The Parry Family Blog

Can you say cold? It was freezing today. I know I just got back from Tahoe but I am not used to dealing with weather anywhere between 25-50 degrees. Its just not natural to be that cold in the bay area. Its Wednesday and the week is almost over. I had promised myself I'd go to the gym on Monday but its 2 days past & I have yet made a move. Whats the deal with me? I think its hard when you go home from work, turn on the fire, put on your cozies and then you are expected to leave and go back out in the cold and get sweaty. Its just hard. I think I need to rethink my daily schedule. I usually get up at 9am. I think I am going to try and get up at 8 (keyword:TRY) and go to the gym in the morning. That way, I can get it out of the way. We'll see if I make it happen tomorrow. Class was pretty hardcore yesterday. I went into my day having nothing done and I had a 2000+word paper due, a presentation and a team paper. I basically went all out from 1pm - end of class and got it all ...

SJSU heads to New Mexico Bowl By Laurence Miedema Mercury News Kody Whiteaker / Associated Press San Jose State running back Patrick Perry (21) breaks through a tackle attempt by Idaho's Stanley Fanks (6) during the second half of a football game in Moscow, Idaho, on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006. an Jose State accepted an invitation today to play in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 23 in Albuquerque. SJSU bowl history More San Jose State coverage Cal accepts Holiday Bowl invite For the first time in 16 years, San Jose State has a bowl destination. SJSU accepted an invitation today to play in the inaugural New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 23 in Albuquerque. The Spartans will play New Mexico. ``We're thrilled to death about it,'' Coach Dick Tomey said. This will be SJSU's first bowl appearance since it defeated Central Michigan in the 1990 California Raisin Bowl. The Spartans are 4-3 in bowl games, but this will be their first appearance in a bowl o...

In no particular order (since I can't sift through 350 pics) , here are the pictures from tahoe. To see more, go to my flickr page. Much Love! Ro The Cabin The View The goofballs Jo has got the muncharoos! My mom & nini's bday cakes All set for the Thanksgiving feast Nobody got to sleep in at this house Me & Aryana before dinner The Laali sisters and their dogs Nini Joon & Peezy Our game table Elliott & Amanda his awesome girlfriend BBQing for breakfast. I love it Malcolm My little big man having a romantic moment Cabin Cuddles with my baby Cousins + Leo's run in the family Picture Perfect Our bedroom: JO, me and nini, the dogs, elliott and amanda.. and aryana when she had the chance. There was just enough snow for a snow fight (mom vs naazi) Do ballers live in this house? just kidding That is the actual size of jo's heart mama loves her baby Aryana looking sharp in her pink jacket The girlies Shya looking hot in her new jacket Now that's just silly...

I left off a bit early in my Thanksgiving weekend wrap up because I was busy, I had to work Sunday on a critical bug that needed my attention. Things are okay now and I actually have today off so that I can work on my house. You see, my handyman has been taking his sweet time with my bathroom remodeling project. The last bit of my house that is left has been taking forever. He had promised me that he'd be done by the time I got back from vacation so when I got home on Saturday, I lost it when I saw that the project was still in progress. After a couple of days of cooling off and talking to the workers, they are suppose to be done tonight. My downstairs bathroom is done and I cleaned it all yesterday. The final touches are left in my main bathroom so I hope it gets done tonight. Now, back to Tahoe... Friday was bittersweet. My baby had to leave due to ANOTHER SJSU game. Why does football season always interfere with Thanksgiving my favorite holiday? Its just not fair!!! argh!! When...

What a beautiful Sunday. After sleeping in until 10:30am I woke up to see my balcony being attacked by big droplets of rain. I love rain. I heard the weather in the Bay was pretty nice all week, I guess this is my welcoming home. I spent most of my week in Lake Tahoe with the fam. This year was a lot of fun and filled with lots of good times. Nothing can replace your family and spending time with them is something I cherish and appreciate like no other. I had such a great time relaxing and bonding with everyone. It was also fun getting to spend time with Shya and watching her play with Peezy. They are so cute together. I was in Tahoe from Wed-Sat. I was suppose to be there Tuesday but due to school, work and a late sister, we got a late start... Neil, Jo, Rocco, Peezy, Shya and I left San Jose at around 1am early wed. morning. It was kind of crazy to leave so late but all of us are night riders to it was all good. We got to the cabin at 5am. It was nice because we knew that we were g...

Tahoe here we come!! Its time for Thanksgiving Vacation & my amazing family and I are continuing our Tahoe Tradition again! Yeah!! This year we are going to North Tahoe and staying at the beautiful Tahoe Ahwanee Cabin. Inspired by Yosemite's grand lodge, this recently renovated cabin has been a favorite of ours for the past few years. The most amazing part of the cabin is the view. You have a panoramic view of Lake Tahoe and its indescribable. The deck wraps around the house so that you have a different view from all the spots of the house. It's also suppose to snow Wednesday - Saturday so we can expect to take the gang out snowboarding! We have about 15 people going to Tahoe this year. As our tradition continues, the family grows so there is always something new to look forward to. While we're in Tahoe we'll be celebrating my Mom and Neil's birthdays. They're lucky because it always falls on Thanksgiving so they get lots of love & attention (a Leo...

Jo was recently working at a Superman party for Warner Brothers and she got to meet the man himself!!! She got to work the red carpet and by the looks of this picture, she got to work him later. ha ha.. just kidding. I love u Jo and while he's hot, you can do way better... maybe Spiderman!

While a long day at work, yesterday was also fun. After a great lunch celebrating a co-workers 10 year anniversary at PF Changs, my team and I participated in the Intuit Build a Bike for charity contest. There were 2 teams put together and each team had a lead (which was drawn from a hat). My name was picked to choose my team and Chris was chosen as the lead of his team. After selecting teammembers, we had 10 minutes to talk strategy amongst our team. The instructions were that we couldn't use the instructions when we were building a bike. We can only use the picture on the box. We had to form groups of 2 within the team and each 2some had 3 minutes to work on the bike. The catch was that we couldn't communicate with them. So we have to just cheer them on and switch until we had built the bike. My team lost but it was still a TON OF FUN. Enjoy the pics! My team at lunch Another shot of my team chowing down My Team (Team Winner) vs Chris's Team (The actual winners) My team i...

My Boys at the lake Peezy & his daddy Sleepy Time with Rocco Sleepy Time with Peezy My attempt at being a pro photographer: SJSU vs Boise Final Score: SJSU 20 - Boise 23 (field goal in the last 4 seconds)!!! For better pictures, visit the slideshow made by the SJ Mercury News #1 SJSU fan Stormin Normin Neil and Mike doing what they do best Go SPARTANS!