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