Author: auburnham

Shawn's Dad, Gilbert Burnham, received a lung transplant April 5th, 2008 at UAB hospital in Birmingham, AL.  He had been on the waiting list only 2 months before the operation, and it was successfully done on the second call-in.  He was released from the hospital 2 weeks after the transplant, and stayed in temporary housing …

Shawn & Katie met Katie's family at Squaw Valley, California for a few days of skiing and snowboarding Feb. 1st, 2008.  While they were there it snowed 3 feet of new snow on an already deep 6-12 ft. base. It was a great time to be with family and play in the snow.  Click here …

Shawn, Katie & Belle spent Thanksgiving exploring their new home state, California.  During the extended weekend they visited Pinnacles National Monument, Santa Cruz, Half Moon Bay (and the famous Mavericks big-wave surf spot), Monterey Bay, Hearst Castle, and Cambria.  During their trip, they saw some amazing man-made and natural sights including lighthouses, landscapes and wildlife.  …

Just a month after moving to Southern California, on 10/21/07, Shawn & Katie woke to strong and hot Santa Anna winds blowing outside, and news of a wildfire in Malibu.  As they watched the local areal coverage, the camera showed the fire spreading to Shawn's work, HRL Laboratories, and one of the HRL buildings on …

Shawn graduated from Georgia Tech on August 4th, 2007 with his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.  Shawn & Katie celebrated with their family and Shawn's adviser, Dr. William Alan Doolittle.  Shortly afterwards, Shawn accepted a position at HRL Laboratories in Malibu, California, and Katie accepted a position at Ventura County Hematology and Oncology in Oxnard, California.  …

After Shawn successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis, Shawn & Katie took a celebratory trip to Europe.  They spent 18 days in late June and early July visiting Amsterdam, Netherlands; Rome & Venice, Italy; Mykonos, Athens, Katakolon & Corfu, Greece; and Split, Croatia.  They had a great time exploring the history of Europe, and enjoyed a …

Europe 2007 – 6/29/07 – Venice.  Click here for pictures.             We awake early this morning for a 6:50am train to Venice.  We thought this was going to be easy – a quick ride on the Metro to Termini station and then on our train to Venice.  We already have our ticket so there was …

Europe 2007 – 6/28/07 – Rome.  Click here for pictures.             We slept in a small bit this morning.  This is our last day and we only have a few things left to do.  We go to our supermarket to pick up breakfast and a snack for later.  Our first stop this morning is the …

Europe 2007 – 6/27/07 – Rome.  Click here for pictures.              We woke up early this morning to beat the crowd to some much needed photo-ops.  First the Trevi Fountain, but unfortunately the fountain was turned off and being cleaned.  We still managed to get a few pictures while dodging the cleaning men.  We could …