Free to Good Home...

Hello all, Fat Sam here. That's me over on the left, you know, the family dog? The best pet in the house? The *only* pet in the house? Well, for some reason, unknown to me, the family decided that a lovable pug wasn't enough and brought home... a cat. A grey, furry, sneaky, cranky, cat. And they leave me home alone with it every dang day. It's almost enough to drive a dog to chew on something.

Yes, it's a decent cat... for a cat. It likes to play with me sometimes, if you call getting jumped on from high places 'playing'. I'm normally an easy going pug, but sometimes that cat drives me to chase it around. A dog has to show who's in charge sometimes, am I right?

They named the cat 'Cody'. Well, the kids named it Cody. Holly and David call it 'Evil', which in my educated dog opinion is just about perfect. It's Evil, plain and simple.

Anyway, everyone wants to know what it looks like, so I asked David to post this photo... I think that it shows his true side pretty well.

I think we'll work out a relationship, as long as that cat remembers who's in charge around here, that's me! I'd hate to have to keep 'educating' him about who runs the house! He also needs to remember that all the toys that are laying around are mine! Mine!

Oh well. So if anyone wants a cute(ish) gray cat, just drop me a line. I'll hook you up. Promise.

Christmas 2008

Well, Christmas 2008 has come and gone already. I don't know about the rest of you, but it went by really fast for those of here in MFT (Merrick Family, Tallahassee). Everyone had a great holiday, and this one was really special since we had both sets of grandparents in town, as well as my grandfather.

The kids were spoiled again, but who's complaining? David got a Red Ryder BB gun, which was fun for everyone, and Chase got an American Girl doll and more clothes for it that I think I have in my closet. A good time was had by all.

For Christmas Dinner we had our traditional fare - Chicken Marsala, pasta, and salad. I think it came out great, if I do say so myself.

We aren't doing anything special for New Year's Eve (as evidenced by the fact that I am writing this), but I wish everyone out there a safe and happy New Year.

Here is the link to more Christmas photos. Enjoy!

Wow! Over a Month

Yes, it's been a while since we posted anything here.

We had a good Thanksgiving, down at my folks house in central Florida. Lots of family made the trip, which made things even better. We also celebrated both my parents birthdays that weekend.

Besides Thanksgiving, we've had a busy month. Work has kept both Holly and I hopping, and the kids have been doing great in school.

C came down with a nasty case of pneumonia in early December, but a dose of antibiotics bounced her right back. She thought the chest x-ray was awesome; she got to see her own film, and thought was 'totally awesome' that she could see her ribs, etc. Of course, any trip to the doctor that doesn't involve a needle is a good day for C.

Anyway, the holiday season was upon us before we knew it, and that led to a great Christmas, which I will write about separately.

Blue Angels and Scout Camping

Last weekend, half of MFT (Merrick Family, Tallahassee) headed over to Pensacola with the Scouts to camp out. I say only half because for a variety of reasons the girls decided not to go.

So D3 and I made the long drive to Big Lagoon State Park last Friday, loaded down with camping gear. While driving through Pensacola, I nearly wrecked the car several times while distracted by the Blue Angels, who were flying as we drove in. At one point, there was an F/A-18 only about 500 feet above the road.

When we got to camp, it was 81 degrees and about 120% (yes, it's possible. This is Florida) humidity, and overcast. Not a great start. We got the tent up during a pause in the drizzle, and then he went to play, while I and the other Pack leaders made rounds helping families get set and (semi) comfortable. Since Pensacola is Central time, it was pitch dark by 5:20pm, making everything even more of a challenge.

It rained on us again that night, squashing almost any hope of an actual campfire. Of course, I thought I would try to build one anyway, resulting in me looking slightly foolish as I spent thirty minutes to produce a pathetic, smokey fire that put out zero heat. Of course, we were all sweaty and damp, so I didn't want to get any warmer. Note to self... never again try and start a fire (in the wet) while fifteen Cub Scouts are standing around watching you. It's not going to work. Ever.

It quit raining around 9pm, the cloud cover blew off, and the temp started to dip. By Saturday morning, it was windy and in the 60's and never strayed far from there all day long.

We headed out to NAS Pensacola around 9:30am (local time) and stayed until the Blue Angels were finished around 3:30pm. The skies were clear and blue, and except for the 25mph wind all day, it was beautiful weather. The air show was amazing, and I have a few photos to put up here at some point. The Blue Angels put on their usual awe inspiring performance, but we also got to see an F-16C Viper demo (loud), F-15C Eagle demo (louder), and an F/A-18F Rhino demo (stupid loud). The USAF put on their "Heritage Flight" with the F-15 and F-16 flying formation with a WWII era P-51D Mustang. That was really cool.

We got back to camp in time to start cooking, and the Pack fed over 70 people that night as we all relaxed and had a good time. The boys all practiced skits, and after dark and dinner we put on a campfire program that I think everyone enjoyed.

I slept like a rock on Saturday night, when it got into the 30's. Good camping weather.

Sunday was the chore of breaking camp, including dealing with a tent that had been pitched on wet ground and was now coated with dirt and mud, and driving home. Once again, I'm no fan of that 3 1/2 hour drive. I-10 through there is booooring.

The next camping trip is to Marianna, and the Florida Caverns State Park. I'm pretty sure the whole family will make that one, we'll see.

Crazy Squirrels

Holly and I are debating on the number of acorns in the yard. With all the oaks, we basically have a carpet of acorns from one side to the other. Wall to wall nuts. So what are the squirrels doing? They are burying acorns. Yes. Like there's going to be some recession fueled acorn shortage. Fellas, its a smorgasbord of acorns out there. Not to mention, if you run short, the government will surely pass the Squirrel Acorn Relief Bailout Act of 2009. So relax guys, you're covered.

Yes, this was useless filler. Actual content coming soon. Unless it doesn't. At which point I will promise more, and you will still come back to read. Funny old world, eh?

Quiet Here, Becuase Its Not Quiet Out There

We've been really busy lately, and I haven't found the time to write about much of anything since Halloween.   

We've wrapped up the soccer season, and I'll have a report on that shortly.

We are headed over to Pensacola this weekend to go camping (and see the Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow).  Everyone is looking forward to that.  

More to come! 

Halloween 2008

We had a great time on Halloween, and the kids brought home a record haul of candy. The weather was great, and I know everyone had a great time.

Here are a few pictures from the event.

Even the Pug Loves Halloween

Yes, it's true. Fat Sam wanted a costume and is looking forward to handing out (slightly chewed) candy to all the kids on Friday. At least that's what we thought. However, once we got the costume on her, the looks she gave us may have meant something else... something like, "If you don't let me take this off, I'm going to show you what 'devil' dog really means." C had her hands full keeping her still for this picture, she was just *that* excited.

Anyway, she loves it. Really. And she and I will be manning the door on Friday to fend off the hordes of costumed children. They better stay off my lawn.

Eleven Year Anniversary

Saturday was Holly and I's eleventh wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary, baby!

Halloween Approaches. Be Afraid.

It's hard to believe, but October is just about half way gone. Which means... only a few weeks left before Halloween arrives on our doorstep, wearing a cute costume and saying, "Hey! Gimme candy!".

To that end, we spent some time this weekend doing several Halloween related tasks. First, I crawled around in the attic, looking for all the decorations. Once we had those back down on terra firma, Holly started going the boxes, sorting out the 'cool' from the 'why do we still have this'?

The kids, of course, are most excited about costumes and trick-or-treating. So yesterday we tooled around town looking for just the 'right' costume. I'm not going to reveal what the kids are going to be this year... yet.. but they are both looking forward to it. After Target, two costume/party stores, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart and K-Mart, we had... nothing. Afterward, Holly did some hunting online, and had some success there. C's costume has been ordered, and Holly will be heading back to Target today to pick up D's. More on that later on.

After Holly sorted out the decorations, we went to work putting them up in the front yard. We've got a flying ghost, huge spider webs, and Snoopy as the Red Baron riding a pumpkin. I'm thinking about adding some more, but that will have to be next week sometime.

Aside from Halloween, it was another weekend of soccer, scout popcorn, laundry and chores. I need another day off.

Take care all.

"I can't believe I'm doing this!" - C Gets Some Stitches

You know it's never a good thing when your child's school calls you in the middle of the day. So this afternoon, when I looked at my ringing phone and saw it was the school, I knew the my day was about to derail.

It was the school nurse, who was very nice and reassuring, telling me that C had poked herself in the eye with a pencil. An un-sharpened pencil. While walking down the hall. There wasn't even any horseplay or other silliness to blame.

They told me they had the bleeding stopped. (Never something you want to hear, trust me. Yes, it's good that she wasn't gushing blood, but... you get the idea.) And suggested that she go home right after school. Oh, and they put an eye patch on.

Huh? Which is it here? A serious injury requiring a phone call, direct pressure on bleeding, and a frikin' eye patch, but you don't want me to come get her now? Talk about mixed messages. So I told my office that I would be gone the rest of the day and went to pick her up.

When I got there, she was in a good mood, and was wearing a piece of gauze over her left eye. When we got home, I took off the gauze and saw a gash about an eighth of an inch square right next to her left eye. Another half inch to the left, and it would have hit her eyeball. Now, the gash doesn't look serious, but I can already tell that it's going to heal weird unless someone does something. I was already afraid that the 'something' would translate to 'stitches'.

Now, Holly is out of town, and has called me about four times by now, looking for an update. I tell her that I'm calling the doctor, simply because it looks like it might heal 'funny'.

The doctor's office get's us an appointment and in we go. C has already said about three times, "I don't want a shot". You see, my daughter has a pathological fear of needles. She's not afraid of much of anything else, but needles are *not* her thing. We get there, sign in, and are taken back after waiting ten or fifteen minutes. I want to point out that C is telling me it only hurts when you touch it ("So stop touching it.") so I'm not worried about her comfort. Her eye itself isn't red, and she can see fine.

The nurse and doctor clean it up better than I could (better to let them do it, was my thought) and start looking at it. Sure enough, they think that it needs something to hold the flap in place or she's going to have a scar there.

Plan A was a steri-strip and super glue, but what do we know about plan A? It never works, that's what. After several attempts to get the strip to stick, hold, and do some good, the doctor gave up, and whispered to me, "I think a stitch is the only way to go."

Two things here.

First, C has hearing like a hunting dog, so she heard that, and is already tearing up. She didn't cry at all when she jammed the pencil in her face, but just thinking about the big evil 'stitch' is freaking her out. I blame Disney. Would you want this guy on your face? He drools.

Second, no doctor is going to do just one stitch. Not when more are better. Simple fact. :)

So I spend the next ten minutes, with D3 helping (he had stitches last year), trying calm her down, and coax her back to the table. Promising ice cream helped. Write that down. I convince her that it's going to be alright, and that I'll hold her hand the whole time. The nurse is trying to help by telling her, "When you are sixteen, your going to be really happy that you don't have a scar on your face." Well, C is having none of that. She is scared out of rational thought.

We get her to lie down, and it goes downhill from there. She kicks, yells, and generally freaks out. Can't blame her. In the end, I get her to lie still while the doctor injects the lidocaine/whatever and once that stops hurting, she calms down. A lot. She still wasn't happy, but she was at least talking to us.

How many of you read the title and thought that was *my* line? Wrong. About the time of the second stitch was going in, C pops off and say's "Oh my God, oh my God, I can't believe I'm *doing* this." I think everyone in the room about cracked up. She was a trooper.

So she got three stitches, we went to TCBY afterward, and she's feeling fine now. A few days and the doctor will pluck them out (I've already had to assure her that won't hurt - no needles) and she should be good as new.

Careful of those pencils, folks, they can be vicious.

Busy, Busy Weekend

What *didn't* we do this weekend?

Let's see, Saturday morning was soccer, for both D3 and C. Both had great games, and everyone had a good time, even Coach Holly and myself. The weather could not have been prettier - blue skies, cool, with a nice breeze. After soccer, D3 and I headed out to Best Buy to sell popcorn for most of the afternoon. The Pack had a table set up at the door, and we shamelessly pestered anyone and everyone who went in or came out. We had a good day, and made over $1000 for the Pack.

C and Holly went to a birthday party on Saturday afternoon, complete with tea and cookies. They said it was all pink (!) and a lot of fun.

Sunday was busy as well, I rolled up and stored the pool for the winter, then installed a new garage door opener. That took longer than I expected, but was pretty smooth. And yes, it actually works.

Holly and the kids went for a picnic in Tom Brown park, and D3 started working on building a volcano for a class project. It's looks great, I'll put pictures of it up here once he paints it. You gotta love these elementary school class projects!

Everyone take care!

Ballooning, Part Two

Finally got the video that I shot up on YouTube. This was shot from the gondola during the approach and landing. No, it's not spectacular, but I prefer it that way. You can see how smooth and gentle the whole trip was - all the shaking is simply from the camera operator. :)

Ballooning Over Tallahassee

Last Saturday, my Dad and I took an awesome balloon ride over north Tallahassee. My Mom had given us the ride as a gift, and it took us almost two years to make it happen. It was worth the wait.

I used to fly single engine aircraft, and I've flown in most other types of aircraft, and I have never experienced anything like this before. I recommend that everyone try it at least once.

Here are some shots that I took during the flight.



Thanks Mom!

Soccer Photos

Today kicked off (no pun intended) the Fall 08 Capital Soccer Association soccer season. D3 and C had their first games, and we got some pictures. Most of these are from D3's game, since Holly and I were both coaching C's team.



I think we are going to have a great season, all around.

Soccer and Scouting

Well, the Fall has officially kicked off. Scouting is going well, and keeping me very busy, and Holly and I started coaching C's soccer team again last Friday.

Both kids are playing again this year, and it looks like it's going to be a fantastic season.

First, C's team looks good, and it has a great coach, so I know we'll do well. She's playing U7, and the first practice went well, we have some kids that have some good skills already. Most importantly, everyone had a good time, and I'm sure all the kids will enjoy the season. We'll get some game footage up here as soon as we have it.

D is 'playing up' this season. He will be in the U10 division, rather than U9. There was a group of U9 players that are ready to go up, so CSA has put them up a notch together. Yup, a team of all U9 age kids playing in U10. Sounds a little odd... but you haven't seen this team. Honestly, I think they will hold their on (and then some) against the older kids. Again, we'll put some footage up here when we get some.

All games start this Saturday, so we only have on more practice (Friday) before we get rolling. Cool!

It's that time of year again! Popcorn! D's Cub Scout Pack is selling popcorn starting on the 26th, so those of you that bought from us last year, we're coming for you again!

Take care all!

Another Template

Hi all. No, we haven't abandoned the site. I've put up a new 'look' for the site, which took me about four evenings to put together. The old one was having issues on some browsers.

I like this one, and it should last for a while.

Bike Riding

Well, C has finally learned to ride her bike. She's been real close for almost a year, but was frankly too scared to really trust herself and give it a go. This weekend, we headed down to the elementary school to igve her some more practice, and she finally nailed it. Starting, stopping, turning (mostly), she's got it down. A little more practice, and she'll be ready to join the whole family on rides.

Here are a couple of videos:





Yes, she hits the wall in one of those videos, listen to it again, it's pretty funny. She was fine, and got right back going.

Of course, when it was time to go, she decided to ride her bike back to the car. Along the way, there is a gate you have to go through. As she was riding ahead of me, I told her, "be careful of that gate, you might want to slow down."

"I want to ride through it!"

Uh huh. And sure enough, she rammed the post at full speed, and ended up all over the sidewalk. She's fine, her first words as I ran up were, "I thought I could make it!" After a little bit of crying, it was determined that she'd live. I think she was more annoyed that she hit something than that she crashed.

D3 rode around the corner a second later, sees the bike sprawled out in the walkway and says, "Well that can't be good." He is definitely his father's son.

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Flying Rockets

Hello all! D3 and I headed down to the greenway on Sunday afternoon to fly some model rockets. It was a beautiful afternoon, with sunshine and a nice breeze, but the girls decided not to come. Their loss! :)

We started out small, with a pair of rockets using the relatively mild A8-3 size engine. We then moved up to a double launch of rockets with the B6-4 size. Now, the letters in those sizes are the relative strength of the motor, where the 'B' engines are twice as powerful as the 'A', so they were more impressive.

On the second flight, D3's parachute melted a bit as it was ejected from the tube - I'm sure due to a problem with the flame proof wadding you pack in there. David packed and prepped all his rockets this trip out, and he did a pretty good job. We've got some minor repairs to do to his 'chute and shroud lines, but nothing major.

Since we didn't want to fly his rocket again, we decided to put a C6-8 in mine for one last launch. Since each letter progression means that the motor is twice as powerful as the previous, the 'C' engine was about four times the power of the 'A'.

The launch was awesome, and boy! did it climb high. Unfortunately, the rockets fell apart on parachute ejection. We don't know exactly what happened because the pieces came down in the treeline 200 yards away and weren't recovered. We found the nosecone and parachute - stuck in an oak tree 60' off the ground. Oh, well. This is why rockets are fun!

Here's a video of the ill-fated launch.

Three Day Weekend

We had a nice weekend at home, for the most part. Saturday we had the scouts' Welcome Back Picnic, where everyone had a great time.

We got to swim some, since the weather was pretty good, and I got caught up on the yard work. Mostly.

Monday, we had some friends over and grilled hamburgers, swam in the pool, and watched the kids play in the backyard. Typical American summer holiday. The weather was gorgeous, which made sitting on the back deck not only bearable, but really nice.

I got some work done, too, which always makes my week start better.

I hope everyone else had a great weekend, if you did anything cool, share it in the comments.

Cheers!
David, Holly, David and Chase.

13 Years

Holly and I had our first date thirteen years ago. Cool!

Love you, Babe!

Open House

Tonight was the Open House at the kids' elementary school. Unfortunately, Holly had to be in Orlando for work, so I took some pictures so she could see the work that Chase had displayed in her first grade classroom.



It was a fun time, and it reassured me that things are looking good for both David and Chase this year.

Chase will be participating in a circus in September. She will be a clown, and I can't wait to go see her. This class project is done in conjunction with another class, and this will be the second time that one of our kids has taken part - when David was in first grade, he played a lion in the same show. We are all looking forward to it.

While talking to David's teacher, he told me that he has checked out one of C.S. Lewis' Narnia books from the library. Of course, it was The Silver Chair, not the best place to start the series, so we talked to his teacher about starting the series at the beginning. She was thrilled at his reading ability, and I'm excited that I can start sharing some of my favorite books with him. So very cool. He's still too young for Tolkien, but I think Narnia is a great place to start.

The PTO at school partnered with Carrabba's Italian Grill to provide dinner for the families tonight. We got to enjoy Chicken Marsala, penne pasta, Caesar salad, and garlic bread. Yum. Thanks Carrabba's! We even got a plate to take home for Holly, who was driving back from Orlando.

So the school year is in full swing, and things are looking great. We'll keep everyone posted on progress as the year moves along.

Take care!

Back to Normal, Sorta

After Fay had moved on, Tallahassee tried to get back to normal yesterday.

We got up and moving at the usual time, getting the kids ready for school. Dressed, fed, washed, etc. All the while, I was thinking that it seemed kinda dark out. Sure enough, ten minutes before it was time to go out the door, the sky opened up and it started to pour. Add in thunder and lighting, and it was a generally unpleasant morning.

Chase asked me, "Daddy, is school going to be open today?"

"Sure it will."

"Well... it was raining on Friday and that closed school."

All I could do was chuckle and tell her that I was sure school would be open. I know she didn't realize it at the time, but she had just nailed why they shouldn't have closed school on Friday. After all, it was just a rainstorm, especially on Friday. Granted, by Saturday afternoon the sustained rain had started causing issues in low lying areas. But that was Saturday.

So between the Monday morning rain, continued flooding from Fay, the first day of Fall semester at FSU and FAMU, and did I mention the rain (Tallahassee drivers cannot drive in wet weather), it took me over 90 minutes to make my 20 minute commute. It was truly a perfect blend of awful.

Things today have evened out back to near normal. There are still roads closed due to damage from storm water, and we are all hoping that everything will get fixed as soon as possible.

Bye Fay!

Tropical Storm Fay has moved on, after dropping over 20 inches of rain on our part of Leon County. All in all, it was much ado about nothing.

They closed schools on Friday, which stunned me. I don't use that term lightly... I was seriously shocked. I got the call about 2pm on Thursday, and immediately walked back to my office to look at the forecast again. After all, there was no way they were looking at the same reports I was. I was seeing a forecast for minor wind and some rain, nothing all that urgent.

Sure enough, schools were closed, and it sprinkled all day Friday. With a breeze. Sure am glad we kept the kids safe at home for that, they might have gotten wet. Oh, well. I can only imagine the weight of responsibility for all those kids, but I wonder about teaching our kids to be afraid of some wind and rain.

Saturday was a bit more windy, and it rained solid all day, but once again, not all that big a deal. Some folks disagree, and there was some flooding in some areas around here, and I'm sorry about that, but it could have been much worse.

I'm thrilled that our current house doesn't have any drainage/flooding problems, and it got tested pretty well with 20 inches in about 30 hours. I can't help but wonder if our old house flooded. I hope not, but I'm glad that I don't own it anymore.

Take care, all!

Off to School

First and third grades. Wow.

A Return to Normal

Tomorrow is the first day of school. While this isn't as momentous as the first day of Kindergarten, etc, it's still pretty exciting for us.

The kids packed thier shiny new backpacks full of shiney new school supplies today and are ready to head out to 3rd and 1st grades tomorrow. We met teachers on Friday, and everyone is pretty pleased with who ended up where. Chase, of course, already knew where she was headed, but David didn't have a clue. He didn't get the exact teacher that he wanted, but I think he was satisfied. He has some friends in his class, so that's always a good thing.

I'll try to post up a few snapshots here of the kids as they head out in the morning. Wish them luck!

Star Wars: Clone Wars

So the family headed out tonight to take in the new Star Wars movie - Clone Wars. I have to say, I really enjoyed it, and of course the kids loved it. Even Chase thought is was 'awesome'.

While at the theater, we discovered that a bunch of folks had decided to come out in costume. These folks were, really, really decked out. Of course, I took some pictures, but I only had my smartphone, so they aren't the best, but here they are.




I gotta say, my personal favorite was the Stormtrooper. His helmet had a voice synthesizer that allowed him to sound just like a Trooper from the movies. I had David ask him if "he had seen the new BT-16", to which he replied "No, not yet". Sorry, I was geeking out there for a second.

Overall, we had a great time, and while I'm not going to review the movie here, if you like Star Wars, go see it, it was fun.

Camping in Bahia Honda

Last week, we headed south to Bahia Honda State Park in the Keys. Located just south of Marathon, the park is absolutely gorgeous - probably the prettiest beaches in the Keys.

Yes, we went camping. In the Keys. In August. I was reluctant to do it when Holly suggested it (I don't usually camp in the summer - anywhere) but agreed once I figured out I could bring an air conditioner for the tent.

We had a great time. The kids got to snorkel in beautiful waters, and see some wildlife they would never get an opportunity to see. It's a shame that we didn't have a waterproof camera, since most of that wildlife was in three feet of salt water.

I think the coolest thing we saw was a baby sea turtle, swimming out to sea. There were nests up and down he beach, and on Wednesday morning, about 11am, I spotted a dark object in the surf. David and I swam over and saw that it was a small turtle, about five inches long, swimming like crazy for open water. Holly and Chase joined us and we watched the turtle for a minute or so, before backing off and letting it get on with its business. It was awesome.

We also saw stingrays, a barracuda, and a variety of fish and coral - all within a half mile of our tent. That's a heck of a beach.

The weather was fine - hot as hades, but bearable in the shade with a breeze. It stormed pretty bad the first night, but the tent held up to the 40mph winds and horizontal rain very well.

We drove down to Key West as well, but none of us were very impressed. We did go into Fort Zachary Taylor State Park, which was very nice, but the rest of the city was underwhelming.

We hunted down four geocaches in the Keys, which was a lot of fun.

I've attached a slide show of pictures taken on the trip.

Cheers!

Bahia Honda

We spent a few days last week camping in Bahia Honda State Park in the Florida Keys. It was a beautiful place, with some great snorkeling. We'll get some details and pictures up here as soon as possible.

Cheers!

Look! The Merricks Have a Website!

Okay, it's a blog.  But it's ours.  Since I couldn't find a marketing/media company to do a viral marketing campaign for us inside our budget (which was $1.42) we're doing a soft launch of the site.  That is...  we're telling our family about it.

I've worked hard on the look and feel, but if you know me, you know that I'll be tinkering with the code for weeks.   But if I waited to launch until I was satisfied with the way it looked, the kids would graduate from high school before we actually started getting info up here.  Baby steps.

We'll be posting updates here on what we are up to, including school, soccer, scouts, trips, etc.  So bookmark the page, or subscribe to the RSS feed, and enjoy!

Europe

Holly and I went to Europe in June, and we had a fantastic time. I have almost 100o pictures to go through, as well as a travel journal to put up here. More to follow, I promise.

Tallahassee Airfest 2008

As much as I love airshows, I couldn't pass this up. Of course, I was disappointed again, but we had a good time anyway.

P-51 over Tallahassee

It was a gorgeous day in Tallahassee.