i had a visitor today

my brother jake came to visit me in spokane today. we had a good ol time playing custom halo and call of duty games... one vs. one... (which is not to be confused with dan playing one vs. one poker) i was skeptical at first, but it was fun when you turn up the speed to 300 percent and make gravity 10 percent. i taught jacob how to play backgaman... and he beat me at it. dang it. but then he taught me my new favorite game that is going to take over the word, sock golf. which is kind of a version of frisbee golf, but different. i beat jake. then we played with our macbooks and watched cloverfield.
we packed a lot into little time. yeah.

drive safe jake.

bottom of the totem pole

megan and i are experiencing what it means to have to work our way up in our respective fields of employment... the other day megan got home from a 10 hour shift at 3:30 am, at the same time i was getting up to leave for work at 4:30 am...
so we decided to make the most of it and had pancakes together before i went off to work and megan went to bed :)

new orleans 2

at the audubon park there is a scenic drive that goes through the park and along side the mississippi river (which is nearing flood warning level right now)... as we were driving i just happen to spot something out of the corner of my eye... yeah... it was of course a giraffe... apparently there is also a zoo at this park... that was almost the highlight of the trip... a close second at least (sorry cousin, its not too often that i get to see an animal like that) anyways i thought it was kinda cool, i didnt even have to pay the admission fee...

go to kamryn's blog to see more cool animals.

new orleans

so megan decided to go to boise for a few days with her mom and grandma to visit relatives... so i decided to go to nola :D to visit my cousin amanda whos birthday is next week. i flew down on tuesday and i am leaving tomorrow afternoon. a quick trip, but when you have got the benefits you gota use them up!

this is bourbon street.

this was at amanda's house 'rockin' it on the porch.

this was taken at a deserted house in the lower ninth ward where the worst of the damage was done by katrina...

the next three photos where taken at musicians village where some restoration is being done... the contrast is amazing from one side of the street to the other as shown here.