Thanksgiving days in Lafayette Hill

Mark's 30th birthday party

It was supposed to be a surprise for him and Johanna (the birthday girl) but it did not work!!!We all had a great time...here are some pictures!

Halloween

Roxy's Family Reunion

The foster mom who took care of Roxy while she had her 10 puppies setup a little get together. 5 of her kids were there along w/their new owners. Roxy was the star of show, even though Marley tried to steal the spotlight with his Pele like soccer moves. Little did everyone know Roxy almost didn't make it to the reunion because she escaped earlier that day and poor, hungover dad had to run her down for 1/2 mile.

Video of Marley's soccer moves:

Beer and bait frig & shiny new house frig

Water heater and water pipes for apartment etc.

Dad's ditch for pipes and wires

Phragmites gone thanks to lots of hard work by a lot of hard working guys! Much better view of the creek!

Halloween and VA updates

Swamp troll & Pink leopard on the prowl!

Mary Ann's trip to DC

Latest out of the south side of chicago...

Apparently there is some nature left in downtown chicago....

...and it is still illegal to hunt praying mantis'

the hounds try on their winter wear.

40 winks

as i was practicing my viola murdoch took that opprotunity to catch a few winks .... he moved before i could close the case.

Lufthansa Airline Oktoberfest

mmmm free beer. need we say more?!

Mt Biking near Chicago

Here are a few pics of my mt biking trip with 2 buddies. The trails were more extreme than expected, in fact one log jumped out in front of my trusty bike stopping it (not me) dead in its tracks as I continued on over the handle bars. Nothing serious, just some bumps and bruises - it was actually kind of fun! My buddy, much more experienced rider, fell too so i didn't feel so bad.

Yes, next to this concrete jungle there is actually some forests.

Playing "dress-up" for the Hospital Ball

Check out the dude and dudette and the EYES in the house!!!

Creek eagles!

Two eagles in the tree to the right :-)

no new personal pics to post so i found this instead...

Our other nephew

Here is a picture of Kian Antonio Ramos...my brother's baby...He is 4 months and very cute too!