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Europe 2014: Amsterdamsky Amsterdam

The last leg of the trip was four days in Amsterdam. The drive was going to be quite the leg with six hours ahead of us. We broke the trip into a stop in the most delicious cheese in the world. Yes, there’s…

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Europe 2014: Champagne in Champagne

We spent two days in the Champagne region in a little village called Verzenay. The region here is like the wine country in California, but they do real Champagne. We found that to make Champagne here, you have to abide by certain regulations…

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Europe 2014: A 4-Day Trip to Paris

We spent a good amount of time in Paris, about four nights at a camp site where we stayed in a small motor home-esque house. Jason’s girlfriend met us in Paris, as well as Suzy, Bridget’s German friend. Day 1 Our first day in…

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Europe 2014: Mont St. Michelle – The Castle Town

Mont St Michelle is a castle town that was built through the centuries with a natural tide coming in to protect itself against intruders. The city was built in a prairie with the town placed on a hill in the middle. Then the…

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Europe 2014: Normandy and our History

Over the past two days, we’ve been in Normandy, France.  We arrived to a 600 year old house castle. It had a gate and courtyard, which was situated on a farm. We went into the main room of the house and later found a…

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Europe 2014: Belgium is quite delicious this time of year

Bruges We stayed in Bruges for two days. The city was great, that perfect European mix of the square, shops, and historic churches. Belgium though is known for exquisite chocolate, diverse beers, and delicious waffles, so this place will be missed. They also…

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Europe 2014: Flight into Amsterdam

We made it! We survived our 15 our flight with Nixon without obstacle. Before we even made it to airport, I had a full week of travel: Monday started in Newport Beach to meet with a client. Tuesday I was in Santa Monica for a…

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Five Great Things from 2013

2013 marks the best year since 2008. We had incredible changes to our life, mainly because of Nixon.   Nixon Arrives! Our little guy was scheduled to come on Ron Weaver’s Birthday. But, he said… “NO way! I want my own day!” And…

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Six Great Work Things from 2013

Overall, this year was very successful. We were part of some amazing projects which is always the best thing to brag about at the end of the year. However, an internal goal for me was to help manage over $1 Million in project…

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Reno-Tahoe Odyssey 2013: Where’s da baby mama?

The 2013 year was marked with substitutes and speed. We missed many of the core people we had from the previous year. Bridget couldn’t run with Nixon in her belly. Anya and Erin had moved to different parts of the country. And Meghan…

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