fifty

brian’s birthday was last thursday, october 21st.
not a huge celebration, but fun. and the kids did a lot of work to help make it special.
thanks to everybody for all their good wishes. and thanks again to amy for sharing that yummy turkey lasgana recipe. i wish i would have taken a picture of that!

trash compacting...

in burton. that’s how we roll.

dude

brian heard this yesterday on npr.
very funny...and very interesting.
and if you know anything about brian...watch your dude-sayege.

work

at our creative meeting last friday. thanks t.j., for the picture.

happy mother’s day

may 10th is also an anniversary for brian and i.
our first kiss.
which led to...well...mother’s day.

have a great day!

(ahsoka is my favorite clone wars character. thanks, sammy!)

up to the moon

...and back.

reduce, reuse, recycle

brian came across this article in the october 2008 national geographic.

INNOVATION & DESIGN: VOYAGE OF THE PLASTIKI — National Geographic Adventure Contributing Editor Paul Kvinta talks one-on-one with explorer David de Rothschild about his proposed 7,500-mile trans-Pacific journey from San Francisco to Sydney aboard the Plastiki — a 60-foot, rudderless raft made of plastic bottles. Navigating through a man-made disaster called the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating landfill located between California and Hawaii that's twice the size of Texas, de Rothschild wants to demonstrate the unlikely and amazing things people can achieve when they recycle their junk — and to show what happens when they don't. De Rothschild's grand vision includes swapping out crew, marine biologists, anthropologists, even celebrities such as Johnny Depp and Jack Johnson, for different legs of the journey. Is the young Brit pursuing one of the most visionary expeditions yet proposed, or has he gone off the deep end? "There's a risk in everything," says environmentalist de Rothschild. "But, really, how hard can it be? ... We have got to attract people's attention. Our oceans are out of sight and out of mind, but they're facing enormous changes because of what we've done." Page 66.

eastern pacific garbage patch? we had never even heard of it. it’s pretty unbelievable. there has already been lots of good reasons to stop buying water in plastic bottles....but this tops them all. and there is a lot of information online...but i did find a really nice site done by the 2007-2008 fifth grade class at mount madonna school in california. and this one is pretty informative as well.

sea cow

otherwise known as olivia’s favorite animal...or a manatee.
brian carved a mom and her baby spooning in the sand.
it was so beautiful, and gone by morning.
yeah. i don’t know what to say either. he’s amazing.

the sun

it was a rare sight the naples part of our trip.
everyone we ran into told us...this NEVER happens here.
so we slapped them.

15 years

and yes, i’d do it all over again.
i love you, brian.

back 9

i hear this is a pretty nice place...so no throwing things at the band.

this saturday

will cheshier and his tiny orchestra...
featuring the fine conga stylings of our own daddy.
(brian roach...olivia wanted to make sure that you knew)
i might be there...
but just remember, tequila makes me surly.