We’ve been getting everybody’s beautiful Christmas cards in the mail so I finally took the hour it takes to make our ‘free’ Family Newsletter We’ve once again opted out of taking a real picture of ourselves to send out in the mail. But we love that this newsletter is becoming […]
On Wednesday November 10th, we were fortunate to spend a free evening at the Inn at Sugar Hollow Farms as part of B&B for Vets. It’s rare for Holly and I to get a chance to escape together; it only happens a few times a year. We wanted to arrive […]
Even though I work in Northern VA, we rarely hang out as a family in the area. Since Holly and I have been married, we’ve talked about going to Cirque du Soleil but have never made it. I try to periodically check out local events and through my company, I […]
Well it’s official now; we have two elementary school students. The much anticipated first day of school has now come and we had quite a crowd at the end of our driveway. The reason…. our friends wanted to know if Holly was going to cry when Anna got on the […]
Holly spent many of her earlier summers at Ohiopyle State Park in PA. Her uncle is a long-time river guide and Holly herself spent a few summers as a river guide on the Youghiogheny River (or Yough as they call it). The first time I ever visited Holly’s family, it […]
For those that are close to us, you already know that our son Ben has Apraxia. Ben suffers from Verbal, Oral, and Limb Apraxia which, if I can sum this up in one sentence, means that he has trouble making the muscles in his mouth and limbs do what his […]
After the new years while I was home nursing my shoulder after surgery, Ben was off to school and Anna was at preschool and we really wanted to take Gwen into town to enjoy the day. While drinking the morning coffee I was reading my Albemarle Family and came across […]
Growing up in Virginia, going to the beach was sort of a summer, family tradition. When I moved to Wisconsin at 14, getting to the beach became pretty hard and I really missed it! Three years ago, we had a great beach trip to Nags Head, NC, with my parents […]