Day 362

Tonight, we attended another Chinese New Year celebration with the Oklahoma City GWCA families. This is a picture of Alyssa with 2 other girls she met tonight.

Day 361

Today, I snapped a picture of a strip mall that is being demolished to make room for the expansion of Interstate 44 in Tulsa.

Day 360

Tonight, Alyssa and Shawn are back home, after spending the last 3 nights in Wagoner due to the ice storm and Shawn's crazy hours at work. I snapped this picture of Alyssa, as Shawn was putting her to sleep. (As you can see, she's still wide awake.)

Day 359

Today, I took advantage of the icy coating on everything and our streets, that are getting much better for driving on. This is a branch from a pine tree that is still coated in ice.

Day 358

Today, we got more sleet and freezing rain. Only about half of the people in my office came to work today. I snapped this picture of 2 boys playing in the strret, on my way home from work.

Day 357

Today, we had an ice storm start to dump precipitation, that's begining to form a thin layer of ice on just about everything. I snapped this picture of some tree limbs, from my front yard.

Day 356

I spent part of the day yesterday removing wallpaper from the bathroom walls. We had talked about adding texture and paint to them, but now we may decide to put up new wallpaper. Here's a picture of the walls without any wallpaper.

Day 355

Today, we went to 2 different Chinese New Year celebrations, having lunch with the Chinese American Association of Tulsa (CAAT), and having dinner with our Families with Children from China (FCC) group. I took this picture at our FCC dinner, while the kids were doing a lion dance at the restaurant.

Day 354

Today, I noticed that the construction crew, on our new building, had placed a port-a-potty on the scaffolding used by the bricklayers. I guess they're trying to save time by not coming down to go to the bathroom, or maybe they're making them stay up there until they get to the top of the building.

Day 353

Today, I spotted this tree on my way home from work. I positioned myself where the sun was directly behind the trunk of the tree to shoot this picture.

Day 352

Shawn broke out a package of Mega Blocks for Alyssa tonight, and I've been on the living room floor building lots of cool stuff with her.

Day 351

Today, I took a few pictures at night using my tripod and a long exposure.

Day 350

These tracks probably haven't seen any trains in many years. Despite the appearance in this picture, it was taken in an industrial area in the heart of mid-town Tulsa.

Day 349

Today, we went to a birthday party in Bartlesville for another girl who was also adopted from China. It was held in a gymnastics center, where they had all kinds of equipment for the kids to play on. There were a couple of trampolines, a rope swing, several balance beams, a couple of pits filled with foam cubes, and the floor was padded everywhere. This is a picture of Alyssa swinging on the rope swing.

Day 348

Tonight, we went to the Chinese American Association of Tulsa's Chinese New Year Celebration at the Performing Arts Center of Tulsa Community College. This is one of the many pictures I shot during the show.

Day 347

Today, I snapped a picture of a race car that was on display at the QuikTrip Center, where they are currently holding the Chili Bowl Nationals.

Day 346

Today, we had a little bit of snow, and it's been really, really cold outside. I snapped this picture at a local bank on my way home from work this evening.

Day 345

Today, I snapped a picture of the sun setting over my neighborhood.

Day 344

I found this wooden indian statue, in front of a business, here in Broken Arrow, OK. This is like the ones you used to find in front of cigar stores.

Day 343

Today, I snapped a picture of something my parents brought me home from Alaska.

Day 342

Today, I snapped a picture of Alyssa, standing on top of a chair, so she could reach the top of her kitchen, while she was wearing her sunglasses.

Day 341

Today, I snapped a picture of all the family playing a dice game after dinner.

Day 340

Today, we're in Edmond for my dad's heart procedure. We've been at the heart hospital most of the day and haven't had much time to take any pictures. Alyssa has been so good all day. On our way back to the house, she fell asleep in her car seat and I snapped this picture of her.

Day 339

Today, I snapped a picture of my new mountain bike. I spent a bit more money on this bike than I have in the past and I can really tell a big difference. I've been dieting and riding my bike for exercise, and I really enjoy riding this bike much better than my last one.

Day 338

Today, I spotted this in someone's front yard. Around here, you'll find plenty of OU Sooner fans. Everyone is pretty excited about the BCS National Championship game between Oklahoma and Florida, this Thursday night.

Day 337

Tonight, I went to buy some new shoes for myself. Alyssa found some shoes that she liked too. She liked them so much, she had to wear them home.

Day 336

I snapped this picture in a local park. After having such a nice day on Saturday, with temperatures in the upper 70s, It's been back to temperatures in the 30s, for the last 2 days. You can tell it's cold by the heavy clothing on the fisherman. You have to be pretty hard-core to fish on a day like today.

Day 335

Today, I got out the macro lens for my picture. This is another one of those, "Guess what this is?" posts.

Day 334

Today, we took Alyssa to the zoo. The temperatures were in the 70s, and it was a perfect day. This picture was snapped, while we were letting her play on the jungle gym.

Day 333

Today, I spotted this truck, on my way home from work. It wasn't the design on the truck that caught my attention, but the size of it. I'm wondering if this guy is compensating for something else, that's not so big.

Day 332

Today, we exchanged gifts with Shawn's family. It was like Christmas all over again for Alyssa. This is Alyssa with a double stroller that she got for a gift.