Schmucker's Restaurant on TV

I'm about a month behind here, but I figure late is better than never.

So here's the story: Schmucker's Restaurant was on national television! There's a little show called Sky Dives where the show's host flies his plane from Chicago to a city nearby and eats at some local restaurant. Well, they picked Schmucker's and Tony Packo's for Toledo. There are three one-minute clips about the restaurant. They aired on WGN (a cable channel based in Chicago) on August 14th and 15th all across the country. My dad told me they aired in 73 million homes. Nuts!

Click here to check it out! (Well, the link isn't working for me right now, but I'm posting this anyway in case it's just my internet connection being wonky. Update 9/27: WGN's website was actually broken. I've updated the link if you didn't get a chance to watch it before.)

Cancun Vacation!

Mel and I had the fantastic opportunity to go on vacation with my family in Cancun for an entire week. From August 14-21, we soaked in the tropical Mexican paradise. It was very relaxing, but we also got to do a lot of fun things. We went swimming in the ocean, read books by the pool, went kayaking and sailing, explored the Mayan ruins at Tulum, saw a Mexican dance show, feasted on all sorts of Mexican cuisine, went to a market in downtown Cancun, played ping-pong, walked the beach, went scuba diving, played games, did water aerobics, painted some pottery, visited Playa del Carmen where Natalie introduced us to tacos al pastor, saw sea turtles laying eggs in the sand, and just generally had an awesome week. So without any further ado, here are links to some pictures from the week.

• The long version of the week. About 120 pictures.
• The short version of the week. About 30 pictures (a subset of the long version).
• Scuba diving with my dad. 

Oh, and a quick FYI: Mel's face is bruised in these photos because she got hit in the cheek by a softball four days before we left for vacation.

Here's a quick sample of the pictures in the albums.