Happy Birthday Isabelle!

Isabelle hit the big number 4 today and to celebrate we all partook in hitting the pinata and eating lots of delicious food and cake! Click here for more fotos of the birthday celebration.

Are you fracken kidding me?!

BriPhone Photos

Lucy

Lucy, the rest of her!

Posted on Natuba

Check out Brian's photo stream on Natuba!

Roy and Roy Jr.

Flora And Fauna Of DuPage County

On a series of hikes throughout DuPage County I was able to capture these unique pictures of the variety of wildlife found throughout the county.

American Bison - Fermi Lab


White-Crowned Sparrow - Glendale Heights, IL


Painted Turtle - West DuPage Woods


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Humans - Fermilab

Spring Has Arrived On Coventry Circle

Earth Hour

We celebrated Earth Hour with dinner, drinks, and friends. As you can see, we turned our lights off. Did you?(Photo: AP)

(Photo: Chris Sweda/Chicago Sun-Times)

Medieval Times

Last night I put on my best British accent and headed over to Medieval Times in Schaumburg. The food was absolutely splendid and the show was brilliant! I did have a bloody headache from drinking but overall me and my mates had a jolly ole times. Click here to see the whole set of pics.

Ross's Goose Spotted In Glendale Heights, IL

It has been confirmed. The goose I saw from my window yesterday was indeed a Ross's Goose. It is quite rare in this part of the country as it's migratory path is normally farther west past Iowa. [Source]

What is it?

Anyone have any ideas of what this white bird is? It flew into my backyard with a couple of Canadian Geese this morning.

Colors From The Chicago Flower and Garden Show

Leap Day Babies

My sister's cat had babies on Leap Day! Two kittens were born. Mother and babies are doing fine. The baby daddy, of course, is no where to be found! Ghetto!

Julsus Christ

Praise Julsus! Can I get an Amen?

Winter Wonderland

My company let us out early today due to the storm that has dumped 12+ inches of snow! Woot woot! This is yet another storm to hit the Chicago area in less than a week and the meteorologists are already saying this is going to be one of the snowiest winters on record. Having the afternoon off I decided to drive around and take some pictures of my neighborhood which was transformed into a winter wonderland.

After The Storm

As you can tell from the picture of Brian above, there is a butt load of snow! The storm dropped 8 to 12 inches of snow across the Chicagoland area! Not a record but still quite impressive.

2.5 Hour Commute Home!!!

Yes, my normal 25min commute turned into 2.5 hours last night thanks to the latest winter storm to hit the Chicagoland area. Stupid winter!!!

Bald Eagles Along The Illinois River

Earlier today we drove to Starved Rock State Park for Bald Eagle Watch 2008. We joined hundreds of others to watch the wintering Bald Eagles along the Illinois River. We saw roughly 40 eagles. Some were perched on trees and others were flying around and diving towards the river to catch fish! This was my first time seeing a Bald Eagle in the wild so it was pretty exciting. Thanks to Brian's bright idea, I was able to take some close up shots of the birds by taking pictures via my binoculars with my point and shoot camera.

Frigid Temperatures

Today was good hibernating weather as temperatures outside reached the single digits for a high. Luckily we have south facing windows which made for a balmy 79 degrees indoors. The heater did not go on once!

Amy Got A Baby

Today Brian and I found out that Amy was having a baby!!! We met up with her and hubby Tom, Beth, Bob, and Val for lunch today. And thanks to today's technolgoy I can show you a pic of the baby in the Amy's tummy as well as a picture of us all at lunch. Congrats Ames!

Karaoke With The Boys

So yesterday I had a lot of fun. I met up with my longtime friends (Craig, Peter, Mark and Jason) for dinner and then drinks at a bar. Well, it just so happened to be Karaoke night at the bar. Mark started off the evening by singing Elton John's "Daniel" and a beautiful rendition of Brooks and Dunn's "Neon Moon". The pressure was on for the rest of us to get up and sing so after a few drinks, Peter took to the stage and sang Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone". I followed up by singing Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train". After hell froze over Brian took to the stage and sang Bowling For Soup's "Ohio". John rounded out the evening by singing Dixie Chick's "Wide Open Spaces". A good time was had by all! Below are some pics and clips of the evening!