A week in Egypt

Emily and I were in Egypt for a week in early April. I had some meetings in Alexandria and a couple in Cairo. Thanks to my cousin, Ashraf and his wife, we were able to get away for a relaxing weekend at their place on the Red Sea. It was a great trip. Emily got to meet my family as well as colleagues whom I have been working with for the last 8 years. We stopped in London for an afternoon layover. Sarah and the boys picked us up and took us to Windsor Castle which neither Emily and I had seen before. We toasted our one year anniversary on British Airways flight 226!

Trip to Egypt

Our First Christmas

To the Wingfields!

This Labor-Day Emily and I spent the weekend with the Wingfield clan on Lake Chickamauga.

I knew it was going to be eventful when my first tubing experience ended with me rolling off my tube onto an island in the middle of the lake. I had flashbacks from Labor-Day 2003 and decided to bail when we got too close to the island...only to wind up sliding into a goose sanctuary.- I was pulling grass and leaves out of my hair for the rest of the day....

After years of perfecting the art of para-sailing Jacksons inaugural lift-off was a success. Mine was not so successful. In my first attempt a gust of wind came and blew the sail into a tree. The second attempt left me being jerked into the water as a result of the sail taking out a light-post.Overall, we had a blast hanging with the Wingfields and are planning our next trip to go up in the para-sail again. Enjoy the videos!

(video #1: Jackson Wingfield's successful lift-off)
(video #2: Josh's para-sailing attempt #1 "Joshie Meets Tree")
(video #3: Josh's para-sailing attempt #2 "Joshie Meets Pole")

P.S. as a concerned wife, some of the videos end abruptly

Few Other Pics

We just had some photos from our travels this summer developed and thought we would post them for you all the see. Some are from our Honeymoon in Jamaica on our hair-raising trip up a mountain on four wheeler (Where the only thing stopping us from falling to our death were a few strands of barbed wire). The other photos are from our travels in Italy, particularly Cinque Terre. This was our favorite stop. the Cinque Terre are fives small towns connected by hiking trails stretched across the rocky terrain of Italy's Northwestern coastline.There are also a few pics from Rome jumbled in. Enjoy the photos!

The Dove Nest

Things around our home are very busy and there is not much to update. However, we did find a little dove outside our breakfast nook window. I think she has come to be our friend for a while. Hope all is well in your world and maybe you will meet a new friend too. (didn't mean to sound like a fortune cookie)