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Eleven Years Ago – Rochester, Minnesota

Eleven years ago today, I was in the middle of my very first deployment for Congressional Affairs to a place called Rochester, Minnesota for some flooding that had occurred. It was a short deployment, only 17 days, but it exposed … Continue reading

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21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day Seven – Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park

It’s day seven and the last day of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week. We’re visiting Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park in Redmond, WA with Jade and Maxwell. You can click here to read about day one, here to read about day two, … Continue reading

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21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day Six – Underground Seattle

It’s day six of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week and we’re exploring Underground Seattle with Jade and Maxwell. You can click here to read about day one, here to read about day two, here to read about day three, here … Continue reading

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Practicing My Portrait Photography

We have a couple of folks who (sadly) will be leaving our External Affairs group here in Austin tomorrow. After our going away potluck lunch today, one of them asked if there was a way to get a group photo. … Continue reading

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Remember The Alamo

A couple of Saturday’s ago I took the day to travel to San Antonio, Texas to visit and remember the Alamo. I had been planning to visit the Alamo since I first arrived in Texas back in August of 2017, … Continue reading

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Restoring Family Photos Damaged by Hurricane Harvey

Here in Texas, we’re approaching the 6-month mark following Hurricane Harvey’s tremendous impact on the Texas coastal area and metropolitan Houston, resulting in 68 deaths directly related to the storm, and in massive property damage and destruction. Having lived through … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday – Disney Cruise – Nassau – May, 1999

In May of 1999, Cindy and I took a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas and Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay. We had a great time! This picture, that Cindy took in Nassau, originally appeared on a web page I used … Continue reading

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Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum

On April 19, 1995, at 9:02 am, the single largest act of domestic terrorism our country has ever experienced took place at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was a day that began like any … Continue reading

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Abby At Leu Gardens

Back in January, Grandma and I took Abby to Leu Gardens for a short morning visit. I’m finally getting around to looking over the photos I took and I found these six of Abby that I really liked, so I … Continue reading

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Throwback Thursday – Cindy And I Atop Waterrock Knob 2010

In June of 2010 Cindy and I moved to Maggie Valley and in October our friend Liz came up to spend a week with us. One day the three of us hiked to the top of Waterrock Knob, off the … Continue reading

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