2009-12-24

Merry Christmas from the Shrimpton Family

Merry Christmas!
and a
Happy New Year / Decade

We'll upload more photos from 2009 over the coming days. Come back soon.

Cheers.
Rob, Susan, Sarah, Emily & Gabby.

2009-06-20

June 2009: England Vacation

Our annual summer trip to the Southwest of England. Click the pictures to see many more from our albums.

2009-05-10

May 2009: We're in the pool!


And ... we're in the pool!

2009-04-11

April 2009: Tour Dallas!

Emily, Sarah and Rob completed Tour Dallas 2009 last weekend, a 20 mile cycle ride around downtown, and suburban Dallas. The weather was perfect (slightly warmer than last year), the crowds were huge, the crashes were few, and the legs were a little worn at the end, but everyone made it around, with plenty of time to enjoy free pizza and a photo shoot with Bikin' Mike, the organizer of the whole event. We were also fortunate to meet Rob Luna at the start after he'd scouted out the best parking for us, and just as he left to join the 30-milers at their start position Sandra showed up with Mike and Allie! We saw plenty of all 3 of them over the next 3 hours, as we meandered along at roughly the same pace, but we never saw Rob L again - he was long gone, and completed his 30 miles in a little over 90 minutes - an excellent pace!
The professional (but little) photos are here: Emily, Sarah, Rob.

From 2009-04 April

2009-03-07

March 2009: Sarah's 13th Birthday Party


Sarah's Birthday is in February, but due to a busy schedule, we held her party in March this year.

2009-02-10

February 2009: Storm Shelter


When the tornado sirens start sounding, this is where we huddle. Given that the house could be blown away at any moment there are probably way too many smiles in this picture ...

2009-02-07

February 2009: Sarah's Choir



Sarah singing with her choir at a Texas regional event.

2009-01-19

January 2009: Monterey Bay



Later in January we spent a weekend visiting Monterey Bay in California. The weather was superb. Emily decided that she wants to work at the Monterey Bay Aquarium when she's older.

Click the picture for more pictures from Monterey.

2009-01-03

January 2009: Grandma's visit



Grandma came to visit us in January. As usual, the weather was much warmer in Texas than in her home state of Iowa: T-shirts by the pool.