Family time, ready for fall

Two family shots. First off, congrats to my little brother Jesse. He just graduated from SCC Milford and has a good job lined up in omaha. for now, however, he is bumming on my couch until he can move into his apartment.



Second, my uncle and cousin came into town for the vtech game. I met up with them beforehand. hooray!


That all said, who here is ready for fall? I know i am. Trees turning, temp dropping, the smell of leaves, pumpkin seeds, these are a few of my favorite things.

Mom

My mother had surgery earlier this week and is recovering fine. This makes me very happy. Love ya, mom. My mom is in the middle, my aunt on the left, and my brother on the right.

Back home

Mother at the farm.


Grandparents at the nursing home.

Jess

My little brother rocks. if anyone says otherwise, i will cut them.

Grandparents

late in updating

Husker baseball game, shot with a lens baby.


My Grandpa pushing my Grandma at the nursing home.

Christmas

Check out this link for an unedited look at my christmas day, slamed together for one minute of crazy fun. the song is american money by yoko kanno.

http://gregblobaum.webng.com/xmass/

jess

mi hermano Jesse, snowboarding in my backyard at night. single strobe, set to the left.

a little thanksgiving joy

happy thanksgiving to all. went back home to fairbury, and gorged myself of many foods. it was nice to see the family again, and it was nice to get my grandma sprung from the nursing home for a day to join us. my brothers and i spent some time playing with our grandpa's old train set, hence the lego sharks eating the car. we also talked with him about all of his train memorabilia. once i get my hands on some recording gear, i would like to interview him about pretty much his entire life, from growing up in boston, to WWII, to his time as an engineer on the railroad.

it seems i was wrong about the count towards post #100, about 7 posts were actually drafts, so this is post #90. but, still, close.

I hope all of you reading this gave thanks for things in your life. i know that every day i am thankful for my family. when things are looking their most bleak, my family is always there to bring me back up. i don't know what i would do without them.

take me home

Went home last week to see my family. My grandmother has been having some health problems, so it was nice to go down and see everyone. The first photo is one she gave me of when she was younger, with my grandpa. As for the final photo, i had just picked up the camera and had snapped a shot of my mom acting like a zombie. She was not too happy that i took that shot. Hi, Mom!

The zoo!

Last weekend, i went with my mother to the zoo up in omaha. this is the third year in a row that i have taken her, and i always enjoy a good zoo. i only took my wide angle with me this year, but i had wished i had taken my 70-200. still, i saw monkeys, and tigers, and sharks, and all other forms of fauna. hooray!

with its' kooky lights

happy 4th of july to all. i had a long day, starting with going to fairbury to go to the annual flea market with my grandpa and mother. on the way back to lincoln, i took several backroads, and found a nice mail box with some flags. the rest are some of the fireworks seen from my house.

the blobaum picnic

two updates in one day! WOW! (i've been kinda lazy with updating) i went home this weekend for the annual Blobaum picnic, a large blobaum reunion will with beer and explosives. i've never really been that happy with fireworks photos that i have taken, but, i didn't have a tripod. i know, i know, excuses. well, i was there to have fun, not to impress you. so there.

Happy Mother's Day

Grandma on left, Mom on right. I love 'em both.

happy birthday

happy birthday to my grandpa, who turned 83 yesterday. we had burgers, cake, and lots of iced tea. hooray!

mama i'm comin' home

So, i went home today for the first time in a couple of months. i got to see my grandparents (that's my grandpa there), eat some tasty fried chicken made by my mom, and i got to check out a new trail that fairbury has built. i took a nice walk on it, and i was rather impressed with it. it was rather short, but the shortness was redemed by the old railroad bridge over the damn.

the other photo is some friends at a cowboy theme party. hooray party!!!