The Norman Borlaug knows my brother

As many of you alread know, my younger brother, Ben, is working on his PHD in Plant Genetics at the Univeristy of Minnesota's Plant Pathology School. Well, this week he won an esteemed award - the M.F. Kernkamp award for most outstanding graduate student. This is huge and I am extremely proud of him. He's not only raising two wonderful children, but he's putting his amazingly bright mind to work for the betterment of mankind.

Norman Borlaug was in attendence. If you don't know who he is, well, he saved over a billion people with his work in plant pathology and genetics and is one of only five (5) people in history to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. The others: Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Theresa, Nelson Madela, and Elie Wiesel.

Blogging

Things have been wonderfully buys lately. In the last week I've been to a zoo, a conservatory, a carnival, a Rush concert, two Grace Potter shows and the Maryland v WVU football game. What a week! All of it was amazing except for the Terps game.

I'm in love with Grace Potter.

Family Ties

It's only Saturday, but it's already been an amazingly fun weekend. In the last 24 hours, I've taken my niece and nephew to a water park, an amusement park, a conservatory and a zoo.

Let me tell you, it is the most amazing and heart-warming experience to watch children's eyes widen and smiles brighten when they experience these types of good times.

Tonight, we are going to make dinner together - asado style.

I am truly blessed to have a close-knit family that I love and who love me.

Feelings of fatigue

Hi everyone. Sorry for the lapse in blog entries. My long weekend in Florida has thrown me off my schedule a bit. As for the weekend, I hope you all had a wonderful one. I did, for sure. I spent the weekend at a friend's house in Florida. He lives on the beach and has a pool and hot tub and what not. We definitely lived it up for a few days. Snorkeling, swimming, volleyball, etc...just a blast. Oh yeah, he had a big party too, to launch this website. You can probably imagine how crazy it was. 750+ people, a DJ, contests and games...a lot of stuff bordering on debauchery. It's no wonder I am dragging a bit today. ;o)

Oh yeah, I'll post pics later.