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family
- Summer Trip
Last week we did a fun end-of-summer trip across Florida. We procrastinated figuring out a plan for doing something with the kids before school starts back this month. The kids have never been to any of the famous Cen…
- Elyse 6.0
Well a lot has happened since Elyse's 5.0 mark! That birthday happened in the middle of the pandemic while we were still (mostly) isolated, she started kindergarten remotely, switched to going in-person, then switched…
- Everett 3.0
Everett just hit the big 3.0 mark today. Whenever I've asked him how old he's turning over the last few weeks, the number has varied from 4 to 6. Clearly he wants to be up there with his sister. He's changed so much a…
- Elyse 5.0
Today is Elyse's big 5.0! It's hard during quarantine times to figure out a fun thing to do. All of your typical birthday venues are either closed or made "unfun" with rules and headcount quotas. Plus the outdoor acti…
- Family Life in Quarantine
March 12th was the last time I was at the office. We went full remote starting the next day. The 13th was Elyse's last day in person at her school. Spring break was slated for the following week anyway, but she starte…
- Family Vacation
Today starts the annual family vacation, this year over in the Disney area south of Orlando. To a Floridian the destination isn't terribly exciting, but we wanted to keep it simple this year. 3 of the cousins are 6 mo…
- Christmas
Another hectic (but fun-filled) Christmas in the books — 3 Christmases in 3 locations. We just got home from the marathon 18-hour day of family visiting, eating, and gift-opening. This time around Everett is super int…
- Giving Thanks in 2019
We had our two family Thanksgivings today, which makes for a hectic but enjoyable day with most of the families. The kids can really go hard on days like this — no idea how they last so long. Here’s the shortlist of g…
- Everett 2.0
Today is Everett’s 2nd birthday! Hard to believe the boy is growing up so fast. This year’s gone by like lightning. Since he started walking before he hit the 1 year mark, he’s gotten now to where he’ll climb anything…
- Elyse 4.0
Elyse just had her 4th birthday this weekend! She picked out her own theme, her own cake, and wanted to have her party at Jump Station here in town. Tons of her friends and family came out, so it was great to see ever…
- Cape Canaveral
We took the kids over to Kennedy Space Center on Saturday on the way up to Jacksonville. A quick stopover in Titusville Friday night then morning over at the Cape. I always loved visiting KSC when I was younger. We ha…
- 2018 in Review
2018 was a good year, both personally and professionally. Rather than a long-winded post about everything that happened, here’s a brief summary of accomplishments, major events, family stuff, and travel. Personal Read…
- Christmas
Christmas this year held some serious excitement for us and the little ones. Not only did we have the typical multi-family extravaganza, but we even stretched it into Christmas Eve. We did a trip to Busch Gardens for…
- Thanksgiving
Things to be thankful for, 2018 edition: Good bill of health, finally A beautiful little guy turning 1 yesterday A 3 year old that loves school, makes us laugh, loves us and her brother, and I’m proud of every day An…
- Everett 1.0
Everett is 1 year old today. The boy is a madman. Walks all over the place now like he’s been doing it for months (it’s only been about 2 weeks), gets into everything. It couldn’t be a better example of how different…
- Nine Months
I haven't written anything yet about becoming a dad. Let this be the first post of (hopefully) many chronicling the experience. My daughter Elyse was born in July of 2015. She's nine months old now, and doing fantasti…
- Amicalola and Dahlonega
Since we never get out and about much on trips up to Atlanta, this time we took a trip out to Amicalola Falls up in the North Georgia mountains, near Dawsonville. I forget where I started googling around looking at wa…
- William Noel McCormick, Jr.
A few weeks ago, my grandfather passed away after a long fight with cancer and Parkinson's. He was a close part of our family, and we're sad to see him go, but I wanted to write down some thoughts here. His list of go…
- Cabbage Key
I spent last weekend with the family at Cabbage Key, an island near Charlotte Harbor, in southwest Florida. It's only visitable by boat, so we launched the Shamrock on Friday morning to head over to the cottage, inclu…
- Preparing for Kayaks and Scalloping in Weeki Wachee
We're headed to Weeki Wachee this weekend to do some scalloping, kayaking, and diving. We'll be hanging out up at the springs and (hopefully) catching our limit in bay scallops out on the sea grass. On Sunday I was up…