Last week we made our first trip to Grandma and Grandpa’s house in Ohio in over a year. It was also our first real vacation in a long while. The kids enjoyed time with cousins, a trip to Amish country…
Grace had her dance recital on Wednesday, and all the practice paid off; she did a great job. Her old class, a couple years ago, was more just a case of “something to do once a week,” with not a…
Weekend before last, Jason, Scott and I traveled with Troop 800 to Sherando Lake park, near Waynesboro for a weekend of camping. Jason’s chief goal was to fulfil his requirement to complete a 5-mile hike, which he did, in spades, since…
Jason and I had an adventure this past weekend as BSA Troop 800 made a weekend outing to Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach. Among the highlights was a day trip to the Norfolk Navy base for a guided tour of…
Well another year’s gone by and as usual this site’s been largely neglected. I always start out with every intention of posting regularly, then the next thing I know it’s New Year’s Eve again. It was supposed to be easy;…
Well, this blog thing is working out great, huh? No updates from April to September. Anyhoo… We had a lot of excitement over the Labor Day weekend as Jason finished the 78th annual Virginia Closed chess tournament with 5 wins…
The kids continue to be obsessed with chess, and they’re getting better all the time. This past Monday, they participated in a simultaneous chess demonstration with Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg at the Maggie Walker Governor’s School. There were about 50 kids…
Here’s some photos of the kids at “Military Through the Ages” event held in Jamestown, way back in March. It was a pretty cool event, with re-enactors playing the roles of everything from Roman Legionnaires to Medieval knights, Revolutionary War-era…
Wow, long time no update. So what else is new? Not a lot to report, really, except for a fun family trip to Sandbridge with Grandma and Grandpa Jim. Luckily we missed the Hurricane by a couple of weeks and…
For the benefit of anyone who might be interested, I thought I’d relate that the Morefield clan is safe and sound after last Tuesday’s earthquake and this past weekend’s hurricane. Aside from some needed cleanup work in the yard, the…
