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Pictures and posts from the United States.

The Addams Family Musical – Opening Night – Tonight we went to see Lanie in the Excellent ‘The Addams Family’ musical. A super performance by everyone.

Today I popped into Next to New I’ve been promising to take Nia’s portrait for ages – I wanted one to go on the Christ Church website.

First leg complete, now to hop across ‘the pond’ — Vacation Days 1 & 2 – Springfield to Havant. Our trans-Atlantic transport at Dallas Fort Worth Airport. 2   4

Lanie’s High School Orchestra Concert. +3

Impromptu Concert — The Grandparents visited today, and Lanie and Jim put on an impromptu concert. 2

Easter Vigil.

Photograph of a Glock 17 Semiautomatic 9mm handgun.

Glock 17 – Another good thing about having visitors from the UK is that I can ask my friends if I can borrow their handguns to take down the range. 2 pictures

Photograph of a Beretta 92FS, Hammer cocked, safety off.

Beretta 92FS- Compared to the Glock the Beretta just screams finish and quality. 2

Lanie and Getzger asleep on our bed.

Lanie fell asleep on our bed while cuddling Tubby – It seems a certain young lady is rather tired.

Happy Birthday Ezekiel – “Zeke” -welcome to the newest arrival to the family, a new cousin, Ezekiel born in the early hours of this morning. 7 pictures

Lanie singing before the Christmas Service – I think she did a fantastic job, check it out for yourself Video: 1½ minutes

That moment when … Ginger announces that a picture of me is trending in the news – … Thanks Associated Press & CBS Local. 2 pictures

Ginger's Blue Bottle Tree in the snow

Snow – It’s been snowing so Ginger sent me out to take pictures of the Bottle Trees. 7 pictures

Barefoot in the snow

Quick winter hiking clothing test – With temperatures down to 18°F (-8°C) and six-seven inches of snow on the ground, I thought it would be a good opportunity to check how my hiking clothing fared. 2 pictures

Bishop’s Ball 2013 – Following the diocesan convention I went to the Youth Meeting and took some pictures at the Bishop’s Ball. 16

Hand made tools by Jim Davis

Jim’s Hand-made Tools – A picture of the tool display Jim has been showing in Springfield this weekend. 2 pictures

Jim and CD.

Lanie in an Ascend D10 Kayak on the Jame River, Springfield Missouri

A Late Afternoon Paddle on the James River with Lanie – Lanie had a break in her rehearsal schedule, so I thought I’d take her kayaking to get her out and about for a while. One-minute read, 5 pictures

Last Sunday at church – I was ushering and Lanie volunteered to acolyte. One-minute read, 4 pictures

Anchored in Stockton Lake

Some chores then sailing on Stockton Lake — John asked if I fancied going sailing. He had to ask? That’s a given. Five-minute read, +13

Camp WeMo at Wakonda - preparing the personal IDs for the new arrivals

Dropping Lanie off at Camp WeMo at Wakonda – Lanie’s off to Camp WeMo (WEst MissOuri) at Wakonda for the week, so this afternoon we dropped her off, and I took advantage of the visit to grab a few pictures. 1   10

The brief was fairly straightforward. Take an existing drawing of a map, colorize it and add more map labels. The challenges were firstly, that the map was already colored, and secondly the elements of the drawing would have to be moved to make space for the additional labels.

Old man’s beard on the trees at the edge of the bluff

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