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December 2016

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Happy Birthday Evan

The Good

Dad’s brothers and their families gathered at our house for our annual Christmas get-together.  We had a good time visiting with our aunts, uncles and cousins and going to lunch at the Lightfoot Restaurant.

Our next door neighbor has a 16-foot high Christmas Tree.  It makes our tallest tree look like a dwarf pine. Dad helped them string the lights and also lent them some Antique Christmas Lights from his massive collection.

Although practice sessions and weekly meets cut into his “Gamer Time,” Owen is on the THS Swim Team again this year.  Ross survived his Fall Semester Finals and will be heading back to Morgantown in January to finish his second year at WVU.

The Bad

We had a natural gas leak in our front yard earlier this month.  Thanks to the efforts of the Leesburg Volunteer Fire Department and Washington Gas, it’s been repaired so there is no longer any danger of our neighborhood becoming a blazing inferno.

The Ugly

Pop-Pop’s favorite team the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore RatBirds (aka Ravens) on Christmas Day to win the NFL AFC North Division title.  The Steelers didn’t play their best but Pop-Pop says good teams manage to win even when they “Play Ugly.”

The Pictures


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Ross & Owen

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November 2016

Happy 22nd Anniversary to Mom and Dad, Happy 39th Anniversary1 to Brian and Rosemary, Happy Birthday to Chris & Julia!

Supermoon, November 2016Owen started his “College Tour” this month.  His first stop on the tour was JMU, which just happens to be Mom and Dad’s Alma Mater.  JMU is in Harrisonburg, VA, whch just happens to be the home of Mossy Creek Fly Fishing too.  Dad and Owen took this opportunity to hire a guide and do some trout fishing after the JMU tour was over.  Mom went shopping.

Ross experienced two once in a lifetime events this month:

Mom and Dad made a trip to Morgantown, WV to pick up Ross for Thanksgiving break with the intent of going to the WVU – Oklahoma football game and returning the next day.  Unfortunately, the weather at Keysers Ridge was starting to turn nasty, so this became a same day round-trip.  Just as well as the weather in Morgantown was also cold and snowy…and the Mountaineers lost 56-28.

We had a great Thanksgiving with, as usual, way too much food.  Dad fried a turkey.  Mom’s BFF Alicia and her family joined us for dinner.  They brought a traditional roast turkey.  Needless to say, we had an ample supply of gobbler meat this year.

This month’s pictures includes some stragglers from Halloween that didn’t make it into the previous edition.  We’ve also included a picture of our newest cousin Bryce, who was born on October 28th.

1Uncle Brian and Aunt Rosemary actually celebrated their 39th wedding Anniversary on October 29th.  This should have been in last month’s news but our fact-checker (aka Pop-Pop) messed up. 


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October 2016

Happy Birthday Mom

October 2016Mom really likes this time of year and always decorates the house and yard with stuff that has an “Autumnal” theme, which of course includes lots of Halloween decorations.

This Month’s News

On Mom’s birthday, she was the guest of honor at an extended “Happy Hour” with neighbors and friends, some of whom she’s known since her high school days.

Mom and Dad attended the annual Gala sponsored by Mosaic Virginia® this month.  Mom works at Mosaic Virginia® doing IT and Communications stuff.

Mom made an overnight trip to Morgantown to deliver copious amounts of home-made Chili to Ross.

The new deck in our backyard is finished.  It’s bigger than our old deck and is made out of Trex®. 

Owen got his permanent driver’s license this month.  In Virginia, a provisional license valid for 180 days is issued to new drivers under the age of 18.  New drivers receive a summons near the end of this 180 day period to attend a Juvenile Court Ceremony to receive their permanent license.

Gene's Beer Garden, Morgantown, WVPop-Pop and his friend Ron took a quick weekend trip to see their friend Pat in Morgantown, WV.  They all went to Gene’s Beer Garden to watch WVU play TCU.  WVU won big and a good time was had by all.


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Ross & Owen

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