Its been 4 months since I posted anything on my blog. Its unfortunate that its the death my Uncle that has motivated me post these pictures of our visits in Europe during my honeymoon (Vicenza, Italy 2003) and during my trip to France to study image analysis (Stasbourg, France 2006).

In better news over the last several months,

Jeff and I went back to Illinois for graduation. We also got to see Julie (in Indianapolis before driving to Champaign), Rachel and Elizabeth - and their families.

I hiked Dog Mountain to see the Alpine Meadow full of wild flowers

I was a referee at two jiu jitsu tournaments. Kids (and their parents) made this a stressful job but ref'ing the women's divisions was good. I've been teaching women's jiu jitsu class at my new gym since January. Tracy is one of my regular train partners. I also harassed some high school students while judging the Oregon state science fair.

My parents came to visit.

I broke my finger training for a jiu jitsu tournament that weekend, so luckily for me, my mom was around to baby me. I didn't get to go to the pan-ams like I'd planned though, the bone came through the skin. You can see where in this picture.

Jeff and I took a trip to the coast with Rachel, Glen and Michael-in-the-oven (i.e. no Rachel juice for Rachel) before they headed back to Champaign.

And we hosted a super bowl party