Liam's Vocabulary (pronunciation) as of 12/28/05

ball (baaal)
outside (side)
all done! (ah dun!)
flower (fowah)
Mommy (mama!)
Daddy (daddeeee!)
Nanny (nana)
dog (daaah and bubba) Bubba being our neighbor's dog's name
cracker (kakah!)
nose (snuuh)
eye (aaaah!)
bottle (baba)
no! (nah!)
shoe (sshew)
sock (saah)
grape (baaal)
orange (baaal)

Mother-Child Bonding - as Idealized by the artists at Lladro

Mother-Child Bonding - Reality

Somebody Loves His Daddy

Christmas Morning in Tulsa

Ransom Clan in Arkansas

Tragedy at Tulsa International

Best Pizza in OK

Giant Jumping Tuna - Venice LA

Yellowfin Tuna Venice, LA

First Bite of Cream Cheese Frosting at Christmas

The Rockets' Technicolor Dreamglare

Hong Kong at Night - Negative

Ladies Rappin' on the Street in Hanoi

Getting Ogled by a Guy in Blue in Shanghai

Catching River Turtles in Saigon

Ho Chi Min City Ferry - January 2005

Baby's First Breath

Cheerleaders at the Tulsa Christmas Parade

Crane in Ueda City

Tollhouse Walnut Pie Recipe

2 eggs
1/2 c. all purpose flour
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 c. butter, melted and cooled to room temperature1
(6 oz.) pkg. (1 c.) Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 c. chopped walnuts
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shell
Whipped cream or ice cream

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, beat eggs until foamy. Beat in flour, sugar and brown sugar until well blended. Blend in melted butter Stir in Nestle Toll House semi sweet chocolate morsels and walnuts. Pour into pie shell. Bake 1 hour. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream, if desired. Makes one 9 inch pie.

Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

3 Baked Sweet Potatoes
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1 can of Sweetened Condensed Milk
3 Eggs

Mix it all together, pour into pie crust bake at 350 degrees until pie starts to brown at edges.

2004 Tulsa State Fair

Midway at the Catoosa Bluegrass Festival

Little Dawg

Kimi almost takes the Shanghai F1 in October

October Octopus at the Tokyo Fish Market

Not at Christmas Time