Day 230

Today, we took Alyssa to the Tulsa Zoo to see Feather Fest. We knew this would probably be our last chance to see this. Being zoo members, our only cost was $2 for me and Shawn to get into Feather Fest and we each got a stick with bird food on it. Here's a picture of Shawn and Alyssa. Shawn has a bird perched on her food stick.

Day 229

Today, we all went to Black Buggy Day in Chouteau, OK. This is an Amish celebration. There is a very large community of Amish people in this area. There was a rodeo, lots of homemade food, and rides. My picture for today is of a buggy being pulled by two horses. Alyssa is standing in the middle row next to Shawn.

Day 228

Today, I snapped a picture while I was geocaching near the power plant for Public Service Company of Oklahoma. They go by PSO for short. I can't figure out why important words like "company" and "Oklahoma" aren't included in their acronym.

Day 227

Today, I've snapped a picture of a printed circuit board. This was from an old modem I had laying around the house.

Day 226

One year ago today, Alyssa was placed in our arms by officials with the Chongqing Marriage and Adoption office. Today, I've snapped a picture of her wearing the same outfit she had on that day. She's really changed a lot in one year. To see her picture from one year ago, click here. To see all our pictures and what we wrote about that day, including a link to a video, click here.

Day 225

Today, they began errecting the steel beams to add the additional floors to our new building. The beams you see in this picture all went up today. You can follow the construction of our new building on this webcam.

Day 224

Tonight, we ate at Santa Fe Cattle Co. for dinner. Alyssa enjoyed playing on the longhorn statue in front of the restaurant.