We arrived back home on Thursday evening from our short trip to San Antonio.  In the above photo you can see my wife and I in front of the Alamo. Between my son and I we took nearly 400 pictures.  Below is a picture of my son standing in front of the Hard Rock Cafe.  I think he had a good time as well and we were glad he was able to come with us.

We went on a temporary duty (TDY) for my work to work out some wrinkles with a contractor down there.  We had a good time but it was a bit warm.  We stayed in a hotel downtown so virtually everything was walking distance.  It was a pretty good trip and not likely to be the last.

This evening my wife and I went for a three and a half mile walk and it was nice to enjoy the evening air.  I love the cool air in the fall.  It was nice to be able to spend some quality time with my wife.  I have had a lot of people giving me advice on how to handle the family issues and I appreciate it.  I think everyone is right about spending more time in prayer.  I think that is good advice to follow so thank you all for.

This weekend I downloaded the new Windows Live Messenger Beta and I have really been impressed with the performance.  This new version has some amazing video and audio quality.  I am just amazed at how good it works.  It is every bit as good as Skype and that is really saying something.  I was able to do video conferencing on a full screen for more than two hours and it was incredibly clear and real time.  I think I found a new toy to play with.  This is great news because many of my friends and family refuse to use anything else.  I think Microsoft has really come a long way with voice over internet protocol (VoIP).