Trip to Yucatan!

 Back in September Tina and I went to Playa Del Carmen...

 Pyramid at Coba, I heard that Unesco was thinking about making it a world heritage sight so we wanted to check it while we could still climb all over everything.

 dead bat

 Most of the site hasn't been excavated yet, from high points we could see the tops of pyramids sticking out of the tree tops.

 we went swimming in a cenote and it was amazing, it was about 40 feet underground and there were tree roots coming down from the ceiling.

Shop pics!

Our awesome apprentice Tim and his wife Lisa got us a photo shoot for xmas this year. Lisa is the makeup artist for 666 Photography here in town, they are awesome... we showed up at the studio on a sunday afternoon, had a couple beers and had a great time. The theme was "opium den"

This is Tim, he's back in Australia now straightening out his visa situation, but hopefully he'll be back soon.

On the way to get lunch today Ben got a Tshirt and hat at a souvenir shop and we did a photo shoot of our own, the theme was "sexy cowboy"

Las Vegas

Back in July, when I couldn't access the blog, some of our best friends Jay and Cliona decided to get married in Vegas. This was really great because they live in Ireland and we're lucky to see them once a year. Tina and I drove out and it was a hell ride, the car died a few times and we got several flats in the desert, but all in all it was awesome. Tina's folks also live there, so we got in some family time too. After the festivities we all piled into the car and drove back to Austin.

Welcome back dinner.

bad idea

There were tarantulas at a few rest stops in west Texas

Hunting and Fishing

My buddy Harley has a ranch in Goldthwaite, Texas. I've been hanging out with him and hunting a lot lately, 2 weeks ago I got a buck and a doe in the same day... the night before I saw a bobcat with her 2 cubs, it's been fun. Here's me in a tree stand before rifle season started. Notice the iPod earbuds. There's Longhorns on the ranch too, they're fun to chase on the four wheeler.

This morning Chan and I went fishing at Lake McQueeney and I got a 30+ lb. yellow catfish.

Right before we left for Japan Dorothy found out the hard way why eating bottle caps is a bad idea. She had to have 12" of intestine cut out, she almost didnt make it but now is recovering pretty well. We're glad.

Japan Trip!

Okay, so a while back my email address was hacked and I had to delete it, I forgot all my passwords and couldnt post here for months... so, sorry nine people. Anyway Tina and I went to Japan last month ( for less cool pictures of our trip check her blog ) and it was a blast. Heres some pics...

Crazy signs were everywhere to be seen, I took pictures of all of them

Vending machines were also everywhere, cans of hot coffee, cigarettes and beer.

Cupie doll painting by Hori Benny at Chop Stick tattoo in Osaka. Awesome artist and a really cool guy, if youre in Osaka you should check him out! He tattooed us both (amazing work) and hooked us up.

This is a small alley.

Deer in Nara, they were everywhere, we thought they were going to be in a park or something, but they were just cruising around downtown, I even saw one in a store.

Matsuri on a small island. The village temple doubled as a playground.

Awesome temple in Kyoto.

Me and Luar at the Taikai