11.18.2006

Cheers To The Bride & Groom


Cheers To The Bride & Groom
Originally uploaded by bjmclaughlin.
This is too long coming, but promised to get some pictures up for Nik & Erin from their wedding. Hey, only 2 weeks late. We all had a great time and the happy Bride and Groom had a wonderful time in Paris for their honeymoon.

Some Wedding Pictures

11.08.2006

Hubble Saved


Thought we should get a post up on the Hubble Servicing Mission. Helene and I are both very happy that they are going to keep Hubble going. Helene is of course thrilled because she is still working on Hubble day to day. I am very happy because I worked extensively on the two instruments that are being added with the servicing mission, the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and the Wide Field Camera 3 and will probably work some overtime from JWST to help get ready for the mission. I was present at the press conference where the mission was announced and was sitting about 10 feet from the Administrator and was fortunate enough to shake hands with Senator Mikulski. Helene was up-close to the Senator at a party that followed at the STScI.

Expect some pictures soon of a cake we baked for Gina's birthday and pictures from Nik's wedding.

11.02.2006

Homecoming '06

No, not our homecoming. We are young, but not that young. Although, Brian is noticing an
increase in the number of people who call him "sir". This was Helene's sisters' homecoming and they got decked out to the 9s. Helene had a great time getting them ready and I had fun keeping their dad distracted.