Back in October we went to a birthday party for my Grandfather.  We were all sitting around the table after an excellent meal enjoying conversation.  Several of the attendees got up to go out and see some of my dad's horses, while Erica and I stayed in to visit with my grandparents.  We got started talking about when they first got married.  As we were having the conversation I realized that I had my camcorder and was missing a great opportunity to catch some of that oral history of our family.  I pulled my camera out and was able to capture the rest of the conversation.

The conversation started with a discussion of how my grandparents were married just days before my grandfather shipped out for military service during WW2.  Grandpa went to war late, and arrived in Europe just as hostilities were ending.  When they had come back they were staying in a relatives home, and needed to move out quickly as the relatives were moving as well.

We pick up with my Grandmother discussing their first home.

Erica and I finally got around to taking our first big vacation since we got married 3 1/2 years ago.  On Sep 17-25th we toured Costa Rican Rain Forest, Volcanoes and Beaches.  It was a great trip.  I will post some articles from the trip as I get time.

This is the new site for BrentandErica.net.  It is based on the Graffiti CMS system.

We will be working to add content over the next few days.

We took a Sunday drive late last evening.  We got to get out and see some of the great countryside West of home.

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I thought I would take advantage of Google's My Maps Feature and start a push pin collection of where I have been, and what I have seen.  I hope to start integrating this with my flickr geocoded maps in the near future.

This map shows places I have visited, worked in, and flown to (as Pilot).

I just recently found the web site of our local Vet clinic, and several articles written by Dr. Hale.  The articles confirm what I already believed, that Dr. Hale is a good man, who truly loves animals.

Take a look at the site.

I really enjoy my Coffee.

Recently I acquired a Bodum Santos Coffee Maker.  It is a Vaccuum Type Coffee maker and makes a delicous cup of Coffee.  It produces a cup very similar to that from a French Press.