Night at the Museum SNEAK PREVIEW

For the Carraway's Christmas present, Brad scored 10 tickets to the Friday, 4pm sneak preview of the fun, new movie, "NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM", playing at the National Geographic Grosvenor Theatre (a week before it comes out!). All the kids got t-shirts, flashlights, movie posters, and fleece blankets (too bad the adults didn't get any of the SWAG). Needless to say, they all thought Brad was the coolest cat with all the hook-ups...

Hannah, Kim, Connor Rowe, Alex Abi Najm (in back w/flashlight), Brandon, and David Rowe.

UPDATE-fighting Malaria with the big wigs...

President George W. Bush, joined by Laura Bush, addresses participants at the first-ever White House Summit on Malaria, Thursday, Dec, 14, 2006, at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.


Part of the President's motorcade who cleared 17th street from the White House to NatGeo HQ


The Presiden'ts armoured car cruises up first


Bill Gates' and other VIP's cars line the streets ready to leave at any time


"President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush" and a host of other "celebrities, experts and political leaders will join forces at a summit to mobilize governments and the private sector to fight malaria in Africa....The summit will take place at the National Geographic Society" tomorrow, Thursday, December 14th.

There are also rumors that BONO (from U2 fame) will make an appearance at some point.

So, anyway, I'll be there (since it'll be in the lobby of the building I work in) to snap pix and be the head groupie trying to get up close and personal with Bill & Melinda Gates, Condi Rice, and the Bush's...pending I can hurry up the body cavity search, glide through the metal detectors they've put up, and smile my way past the already mounting number of Secret Service who are setting up shop all over the place.

---Brad

a link for more details on the SUMMIT

DC Temple Christmas Lights

Tonight we decided to take the kids up to the Temple to see all the pretty Christmas lights. Here are a few photos:

Photo courtesy of Carson...not bad, eh?

Hannah trying to get a better view.

Kim & the kids.

Brad & the kids.

Brad & Hannah in front of the LIVE nativity scene.

Carson

Molly

Hannah

Brandon (who entertained us with song ALL NIGHT LONG!)

her belly just keeps growing...and growing...and growing

And she is only 4 months along! She's gonna explode!

(for Paul & Sharon...and of course, lil' Biz Biz)

Day after Thanksgiving rush

On the day after Thanksgiving this year, instead of rushing to the stores to get the best deals, we rushed with Brandon and Felicia to the Smithsonians...Natural History Museum to be exact. It was fun to see Brandon and Felicia again but the crowds were insane!!! It was shoulder to shoulder most of the museum.

Afterwards we split up for lunch while Brandon and Felicia went to the Holocaust museum. On the way to find a little cafe we passed the FBI building and couldn't help but stop for a photo opportunity.

Brad and the Hippo

Getting chubby!

Kim doing her best impression of the scary monster!

Jack Bauer

New Puppy

When we got home from visiting the Smithsonians with Brandon and Felicia we discovered that the Carraway family had recieved an early Christmas present...a brand new little puppy! He is so fun and only makes Kim more jealous to get our own little dog.
Here is Brandon and Carson taking their turns showing off little Bo.

Carson

Brandon

A Brand New Car!!

David's dream come true!!

Carraway Family

Here's a picture of the Carraway's, the cool family we're living with (taken by the lovely Kimberly):


Top Row: Molly 14, Carson 11. Bottom Row: Brandon 9, Hannah 5, David, MaryLynne.

FINALLY! Gosh!

Yes, it's true. The buzz in the air that we are FINALLY having a baby is true. Kim is about 12 weeks along and the baby is expected to make their big debut around May 22. We are both thrilled and couldn't be more excited. We went to see the doctor on the 25 of October and heard the heartbeat for the first time. It was really exciting. We now know for sure that it's real! We are so excited and can't wait to meet this little person.

(Kim's pumpkin creation for Halloween.)

Halloween Rocker!

Have you ever wondered what Brad would look like with hair? WHOA!!

the race is on

Two Saturday's ago we took David out to see his daughter's (Molly) cross country meet. The meet took place out at Oatlands Plantation, about a 45 minute drive west of here. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful drive. We were able to see all the fall leaves and enjoy the beauty of the country side. Molly did an awesome job. We are so proud of her.

Here is Kim soaking in the sun.

Molly getting her "Lucky Dad" hug before the race.

Brad digging the country side.

Brad and David waiting for the runners.

Molly's approach to the finish line.

White House Squirrels

These squirrels go bonkers for all the nuts lying around. Easily lured onto your knee, as you can see. Too bad our RAZR phones weren't quicker with the video capture...Brad had one jump from the ground to his waist (while he was standing) and ran up his arm before he flicked it off! Kim had one bat a nut right out from between her fingers.

The shows Brad works on...

Brad is the US & International National Geographic Channel's series production coordinator, and these are the shows he's working on currently (for those lucky enough to get the National Geographic Channel). Some of them are still in pre-production:

Mega Structures

Wild Chronicles

Wild Spaces

Amazing Moments

Dangerous Encounters

Lockdown

Oxygen Channel Special With Lisa Ling

Undercover History (Amelia Earhart, Edgar Hoover, Adolf Hitler, Roswell Conspiracy, Romanov's, and the Boston Strangler)

All Roads Film Festival at NatGeo HQ

We volunteered for the 3rd Annual All Roads Film Festival this last Saturday (some of you may remember that Brad was one of the coordinators for the 1st one back in '04)

This guy showed us how to make obsidian arrowheads (obsidian shatters at the molecular level, which makes it one of the sharpest blades in the world...)








During a lull, we went up to the 5th floor to check out Brad's pad







For lunch we ran over to the Burger King and swung inside the Renwick Art Gallery (one of the many Smithsonian owned buildings around DC) for kicks



One of the many "Bizarre Beasts" currently on display at NG HQ

Fun at the Carraway's!

The Carraway boys (Carson & Brandon) having a little too much fun with the live lobsters flown in from Cape Cod...and David getting ready for his much deserved feast. Hannah pipes in with her quarter eyes.

(quality crap-cell-cam pix)