News from Blacksburg
Jeff’s folks sent us some cute photos the past few weeks… His grandmother Faye turned 90! And his folks raced some more… The 2013 picture shows the seven members of the Blacksburg AARP United race team that competed in the Summer Solstice 5K race. L to R Bob Wheeler, Paul Smeal, Sally Paulson, John Hillison,.. read more →
Boston trip – updated with all the pics
We went to Boston for a week a couple of months ago and had a great time. It had been years since we had been back and my cousin Nicole’s wedding was the perfect excuse to catch a plane headed north. While I was raised in Chapel Hill, I was actually born in Boston where.. read more →
She Answers The Call Beyond Duty
This is a wonderful old article about my grandmother Jeannette from the 1962 Chapel Hill Weekly. She and my granddad Jim were really remarkable people. I love the last quote in the story, “If there are two patients at the hospital needing extra care at night, Jim may be with one and Jeannette with the.. read more →
Christmas and Gingerbread Demo Derby, 2013
We had a great holiday. As always we had a full house with both our families here on Christmas day. I know so many people who have to pick but we are lucky to have my bunch here and Jeff’s crew willing to come down for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s just so easy to.. read more →
Jeff’s parents on the local NBC news
Jeff’s folks run the AARP Health Fair up in Blacksburg and it’s really huge so their local NBC had them on today to talk about the event. They are awfully cute. read more →
Summer and start of school
Since Hayley is in a year-round school, our summer was short and she’s been back at Salem for two weeks now – her last year there! This year Mason from next door has joined her. First day! With Mason It was a good summer though. Hayley was at moviemaking camp again and we await their.. read more →
Jeff’s Grandma turns 89
How cute is Jeff’s Grandma Faye with her birthday cake? read more →
Paintballers
Hayley’s Christmas present to Uncle Jay was a paintball experience down at Black River Paintball. They both came back having taken a shot in the neck but really no worse for wear. They do look pretty badass! More photos from this set: Regular view (easiest to find one in particular or print) Slideshow view (easiest.. read more →
Christmas and Gingerbread Demo Derby, 2011
We had another great holiday season! We co-hosted a Christmas Eve party with our next door neighbors Wes & Jenn that turned out to be a huge success. We usually hang with them on Christmas Eve and we decided to ask a few more friends to come on over. We figured most people wouldn’t be.. read more →
Gordon Perry, Guest Columnist
My stepdad Gordon Perry was recently a Guest Columnist in the Durham Herald-Sun talking about the Hillandale Golf Course, which has been facing tough times. I’d link to the article but the Herald-Sun website has a lot of areas that aren’t updated. So instead here is a link to the scan of it, Hillandale was.. read more →