My big bro turned 31 years old?!

Well, my big brother, Jason turned 31 years old today. We went to Cocina Medina for dinner, his favorite food choice for celebrations. He had two margaritas and then the restaurant proceeded to give him two free shots of tequila! If you've never seen my bro drunk, you're missing out! If you thought he was a dorkis sober, you ain't seen nothin! :-) But you gotta love 'em!

My bro, Jason...taking his free shot of "ta-kill-ya"

Free shot #2 of tequila, thanks Cocina Medina for making my bro an even bigger dork!
Patryk, Papa and Christian

My mom, the sombrero thief and me

Ain't Pat a cutie?

Bub aka Christian showin' us his "horns"

Yes, these two are always like this! Well...except when they're getting on each other's nerves!

Dell'Osso Family Farm

Goofing around....

Panning for fossels and gemstones....

Shooting tiny pumpkins out an airgun!

Jason and Patryk

Searching for pumpkins....

Pat says he's in "Pumpkin Heaven"

Bub's grumpy after a long day in the sun. I'm ready to go home!

Okay...we can go home now....

San Francisco and Cal Academy of Science 10/4/08

My folks, sister-in-law Chrissy, my two nephews Christian (7 yrs) and Patryk (5 yrs) and I went to the California Academy of Science in San Francisco today. The weather was perfection! This was the second weekend the museum has been open since they've been closed for the past 4 years to update. It was pure pandemonium! There were so many people there and way too many damn strollers! People, there just isn't enough room for it! Carry your kids or let them walk! Yeah, yeah...I agree strollers are a nice accessory, but damn! When you can't get to the bathroom because some fool is pushing a double-wide stroller with NO kids in it, one can get a little pissy! :-)

He looks stoned....no wonder he's smiling!

Look at the paws on that Phew-ma* (inside joke reference to the Planet Earth Series)

A close-up of the African Hunting Dogs

Christian checking out the turtles and reptiles

Sorry Patryk, he won't take you very far!

*Above: If you look really hard, you can see the frog

*Below: A close-up, although not the best lighting..damn plexi-glass.

Chrissy and Pat

Whew! It didn't eat me or my mom!

Inside the 4-Story Rainforest

This guy matched my every move! Trying to intimidate, I suppose.

**Hard to believe these frogs are real, they looked like plastic toys until they moved!

Albino Alligator

Rays

The pure-anus*!! (piranhas for those of you not in the know! *another Planet Earth inside joke!)

This turtle was showing the people what he thought of being on display! Nice tush!

A gorgeous day in San Francisco