Christmas cards? Nope… we didn’t even make our newsletter this year… we just summed it all up in for a ‘year in review.’ Who has time for all that reading anyways? Merry Christmas everybody!
Veteran’s Day for me is a day to both honor fellow veterans but also be humbled by the fact that I had the privilege of serving my country. I wanted to use this blog entry as a way to thank the many veterans in my life: My family: My wife […]
I made it to my first University of Virginia football game in exactly 10 years. My last game was the homecoming game in 2001… and UVA beat Duke. So today they upset the #12 team in the country, previously unbeaten Georgia Tech. So yeah, UVA is undefeated when I’m at […]
There are plenty of places near Charlottesville where one can pick a pumpkin. Places such as Carter Mountain Orchard, where I took the kids last Friday for apple picking, Chiles Peach Orchard, Greenfield Fall Fest near Ruckersville, and Hess Greenhouse‘s Back Home on the Farm in Harrisonburg where my daughter’s […]
For as much as Holly and I talk about loving living history museums, we’ve hardly been to any together! We tried to bring the kids to Colonial Williamsburg a year or two ago, but it was a 100 degree disaster. Holly and I finally made it back there recently and […]
As of today, there have been 6,026 U.S. military fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan (source: Washington Post Faces of the Fallen). These soldiers fought for their country and made the ultimate sacrifice. I have been very fortunate that in seven years in the Army and two deployments to Iraq, I […]
Growing up in Northern VA, I have many memories of trips to Luray Caverns… I’ve probably been there between 7 to 10 times, but not since maybe 1990. I was really excited last weekend when Holly and I were trying to think of things to do and she mentioned Luray […]
Holly should be writing this post, but she’s reading a book on the Kindle and I’d hate to bother her! Before I met Holly, she spent a few years traveling the world. She started with the group Up With People right after she graduated high school. She was part of […]