Family Band

Lena and Paul playing banjos earlier tonight.

Fall weekend in Michigan

This weekend we headed east to Michigan to visit family and friends. We didn't end up taking any photos during the festivities but on the way back to Chicago this afternoon we stopped at a wonderful park in western Michigan (Warren Dunes) off I-94. Here are a few photos from our afternoon reststop.

The Lone Star State

This past week Paul went to the annual geological society of america meetings in Houston. Afterwards Lena and Morgan flew out and the three of us met up with our friends Pete, Elizabeth, and their 2.5 year old daughter Nora. On Friday we took a trip to the Houston Zoo. Here is Lena seconds before getting fire ants in the pants (luckily we noticed in time to prevent too much of a disaster).

Lena and Paul pre-ants.
Lena and Morgan impersonate eagle babies.
On Saturday we took a field trip to Brazos Bend State Park southwest of Houston. Here are Elizabeth, Pete, and Nora on the trail.
View of the Brazos River.
Southeast Texas has some fantastic spiders! There were many of these at the park.

Another type of spider.
Yet another.
Nora looking like a tough guy.
Lena trying to impersonate a tough guy as well.
This past weekend Lena got a jump start on walking. Here is a photo of her cruising at the park and below is a video with a couple steps for grins.