Spring Odds and Ends

Odds and ends from spring: 

When you lift more than any other female athlete on campus, you get cupping.

Ottawa Senators game

Easter Sunday (above and below - I won't include the picture that Elizabeth sent us because it wouldn't be fair to her....)

Beau's first hotel stay.

Visiting my sister.

Sibling lunch after visiting Kathleen.

This girl has her masters degree!

First day in corporate America.

Emily gets up at 4:30am three mornings a week to lift before soccer practice; then goes into the office for 9+ hours; then goes home and studies/does school work for the classes she's taking this summer. Life is a grind, but at least the gym is empty when she gets there.

Quick trip to NYC for some shopping and excellent coffee.

Setting up her home office/workspace.

Elizabeth got locked INSIDE her house/yard and we Factimed to help her figure out a way out. Plot twist - we did not and she had a call a locksmith.

Retirement brings new opportunities and ways to give back.

Family Vacation 2026 - France

Our big family adventure for 2026 was a trip to France - Normany, Brittany, the Loire Valley and Paris. This trip has been a dream of mine for several years and I was finally able to convince Lee that we should go. While I'm starting to think that nothing will top our Alaska trip, we had a pretty incredible time on this trip. Over 14 days, we visited four different regions of France, saw countless historical monuments and churches, ate incredible food, and walked - a lot! Some of our favorite memories are below but if you want to see our entire trip, click here for our travel blog to see each and every adventure. 

Palace of Versailles

Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles.

Gardens of Versailles

Honfleur

Deauville

Normandy American Cemetery

Omaha Beach

The Headlands

Pointe-du-Hoc

Le Mont-St-Michel

Chateau d'Angers

Apocalypse Tapestry

Hunting dog demonstration

Chateau d'Azay-de-Rideau

Loire River

Le Clos de la Mesierie

Eiffel Tower

Notre Dame Cathedral

Arc de Triomphe

Musee d'Orsay

Spring Hikes

While we didn't get in a ton of hiking this spring, we did manage few nice ones.

Wadsworth State Park after a big storm.

Wadsworth State Park - Big Falls

Daniel Schwartzkopf Nature Preserve

Connecticut River

Spring hike in Potsdam, New York means snow.