26 December 2011

Rochester MN - 2011 Christmas with Petar, Danny and Maria - and Gina, Rachel and Hunter



























The DeMarkeys weren't able to join us this year but Petar, Danny and Maria were.  And Gina joined the fun with Rachel and Hunter as well - we even got that hat off Hunter a time or two to get a good view of that "hockey hat head".
Without Tommy and Eddie it was a bit quieter at 7am - but we had more of a late night crowd this year that kept things going long after the rest of us called it a night.
The real amazing memory of this Christmas will be that the temperature on Christmas Day was over 40F and there was no snow to be found anywhere.  And today while we did the clean up and drove home we hit a record 52F - absolutely amazing.  It seems the last few years it has been an adventure of some sort to either get to for from Rochester over the holidays.
Lucille joined us as well so it made for a full house and plenty of conversation and holiday fun.

19 December 2011

Saint Paul - Mac Dinner before the break




Term one done and on to the break for Petar and Clemens.  Clemens off to Germany and Petar is going hang out in Minnesota - won't be quite the same as California from last year. 
Danny the working guy was able to join us as well.

London - not a bad walking route
























Ah yes, the wonders of London in December - damp, rainy, windy and just all around miserable.  Fortunately, there were gaps in the ugly weather.
Was able to wander to from the hotel up to my meetings and back between the storms.  Not a bad spot to hang out!