The Year Of The Rat

Today we went to the Asian Festival downtown. The weather was excellent. Here are some pictures.






























This was the cutest little girl, all dressed up in her little costume.

















Mark waiting in line for a "Bubble Drink". We weren't really sure what we were ordering, but what we got wasn't too exciting. It was basically a slushy with these blueberry sized tapioca balls at the bottom. It was really weird. The straw was really fat so that the balls could fit through. I have no idea who would think of this strange drink and it wasn't even that good.





This nice lady was making chicken skewers














I think she was making some shrimp













fighting exhibition












These guys work at Aloha Florist and Luau catering. It's a flower shop right by our house that puts on a Luau every Friday night. We can hear the drums from our back yard.

The Boarnet Dancers

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The Cutest Dogs In The World

Hi Everyone. I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. There hasn't been much excitement around here to talk about.

Mark and I are doing well and the dogs are surviving the cold snap. Here are a few pictures to prove that we have the cutest dogs in the world.

Look how cute Jake is when he burrows under the cushion in his bed. Awww














Here's Giuseppe and Jake getting cuddly. They do that alot. Daisy don't like to cuddle as much, but she sure likes to play.












Here's Giuseppe and Jake again.












The End.

New Years Day

Mark and I had a very sedate new years eve. We watched some TV, drank some gingerale and went to bed just after midnight. Wooo Hoooo.

New Years Day we went to my folks house in New Braunfels. My little brother Darren is still in town with his family so we wanted to spend some more time with them. We ate Rudy's BBQ and then his two oldest boys, Ian and Alex, put on a New Years Play. This musical extravaganza was written and directed solely by Ian. He was also the star.

I've included a few pictures and video of this staggering work of genius by the prodigy.



Ian and Alex













Ian, mommy Nicole and baby Daniel

















l-r, mom, Darren, (Nicole & kids in the background), Jack, Jody, and Mark.











The New Years Musical Theater Production by Ian & Alex

The Alamo Bowl =(

The Boarnet, Fries and Denham men went to see the Aggies play in the Alamo Bowl Saturday night. Needless to say, it wasn't the best night of our lives. We took a pretty good beating by Penn State.

Mark's theory is that the A&M Quarterback has separation anxiety with the football. That's why he wouldn't throw it more. Whatever the reason, it was disappointing.

However, I did learn one very important lesson. Via park-and-ride is awesome. For only $6 you can forget about walking 2 miles from your parking spot to the dome, and you don't have to wait for an hour in the parking lot afterwards just to get on the street.

Here are some pictures and video from our Alamobowl experience.

Alex looking adorable













Jack holding Daniel


















Ian eating a hot dog with daddy cramming food down Daniel's mouth to keep him happy.



















Cousin James holding Ian

















This is the look most often associated with Daniel if his parents aren't directly in front of him.

Dinner at Jody's with the Houston Boarnet's

We had dinner at Jody's house on Thursday night. We got take out from Carino's Italian Grill. We had a good time just hanging out and spending time together. Here are a few pics




Meme with Ian and Alex













Darren with Daniel

















Meme with the boys



















Ian and Alex looking angelic













Ian with Jake (Trent's Pug)


















Mark helping himself to some spaghetti.

















Daniel showing of his Cabbage Patch Doll














Meme saying "cheers"

Gingerbread Houses

My sister Jody had a Gingerbread House making party. Here are a few pictures. We had a great time. Ignore the fact that this is underlined because I can't figure out how to make it stop =)



James with his gingerbread house "maze"














Brett and Paul
































Jacob Cohen's house






























Jerry and Jacob
















Jerry's stunning masterpiece












Trent and Mark's house