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Our Family 2022

Posted on November 30, 2022 by John and Paula

Stephen, Tanja, Leon and Julian live near-by and we can get together regularly. Notable this year was the new tradition of “battle eggs” at Easter. Playing on Roger’s toys was also a hit.

Matt, Stephanie, Ben and Jackson visited us in the Spring and Summer. We went there for Thanksgiving. We also got to see Sandy, Sara, Hannah and Hobbs at Thanksgiving.

Danielle and Abby spent October with us in Central Florida, and we visited them in Virginia in November.

The four grandkids got together in the Summer.

We celebrated Grammy’s 2022 Birthday with an Ice Cream Tribute in Oviedo.

London, England, UK 2022

Posted on November 20, 2022 by John and Paula

We visited London twice this year related to a Users’ Conference, once for organization/venue scouting and once for conducting the Conference.

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London was a great place to try to create memories for a bunch of engineers. Our group had a private event in the Engine Room of the Tower Bridge. That huge reciprocating steam engine was built in 1889 and produced a massive power output of 360 horsepower, which was a lot at the time, used to raise the bascule bridge. John got on a ladder to take this picture and Paula was not happy about that.

We also had a private event at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, often called the “birthplace of time”. Here we are on the Prime Meridian of the World at 0 degrees longitude. We had a real photographer to take this one.