christopher cotton

We have had quite a year! and, it seems that I haven’t been updating my site here as much as I have. The two things that have changed it have been Facebook, since I can easily update and write updates there, and the iPhone which has mobile uploads of the photos to Facebook. Do you have facebook? then go view me over there One of the big events this year was getting our Heating/Cooling system in place. We had to replace the old units, and we decided to replace them with Geothermal heating/cooling. Go see all the photos at Flickr Geothermal. The winter months have definitely seen a savings compared to last year, differences in total gas + electric bill costs for the last 3 months. -$24.63, -$54.95, -$189.65. Looking forward to seeing what the entire winter season comes to with our new heating.

Kate and I went over to make cookies at my Aunt’s house. All of my mom’s sisters were there making cookies! They make a ton of cookies, and it is a lot of work.

Kate and I went to my parents house for Thanksgiving. It was great fun, great food, and we got to play Settlers of Catan with my sister and niece and nephew.

Kate’s parent came to town this past week to visit for a couple of days. It was great having them here, and I’m thankful they were able to stop on their way through back to Rhode Island. Here we are at dinner at an Italian restaurant. Yum yum!

I flew out to California to hang out with a group of my MIT friends. We all get together on Labor Day in some part of the country to play games. We play all kinds of card games, board games, and even some games that people have made up.

I’ve been at my parents house the last week, as I’m down here in Tennessee to teach for 2 weeks at Young Scholars. This is the view from my parents’ deck. I love sitting out there and reading, or just enjoying the nice weather.

Here is a photo of one of my classes. They are busy at work in creating their own dance/techno music, for the class called “Your Own Mix”. The other class I teach is Intro to Programming, where they learn a bit of Java and learn how to write games.

The program has been around for 23 years, and I was in the very first Young Scholar’s program. It is another amazing program, and my mom is the director.

The Kids on Stage Summer Academy is run by my dad. They have an amazing program where the kids come together and learn how to be part of a band. They practice together, and at the end they do a concert. This photo is from the stage that was setup for the group.

I became a God parent today to Inara. She is very adorable. Today was her naming ceramony, where people came by and gave her wishes for her life.

I’m very excited to be her Godparent, and I am looking forward to the next many many years ahead of us.

I went over to my friends house and we pruned their Raspberry bushes. It was a beautiful day out, and with all the help it only took a short bit to complete. Now, I’m just looking forward to when we can pick them.