friends and took a three day fly fishing trip in southern Colorado on the South Plate River. Some of the most incredible fishing and scenery I have ever seen. Here are some pictures.

Night out on the Town

Here are some shots we took while trying out this swanky new bar in Denver called Mynt, they had some of the greatest Mojitos I have ever tasted.














Shot of Paul Wegner and I













Group pic, from Left to right, Chris Maguire, Bill , Megan Cram, Paul Wegner, and Me.

Cant Share Dessert

So this Sat, Lance and I went and had a great dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It became apparent once we got there why Lance had chosen to go there. There was this waitress there named 'Cheryl' that he liked. But what you need to understand is how shy of a man Lance is. I am sure that just mentioning this to him will score a ten on Lance's Red-o-meter. If you dont know what that is... when we were roommates freshman year, Lance would turn red during any non-conservative conversation that we had. So to be able to rate this change in his skin pigment, we created a very high tech tool to measure his shyness.

Eye Candy of Sarah

Here are my favorite 'eye candy' pictures of Sarah.












And my favorite picture of Sarah in the Carribean....