Nea, my niece, brushing Danielle's hair, my sister and her mom. Notice Nea's nice afro. 

My nience, Nea. 

My sister feeding a swan. It's hard to really tell here, but this this is HUGE. Probably at least three feet tall. 

The swan (a little too close). 

Swan 

The swan. 

I really like geese. I like to just sit and watch them swim and to feed them. I'm not really sure why. I like birds in general, and I like water fowl in particular, but there's just something about geese. Maybe it's because there's so many of them in my hometown. Who knows? 

Geese. 

A goose sticking it's tongue out (it's actually hissing). 

geese. 

Damn, I love geese. 

Cute cat at a family friend's house. 

Some good posters at the bowling alley. Some friends and I decided to go bowling. We really wanted to go go-carting, but it was raining (and my one friend wanted something where we could drink too. Bowling: the only sport where drinking actually HELPS.) 

My bowling shoe. 

Damian: one of the most interesting people I know, my roommate for four years, and the best friend a guy could ask for. 

Bowling alley 

This vending machine at the bowling alley cracked me up. It's got socks in it. SOCKS! 

Some of my friends from high school. From left: Damian (friend since I was 12. He's such a close friend, he's pretty much family), Jason (a good friend since I was about 15. He's a great person), me, and Jerrod (a friend since about 15, even though I've known him longer. I keep in touch with Damian and Jason, but this was the first time I'd seen Jerrod in a while). 

I thought this cartoon was funny. It's like a caracature of a truck driver. It's actually on the back of a semi. 

The fields near my Uncle's house. 

Only a small portion of the meat for the family reunion. No wonder my family is so fat ;). 

The view from my Uncle's back porch. 

One of my Uncle's horses. He has 5. 

Horse 

This is my family playing wiffle ball at a family reunion. This is only about 1/4 of my family (only my paternal grandmother's family), and this is only a small percentage playing ball. My family is HUGE. That's what you get being born Catholic in the US.