Trip to Houston

As some of you know by now, Erin's dad had some heart problems last week and ended up with a quadruple bypass. We took an emergency flight to Houston the day of the surgery. All is well with her Dad, and we had a good visit with friends and family. While we were there I took this photo. I'm not sure why a streak of her hair turned blonde in the photo, but she is the cutest thing in the world right now, so I had to share this photo.

 

The Most Expensive Trout in the World

About 18 months ago, I took up fly fishing. It's very relaxing, and it's the one opportunity I get to get a tan, so I try to go at least once a month. Unfortunately, until today, I had never actually caught a trout. But today I brought one home to cook and eat. Unfortunately, that means this trout cost about $5o0 -- making it the most expensive trout in the world. 8-(

 

Egolf Brewery

While in Germany we stopped off at the Egolf Brewery. This was one of the best parts of the trips since Brian's grandfather is an Egolf. We got to sample the beer and had a nice visit with Gunther Egolf (even though he knew about as much English as we knew German).

Here are Ed and I about to take our first sips of Egolf beer - I only had a taste, not the whole glass. And I paid for it about 5 minutes later when Charlotte gave me two of the biggest kicks she has ever given me!