This week

 Despite having a terrible cold, I still managed to have a little bit of fun with my friends and family.

Mimi's "birthday"/ anniversary of her adoption day was last weekend.  Kyohei got her and Chitah those little dog treats that look like cookies and cupcakes.  Because of the sprinkles they enjoyed their treats outside.

Kyohei found out about the fair coming to town.  He wanted to see this American phenomenon, because he saw it in Heroes.  ha ha ha.  Luckily, Cappy and her family were going too.
from the TV show Heroes

The rides were fun but....

I went for the corndogs!!

Here are our Republican candidates tribute photos:

Michele Bachmann

Rick Perry

The best was getting to meet these sea lions.  They are so cute!

Look, there is a sea lion on my head!

Week with my brother

 It's taken me way too long to post these, but here are some photos from his week with us in Florida. 

The first day, we went snorkeling with manatees.  Yes, I live in the coolest state ever!

After a pretty relaxing trip out to the springs, we didn't see any manatees, but the snorkeling was fun!

BUT then, we saw a mother and it's calf-- how cute.  We didn't get any underwater manatee shots, but the baby came right over to us.  How cool.  I love manatees!

A bird caught a fish

Then I started to pretend that I was a nature photographer:

Another day we went to the beautiful Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg, FL

And more nature in Gainesville:

Grah!  Gators!

Bat house:

Steakhouse with Kyohei

Saying goodbye at the airport