Happy Thanksgiving From Houston Mission Control

Paul and I are both working this Thanksgiving in Mission Control for the space station. Although we miss our families, we are thankful to be a part of such a great endeavor as the International Space Station. Today sums up the last two weeks of a shuttle mission to the station where we have brought up new life support equipment to support a future 6 person crew, and also worked on repairing the large solar array motors that we saw some friction and grating in last year.

Here are some pictures of the two of in the control center:

It's here!

Kristin & Ed's wedding is here!

It's time to head over to the Guadalupe for Kristin & Ed's wedding! I'd be there right now, but I caught a nasty cold so decided to try to rest tonight then I'll head up for all the excitement (and some preparation too) in the morning!

We also had an awesome shower for Kristin this weekend:



The theme was wine & cheese tasting, which was a lot of fun. I got to learn how to pair the two, and was surprised how much the right pairing made the wine or cheese tastier! And of course, Kristin got a bunch of great gifts too!

Halloween 08

With Paul in New Orleans for Ed's Bachelor party, Kristin and I have been staying busy.

We went to a work Halloween party - and it was the coolest ever. Everyone came dressed up in costumes (but not crazy costumes)... Actually we were probably the most boring - I wore my devil horns & Kristin wore her halo from the Bachelorette party :)

My favorite costumes were from Jeff and Lori - who swapped professions. Jeff dressed up as a nurse and Lori as a geeky NASA flight controller! Second best had to be Tina Fae and Sarah Palin... and how could I not mention Erin & Mike whose costume was a fake engagement ring!



Thanks to Todd & Josh for the pictures!