http://www.davereport.com a family journal Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:27:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mother Nature brought us some snow on Tuesday and freezing rain on Wednesday. The roads in the morning were covered with a nice layer of ice -- too bad I don't have any ice skates any longer. I could have skated around the neighborhood. Schools were ... http://www.davereport.com/?p=372 Today is a milestone for Linda, she turned 40.  She is now a member of the exclusive 40-and-over Club and I am glad to have her as a member. I was finally able to bring out the present I bought for her and had hiding inside the shed -- a new ... http://www.davereport.com/?p=358 Our caravan of four vehicles and 13 people made the trek to Hilltop Tree farm to get one christmas tree. The yearly tradition is hanging on by a thread -- hopefully next year more than one tree will be harvested. http://www.davereport.com/?p=344 Both Keely and I took pictures around the house on Thanksgiving Day.  We put them together into a slideshow. http://www.davereport.com/?p=340 [caption id="attachment_330" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Dave takes his first helicopter ride in a Blackhawk."][/caption] After being asked Friday morning by the Baltimore Examiner if I was available Saturday evening to take some photos from a Blackhawk helicopter -- it didn't take long to answer "YES." Even though I had an already busy weekend schedule ... http://www.davereport.com/?p=320 [caption id="attachment_318" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Photographers line up along the south endzone to capture the action. Tennessee defeated Baltimore 13-10. / October 5, 2008."][/caption] It finally happened, I got the opportunity to photograph an NFL game. More on my experience later ... Here is a gallery of images. [gallery=15] http://www.davereport.com/?p=316 [caption id="attachment_309" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Henry and Keely enjoy a fire roasted marshmallow"][/caption] With autumn knocking on the door, and cool evenings for the past couple days, we pulled out the fire pit, and started burning much of the scrap wood left over from the shed project. Of course, with a fire you've ... http://www.davereport.com/?p=308 [caption id="attachment_297" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Henry and Keely enjoy the afternoon on Assateague Island, MD"][/caption] We left this morning for our trip to the eastern shore for Larry and Kelly's wedding, which takes place tomorrow afternoon.  We decided to take a trip to Assateague Island before checking into our hotel in Ocean ... http://www.davereport.com/?p=296   [caption id="attachment_283" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Henry chowing down his first hamburger on a bun"][/caption] Tonight was burger night and after Linda and I prepared our hamburgers, Henry was relentless trying to eat both of our hamburgers. He wasn't satisfied having cut up hamburger meat on a plate when we were eating ... http://www.davereport.com/?p=282   [caption id="attachment_276" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="Daisy (left) and Blossom (right), the newest additions to the family."][/caption] Our family is growing -- growing with the addition of two new Guinea Pigs, Daisy and Blossom.   These two new critters are Keely's pets. I sure hope these two ladies like to be grabbed and hauled ... http://www.davereport.com/?p=275