On Father’s Day, Jordan and I hit Six Flags for an afternoon of fun on the coasters.  Six Flags is up north of us in Guerney, IL.  Laura stayed back as she was recovering from her gall bladder surgery; we met her for dinner at BW3 afterwards. Here is aContinue Reading

On Saturday April 19th 2014, we took Mom and Dad to an Indians game to celebrate Dad’s birthday.  The Indians lost 5-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays, but we still had a fun time.  Here is a shot of the intrepid fans preparing to head down to the seats inContinue Reading

Back in May once Jordan’s school let out, we took a trip to Disney.  I had to work through Jordan’s spring break due to my ill-fated Australian project, so we went in May for about 4 days.  After Laura’s worst plane ride ever (screaming baby two rows up for 2.5Continue Reading

We went to Disney World in Florida after Jordan’s school year ended in late May.  We got some really good photos while there!  First up:  Jordan’s favorite ride, Tower of Terror. Laura was closing her eyes so as not to lose her contact lens as the drop started. Jordan alsoContinue Reading

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Some of you have been asking for our full Hawaii photo gallery, and it is now live.  We were at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Waikiki Beach, and we saw Diamond Head, whales, the Dole Plantation, the North Shore, 108 feet below the surface of the ocean in a submarine,Continue Reading

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I published the Pearl Harbor pictures today. Check out the pictures below. We visited The USS Arizona memorial, the USS Missouri battleship, the USS Bowfin submarine and the Pacific Aviation Museum on historic Ford Island. Here the is picture gallery:Continue Reading

Fernandina Beach has had a settlement of some type since the Spaniards came to the New World and settled St. Augustine.  Down at the harbor, there is a historic district with some very cool buildings. Here is the train depot station building from the first Atlantic-Gulf of Mexico railroad, openedContinue Reading