A.C.F.D Open House

My Boy Dylan… working it like he owns it! 

This weekend we took Dylan to the Arlington County Fire Department’s annual open house at Fire Station #6. Dylan has become a huge fire truck guy, as are most boys his age, and we thought it would be nice to let him get up close and personal with some real fire equipment. After two hours of running around and climbing on everything in sight he was wiped out! Here are a couple of pictures from the day… enjoy!
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@OceanImagery Too bad the only winning team in DC right now is T…

Too bad the only winning team in DC right now is The Ballston Tropics… Better luck next year #Nats !!

Bermuda Panoramic Photography

Panoramic Photograph – Tucker’s Point Beach Club, Bermuda

I took a bunch of panoramic photos while we were on vacation in Bermuda last month, with the hopes that one of them would be nice enough to print out for a 36″ wide frame I have downstairs. Out of the thirty plus photos I shot in this format, I only come up with maybe four I could use. I’ll have to print each one of them out to see how they will actually look in the frame.
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Bermuda Vacation Videos

9/30/2012 – “Dylan At The Beach” (Tucker’s Point Beach Club, Bermuda)

As promised in my last post, here are a couple of my home videos from our last trip to Bermuda. I have several more yet to edit, but I think I might just save those for my travel/trip section. But until I get around to putting that project together, here are a couple of good ones I just finished.

The first video is a montage of ‘Dylan time’ at the beach… we really have to thank Stephanie for helping us out with Dylan all week! The second is a short clip of the view from our Golf Villa over looking Castle Harbour… an early morning scene fades into an early evening one with a nice full moon to finish it off. We hope you enjoy them!

9/30/2012 – “A View Of Castle Harbour” (Tucker’s Point Club, Bermuda)

Our Bermuda Vacation Part-2

Tucker’s Point Hotel / Dive & Water Sports Centre on Castle Harbour – Tucker’s Point Club, Bermuda

As promised, here is the second installment of vacation photos from beautiful Bermuda. This set features our guided walking tour of St. George’s and some of the oldest buildings on the island. We even got a tour of St. Peter’s Chapel which was built in 1612 and some of the grave sites of the very first settlers… there is a lot of history on this little 26 mile long island. We have already seen almost every inch of every Fort on the island, so it was nice to change it up and see some of the sites that are way off the beating path. We hope you enjoy the photos and look for us to post some videos from the trip soon!
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Our Bermuda Vacation Part-1

Swimming in from the surf at the beach club – Tucker’s Point, Bermuda

Here is the first installment of photos from our Fall family vacation to Bermuda. As always, we had a great time on the island and this trip the weather was just outstanding! This week we spent a lot of time at the beach club and Dylan tried his level best to wear out the kids pool, but we also found time to take a nice walking tour of St. Georges with one of the islands most knowable historians.

We didn’t have a chance to do any diving on this trip, but Julie and I did get in a couple rounds of golf. We even talked Stephanie into babysitting for us one night so we could take advantage of a nice dinner out at The Point Restaurant, one of Bermuda’s finest dining spots! I’ll be adding another post with more photos shortly… and keep an eye out for my videos from the trip, they’ll be added soon too!
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Boating In Belmont Bay

Master Dylan at the helm of ‘M/V Our Pleasure’ – Occoquan, VA.

With the end of the summer just on the horizon, I thought it might be appropriate to post some photos from our 2012 boating season. I didn’t take as many photos this year as I normally do, and to be honest, it didn’t feel like we did as much boating as we have in years past either… guess I’ll have to make up for it next season!
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Cruisin’ Up The River!

8/05/2012 – The boat ride back up river from Fairview Beach, VA. (music by: Ace Of Base)

Here is a little short video clip I put together from video I had on my cell phone. Me and the boys are enjoying a beautiful ride back up river after spending the day at Fairview Beach. I had to edit out the wind noise and decided to add a little cruisin’ music to the clip… enjoy! (Music by: Ace Of Base)

Dylan Using A Fork!

8/02/2012 – Dylan using a metal fork for the first time… unassisted! (Arlington, VA)

Here is a short home video of Dylan finally using a fork on his own. I thought for the longest time this kid just wasn’t going to get it, but then we realized it wasn’t that he couldn’t use a fork… he just didn’t want to use the plastic forks that Julie has been giving him. Dylan wanted a big person metal fork… he must figure he can do more damage to his food with that one!

Fripp Island Golf Trip

The view from the deck of our beach front rental – Fripp Island, SC

This summer we rented a beach front vacation home with several of our friends for a week on Fripp Island, South Carolina. It was to be a week of fun in the sun with everything from surf fishing to golfing included! Wow, what a great week it was… the weather was awesome with the exception of a heavy steady wind everyday, but that did help to keep the temperature down in the comfortable range. Charlie, Chris and I played golf just about every day and really enjoyed the courses. I think we’re going to have to pencil this trip into or calendar again for next year… this is a great place to vacation and I promise to take more photos next time!
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