Pictures Galore!

Lot’s of new pictures to share. First, a bunch from our Thanksgiving holiday with Twyla’s family. Biggie (aka Juanita), Taleebah, Kayla, Akil, and Dr. Rodriguez visited for a few weeks. Before you view the pics, though, you should know that Akil took most of these. He’s an incredible photographer as evidenced by these pics as well as the portfolio on his website. You’ll find a bunch of the same pics on his blog. Thanks, Akil.

(Note: If you click on any of the slide shows while they’re playing it should take you to the full-sized gallery.)

Nicci came to visit in early December. I had to work more than I expected while she was here but Peter had a blast with her around. The pictures of the beach, the cliffs, and the koalas are from our weekend trip to Apollo Bay via the Great Ocean Road. Good food, windy roads, beautiful weather and views… but we’ll never forget the flies! Read Nicci’s post about the trip, especially Chapter 5!

I was a little skeptical about catching a glimpse of wild koalas on the way home but Nicci had a plan. Heading back home on the Great Ocean Road, we had to double back to find an unmarked turn-off onto a dirt road heading into the forest. She spotted the first Koala not 200 yards later. Peter slept through it but the rest of us had fun spotting them loafing in the trees for the next twenty minutes. When we stopped to get a few pictures, the red parrots made themselves at home on the car.

[Update 13-Jan-2008: Wow! Just found Nicci's pictures from the trip. Her new camera is incredible!]

And finally a couple of shots from the rest of December including Christmas.

Happy New Year!