Final approach

Hut Trip

Nick's First Violin Concert

Fourth grade strings from 3 elementary schools in Upper Arlington.
What they lack in skills they make up on enthusiasm and volume (there
must be 60 or more of them).

Santa Mom and Her Elves

Free For All

It's like capture the flag with fencing foils.

Go Crew

Fencing

D'Arcy is now taking fencing.

Funny/Interesting

I'll give you five guesses who wrote the following two paragraphs:

"North Philly, May 4, 2001. Officer Sean Devlin, Narcotics Strike Force, was working the morning shift. Undercover surveillance. The neighborhood? Tough as a threedollar steak. Devlin knew. Five years on the beat, nine months with the Strike Force. He’d made fifteen, twenty drug busts in the neighborhood."

"Devlin spotted him: a lone man on the corner. Another approached. Quick exchange of words. Cash handed over; small objects handed back. Each man then quickly on his own way. Devlin knew the guy wasn’t buying bus tokens. He radioed a description and Officer Stein picked up thebuyer. Sure enough: three bags of crack in the guy’s pocket. Head downtown and book him. Just another day at the office."

I'll bet no one guessed that it started with:

"The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS, with whom JUSTICE KENNEDY joins, dissenting from denial of certiorari."

That's right, it's not a crime novel, it's the beginning of a dissenting opinion written by Chief Justice Roberts issued last week. Personally, I think it's kind of cool.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1486.pdf

Halloween 1

Champions!

Nick receiving his trophy after his team Samtos FC won the Mid-Ohio
Soccer League championship for his age group.

Lancaster Ohio

Drove for 1 1/2 hours to get to Nick's soccer game in Lancaster.

Good Morning Cousin Kate

Beckham

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Competing for the Vikes

New Tooth Hardware

Columbus Crew vs New England Revolution

2nd major sporting event of the day. Lot's of fun. Crew leading 1-0.

Touchdown Buckeyes

Nick and I went to the OSU home game against Ohio University for our
first game of the year. What a great atmosphere!!! It was a blast
and despite a slow start the Buckeyes defeated the Bobcats. Go Bucks!

Buckeye Game

Nick and I are at our first Buckeye game. I like the seats.

First Soccer Game of the Year

Hike in the NC Mountain

Check out the photos in this article about a hike Cathy and the kids did a couple days ago. It's in the local paper. http://tinyurl.com/5n8e8s

View from the Deck

Kids are going to have a rude awakening when school starts again.

Tired Teen, Ready to Come Home

USS Missouri

USS Arizona Memorial

Hanauma Bay

Hula Performance in the Park

Campus Where D Has Been

This is a view of the campus where D has been for the last three weeks
from the Pali Lookout - a famous view on Oahu. The town of Kaneohe is
in the background.

Rainbow Over Waikiki

Ready to Come About

On the BHI Sailing Club's new J-80 the "Joy Ride".

Cast-Netting in Bald Head Creek

Pirates Are Coming to Bald Head!

1200 Foot Sea Cliffs

Scuba Diving

Swimming with Spinner Porpoises

Hulapo'e Bay, right below the hotel, is famous for a large pod of
Spinner Porpoises that come in often. If you just happen to be
snorkling out there, they will sometimes swim under and around you. I
just happened to have such an encounter a couple minutes ago. I was
out just above where my big toe is on this photo and was surrounded by
at least 30 of them. Some of the playful youngsters were going flips
and spins within 10 or 20 yards. Magnificent!!

Video of 12th at Manele Bay

We were on the 12th hole at Manele Bay when we got a call from Bald Head. Here's what we were doing when Bill, Lucille and the kids called.

Hulapo'e Bay

Just hanging out until dinner.

12th Hole at Manele Bay

From the green. Tee is past the flag.

Our View

We love this place. Manele Bay is such a magical place. Dolphins were
swimming around out there earlier today.

Byodo-In Temple

Just woke up in Honolulu

Beautiful Day at the Beach

Back on Bald Head

On The Chesapeake

Dinner at the Club

D'Arcy Skippers to 2nd in second race

Nick Wins

Nick was crew on the boat that won the first race at this morning's
regatta to end the sailing camp.

Life is Tough

9 holes after sailing.

Sailing Camp

I'm parent of the day at sailing camp. This is a video of the start of a race from the dock. Beautiful cloudless day in central Ohio with about 5mph winds (not much, but better than it was earlier).

Alex Drawing

Nick

Goober' 52 in Mt. Airy, NC (Mayberry)

18th Hole

Turtle on the Gold Course