Guess who we ran into on our trip to Switzerland?!?!

American Idol winner Kris Allen!!!!

-Here is with with me & Joe

-Here he is with Jacqui

-Here he is with a new love interest.....ooooohhhhh!!!!

-and here he is totally drunk!

Thanks for being such a good sport, Michael!!

Switzerland!!

Sorry for the lack of posting. I attempted to upload a video a couple weeks ago and it didn't work, and then I never posted about other stuff.

Anywho, Joe and I were in Switzerland last week!! It was an awesome change from Dallas. The main purpose was to attend Stéphanie and Manu's wedding, but Joe also went to finish up some projects and papers with Melody and the old lab. Poor Joe went to work everyday while I was out and about seeing people, eating leisurly lunches, hiking, and hanging out with friends. I'll post more pictures soon, but for now, I'll post some of the pictures I took as the unofficial photographer for the wedding festivites. I got to hang out with Stéphanie the whole morning and helped her get ready that morning. So far, I've only processed pictures in Photoshop from getting ready in the morning. I posted a few of my favorites below. As I continue processing photos from thoughout the wedding day, I'll post more!

-the dress

-all ready!

-in the garden at her parent's house

-bouquet flowers

San Antonio here we come!!

Last Friday, Joe and I drove down to Austin, switched from our non-AC car into Sai's AC car, and then drove down to San Antonio, where Jen and Susan were attending a biomaterials conference. Jen and Susan snagged me a ticket to the conference dinner Friday night at the Texas Cultural Institute, ripe with cowboys and sheriffs.

-Jen getting lasso-ed on our way in

-we each danced with the sheriff...notice how excited the profs look at the table on the right....silly scientists

We then found the boys along the river walk, talking science even after 2 pitchers of margaritas, and hung out along the river walk. Saturday morning, the girls were in and out of the hotel room (we crashed in their room for the weekend...thanks ladies!) and then we all went to lunch along the river walk.

I then dragged Joe over to the Alamo again so that I could get a picture out front with a blue sky since it was raining the first time we were there.


Saturday night, Joe and I had dinner with all of the Texas Bendles. It was great seeing everybody again. Joe and I visited in the fall of 2003, and since then, there are 2 new children and the little ones from 2003 are already 7 and 10!

-Maddy, Aunt Patsy & newbie, Abigail