Tag Archives: Family

New job, new hobby

Its been a while since we have updated the blog. Jen, Peyton and I are still settling into the new house. As spring has come around, we did something we’ve never done before. We turned off the heat and air conditioning. The house, because of how its built, is near steady temperature during this time [...]

2010 year in review

** I started writing this in December, but I never was able to bring myself to finish this entry. 2010 was a tough year. 2011 is a fresh year and as sad as it is to move on from some things, its truly a fresh start in many ways. — March 21, 2011 ** 2010 [...]

House completed, and we’ve moved

What a busy month it has been.  Our house was completed on October 30 and we received our certificate of occupancy.  The next day, we celebrated Peyton’s birthday and we were able to show the house off to Jen’s parents who came into town for the birthday celebration. After receiving the certificate of occupancy, we [...]

Peyton’s singing debut

Last month, Peyton made her singing debut.  She had her first performance at my parents church, Brock’s Mill Baptist, on Sunday, March 14.   She has enjoyed singing for a while, learning songs at daycare, from Hannah Montana and from music that we listen to.  She had been telling us and my mom and she wanted [...]

Easter update

We celebrated Easter at the beach last weekend and Peyton enjoyed breakfast with the Easter bunny at Market Common.  We ate at Travinia’s for breakfast and Peyton got to meet and have her picture made with the Easter bunny.  After lunch, we all gathered in Valor Park for an Easter egg hunt.  It was funny, [...]

VMworld 2009 and San Francisco family trip

I was fortunate to get the opportunity to travel to San Francisco for work to attend VMworld.  It was my first trip to the West coast and we had a great time.  Jen has family living just north of San Francisco and visiting the area has been a trip we’ve been talking about since we [...]