Friday, April 14, 2006

Woodward Park


Better late then never. Here are some of the photos I took at Woodward Park on Sunday. It was just about the height of bloom for the azaleas. I also took alot of photos of the Anthony family and their 5 year old daughter Lola. There were so many of those, I only included a few. We also went to the Tulsa Garden Center and looked at their orchid show. I know that Laura Shaw (Kathy's mom) would have LOVED it, I thought of her the whole time. She has 20 orchids! Enjoy the photos, http://bgelder.shutterfly.com.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Spring is here


Just thought I'd share a photo of one of my 2 balconies that I planted flowers in this weekend. Sunday the weather was beautiful, 75 and sunny. I took photos of the Anthonys at Woodward park. As soon as I choose my favs I will share them.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

TUnado


This was filmed half way through Vanessa's art show at the University of Tulsa. Okay, here is what NOT to do when you hear tornado sirens. We Oklahomans can't help it though. When we get a major storm in the day time, our first instinct is to go outside and look up. Tonight we were lucky that there was no serious danger.

Vanessa's Graduate Art Show Debut




TU had their annual student art exhibition tonight. Vanessa had two pieces in the show. I had not seen her good art (only bad art, heehee) so I went down to check it out. Overall it was a great show. It was great to see what other student were doing. I actually knew three or four of them through my undergraduate work and through Art Directors. As the show was winding down a tornado warning sounded and everyone scattered.

Congrats to Vanessa and all her hard work this year! She got the TA position for next year so that is good news for her pocketbook!

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Sunday at Woodward Park


After a night of heavy drinking, there is nothing better then brunch at Kilkennys. Kathy, Zach and David headed out of town afterward and some of us decided it was just too nice outside to go back to sleep. So Paula and Dallas grabbed their black lab Bailee, I went and got Rocky, Jason brought his new dog Katie and Thom doesn't have a dog, so he was only in charge of himself. We basically layed around for 2 hours. I think it was the best Sunday I have had in a while. Here is the link for all the photos...http://woodwardpark.shutterfly.com

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Death Cab for Cutie



Hmmm...where should I start. Kathy, Zach and David came up to Tulsa yesterday for the concert. We ran wedding arrands for Kathy all day then met everyone at Mexacali before the show. Paula, Dallas, John, Nicci, Kevin, Wendy and us had a quick dinner then walked over. Kevin was REALLY excited because until Friday, he thought he wasn't going to be able to go! I won 2 extra tix on myspace and because Kevin has been so distraught over not being able to get tix, I figured no one in Tulsa deserved these more then them. Nicci didn't have a ticket but she was able to pic one up outside for two times the face value! It was a sold out show so thats what the market would bare.




The show started quickly after we got there. David and I tried to get as close as we could to the stage. The crowd seemed alot more into the concert then when we saw them in November. I think it is due to the fact that fans have had alot more time to listen to their latest album. They had a few more extended jam portions then in November. Probably due to their growing familiarity with the new material. At one point Ben's guitar went out, which drasticly changed the sound of the song. It is hard to deny his role as a central part of the band. At one point they even brought a second drum set out for him to play with the drumer. It was fantastic.




The set compared to November was almost identical. The lights and sound was better. Also Ben's voice sounded more tuned and everyone on a whole was more in sync. The crowd really went crazy at the end of the concert bringing them back out for two more. My favorites. He opened the encore with "I Will Follow You into the Dark", an acoustic song, then 'Transatlanticism". Just Ben on the stage singing and the audience singing with him. In November, having only one or two months to listen to the song, everyone knew it. That was then and is now my favorite parts of both shows. I have a few clips of video, but I am not allowed to post it on youtube, so I am going to have to figure something else out. But I will include a few photos.

Other events of note that night, we went to Kilkennys afterward and got inside just before the tornado. The massive storm went through and I didn't know till tonight that there was a tornado over by the airport. Doesn't surprise me, it looked CRAZY out there. Also we could smell smoke so the fire dept came out to Kilkenny's to make sure the building didn't get struck by lightening. After a complete walk through, they decided we were out of danger...from fire anyway.