ain’t america grand

Man, those two weeks at home just flew by. We’re back in Oki already after a stellar few weeks of family, friends, and the familiar good life we left behind in Virginia just over a year ago. I highly recommend going on vacation in your hometown. It’s all the fun and ease of a place you love without the myriad responsibilities that come with normal life.

We packed it in while we were there – family dinners, grilling out, swimming in the river, hiking, playing with old friends, and a few special celebrations to boot: uniting all four of our good parents and two-thirds of our siblings, baptizing our godson Jed, and being a part of Maggie and Matt’s wedding. I smiled for twelve days straight.

Here’s some pics of the fun we had:

Good to be back with my fam. Check out my dad´s shirt. El es un cocalero, pues!

Cat, look so good with them new grillz.

tom caught a fishy!

Congrats Maggie and Matt!!
for a bunch of hippies, we clean up pretty good.

Tom and Talley, always staying classy.

Oh my god, my friends are having babies!

doin some kayakin on the river


Yes, Lio is better than the rest of us.

Makin some bloody marys on a sunday morn.

Graeme and Lio, hanging by the river.

Baptizing our godson Jed. What a cool little dude.

my godson working on a beer. But it´s cool, cause it was well after noon.

my favorite place.

The good life on the farm at mom and dad´s.

Got to go to our friend Isabelle´s art opening. So beautiful.


mmmm. beer.

Hanging in the cabin where we stayed with Tom´s parents. Super rad.

Kirbo and Ryan at the cabin. Check out all that good homebrew on the table!
holy crap.

the new porch my parents put up. it´s gorgeous!

Waking up at hotel Leah ´n Joe´s. What good peeps my sister and bro are.

Kirby and Mary Claire drove from KANSAS to hang out with us for two days!! And Kirbo flew from Nebraska to see us. Amazing. I miss them.

The cabin where we stayed. Such a beautiful place.


Tyler, hard at work. ?.

Christoph and his bike. He´s about to go into the Peace Corps in Benin. Is he crazy or something? Good luck bro! It´s gonna be awesome!!

Jessie by the pond at the cabin.


Ryan and friends, catchin some live bluegrass down by the river.