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Grandma Ellie commands the attention of five kids, and grandpa.

Bri and maxy

J-Jo and me

Max guitar solo. Ukulele, yeah.

Two adults, four kids. This is my kind of ratio. Oh wait, I see an ipho.

Emily and Justin

Grandma Rose and Ellie

Max, penny and bri.

Brynny, j-jo and violet

Grandpa nick

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Penny in her winter hat playing scrabble with neily and me. Neil manages to smile even though he is suffering through some serious pwnership.

 Emily and her coworker Rebecca came over on Rebecca's tandem bike and these things are sweet.

Jen and I on the bike. Also prominently featured in this photo: my neighbor Ernie's arm. He was riding on the front handlebars, documenting the entire event for posterity.

Also, a video. It appears as though I am biking drunk here. Cars.

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 This, in conjunction with a great salad, chicken and a decent glass of wine, tasted great after my long day of running and riding.

 Best part? The whole family came over. There is my dad and grandpa on the couch, inexplicably both wearing pink shirts. I have no problem with pink shirts, but there were a lot of them last night.

Then here are the girls, Jen, mom, grandma and Ashley.

Let's get a group shot! Violet and Penny jump in.

I'm a lucky guy.

 Fatty's Cookies and baked goods

Seriously delicious cookies and brownies. Highlights include peanut butter toffee and oddly, chocolate chip. A bit on the spendy side for cookies, but worth it. David and Tracy are pictured.
 
Ey coffee

Great, local alternative to my favorite, starbucks.
 
Vio and Penny and our bikes

Don't be an ass and drive to the farmer's market. How far is it really from your place.

Justin, my brother, was walking by the house today with his boys, Max and Jake (front).
 
They asked him to take them on a "space walk." So off they went.
 
Proud of myself for snagging those helmets for the dudes' second birthday.
 
That is one of the main jobs of an uncle or aunt: super cool birthday presents.

 Nothing too remarkable to report from the palate's perspective, outside of some seriously fresh, delicious and spicy guacamole Jen put together. We did have some great guests over, though, and had a wonderful time hanging out with Scott and Denise and their smart, ebullient and well-behaved children, Reagan, Noah and Logan. Those are three qualities I have been working hard to espouse in my own children.

 I should also mention that they were very nice, which I consider to be the most important thing.

 There they are now, posing with my girls. I wish Scott and Denise lived closer, because they are good people and we get along great.

So then we headed over to my parents for yet more meats. The whole posse was there and wouldn't you know it, the kids and I broke off a pretty serious train ride. Admit it, you wish you were the caboose.

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I think I could get used to BBQs every weekend.

 July 2, 2009

April 11, 2009

Dude's got solid taste.
 
Nicholas Quirke

Had the opportunity to art direct a great photog as he shot my father for a patient testimonial we are putting together for one of my hospital clients.
 
Outside building 201, where my father works. That's him in the center of the shot facing us, rocking the tie.
 
This building was likely very modern 15-20 years ago. Large pond with water lillies is still cool.

Flags from the native countries of each of the scores of researchers at the US Department of Energy, where my father works.

 
 
My dad intoduced me to at least 15 people. I tried to tell each one a different joke. While I was unsuccesful, he was still proud, which was really cool.
 
His office looks messy here, but he had actually just cleaned it. Dan Dry is the photog. Cool site at dandry.com.

 
 
This is not the set up we will use for the piece, but I included it anyhow. Dude is rocking cacti.

 
 
 
Big government at work:

Nicholas Quirke