Portugal

Been a few days since the last post but I was in Portugal with the family. Everyday was a new and amazing experience. Great food, great sites and great time with the family.

Day in DC

After a wonderful evening celebrating at a retirement party at my wife's company we stayed at the amazing Mandarin Oriental hotel in DC.  I had to work while my wife slept in but after work I picked her up and we went and got some food at the DC Wharf area.  It was chilly outside but nice to be out in DC with my better half.

Band Performance

Been a few days off the blog... Tonight my daughter's symphonic band performed at the local high school.  She plays flute and she is amazing.  She had a few solo sections and overall sounded great.  I was very proud sitting there watching.  All the practice she put in has been paying off.

More pool

My good friend came over tonight and I haven't seen him in a really long time.  It was great to catch up and we played a good amount of pool in the basement too.  My son played some as well and I have to say he is improving very much.  It was fun to play but even better to catch up with an old friend.

Workout

We have just completed a home gym and it is one of the best things we have ever done.  I was able to get home and go straight downstairs and do a lower body workout.  My dogs watched as I did squats, lunges and deadlifts.  I rewarded the dogs' patience afterwards with a nice walk in the neighborhood.  

Pool

This evening my son and I played pool downstairs in the basement.  It was the first time he used a regulation size stick and he played really well. It was a close contest...I won one game and he won the other after I scratched on the 8 ball.  It was a fun way to end the evening and made me look forward to more matches as he gets older.

Dinner out

Posting after a couple of days off....The Thanksgiving weekend is officially over but we ended by going out to dinner with some good friends.  We went out for Thai food and everything we got was delicious.  It was good company to go along with the good food.  The kids had fun too.