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Another year of memories!

December 6th, 2009

So once again, we have invited all of our family and friends to our blog and get caught up on what has transpired over the past year. This past year has been full of first’s for Katie and Chase.  First and foremost, we wish you a wonderful holiday season.

As I mentioned last year, we spent last Christmas in Breckenridge, CO with Katie’s side of the family. It was a wonderful trip and we enjoyed a very white Christmas. Katie didn’t break any bones this time around. But we did have fun skiing, tubing, snowboarding, making snow angels, and just enjoying the company. You can see the pictures by clicking the image below.

Colorado - December 2008

Colorado - December 2008

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Having Fun in Sunny (but Cold) Florida

November 28th, 2009

Well, we all have been having tons of fun in Florida.  Thanksgiving day was a great time with the family and friends, and of course the delicious meal most of us helped cook.  Yesterday, everyone except Dad went to the Universal theme parks.  We went on as many rides as we could.  We were never able to get on the new roller coaster, Rock It, because it always had an 1.5 hour+ wait time.  That’s too long.  Today we are heading out to look at any manatees that may be in the river and maybe do a bit of shopping.  Unfortunately, our trip comes to an end tomorrow when we have to head back to VA.

I have uploaded the pictures take so far.  Here’s a link:

Florida - Thanksgiving 2009

Florida - Thanksgiving 2009

On a side note with the blog, we have everything finished.  The pictures are now being hosted on Picasa and are linked through using a couple of plugins.  It makes things very nice, fast, and extremely easy to use (Katie needs that).

Back to Florida

November 24th, 2009

So we finished re-uploading the pictures last night. We’ve switched over to using Picassa and changed around the theme a bit. I hope everyone enjoys the changes to the Photo Gallery.

Since then, we’ve started our drive down to Florida. Mary Jane and her boyfriend, Adam, are tagging along so Chase doesn’t have just me to keep him company and awake during the drive. We’re currently relaxing at the hotel in Richmond Hill for the night. Tomorrow we’ll finish the rest of the drive.

Back to the grind

March 31st, 2009

Well we made it home safely last night. Back to life as usual today.

Relaxing…

March 28th, 2009

Well we arrived alright yesterday. No issues with our flight. Upon landing we went to visit Chase’s grandparents out in Beverly Hills. We spent the afternoon visiting them and then drove back to the other side of the panhandle to relax at his parent’s house. Chase kicked our butt’s at Phase 10 (Mary-Jane introduced/reintroduced the game to us just recently).

So far today it’s been nice just hanging around the house relaxing. I’m definitely enjoying the near 80 °F and nice breeze. We just heard that the landing of the Discovery has been postponed an hour and half. We’re hoping to be able to drive out towards the beach and take a few pictures as it lands. It was pretty neat. The wind wasn’t cooperating earlier so they pushed back the landing until 3ish.

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After the landing, we came back and relaxed poolside. Then started working on dinner. This evening Chase and I are making West End london broil. Chase found the recipe online a few weeks ago. We tried it out at home and it was so delicious so we decided to bring it with us.