Enjoying the start of this year’s ski season with a long weekend in Snowshoe, VW

Excited to witness DC United’s 3-1 win over Philadelphia last night in the first game I attended since the pandemic started

After more than two years, we finally made it back to Munich, Germany, and enjoyed family, friends, and German food there as well as soccer camp, (pool) time with the cousins, excursions to a chocolate factory, and climbing high up among the trees in in the Kletterpark Vaterstetten.

Back from a week of R&R in the Outer Banks with Erin’s family, and now off to Germany less than 48 hours later…

The 2021 summer swim season has just ended, and the kids were so happy to be back swimming for the South Riding Stingrays after a year hiatus because of the pandemic. Both Sophia & Max made it to Divisionals, and Max made MVP for the 9/10-year old boys and was honored as a Colonial Swimming League All Star for 50m freestyle, 50m breaststroke, and 100m individual medley!

So proud of Max and his travel soccer team at VSA who won both of their season openers this weekend!

Here’s a brief clip featuring the Loudoun County Medical Reserve Corps vaccination site where I have helped out as a volunteer. Over 4,500 vaccinations a day for over 100,000 vaccinations since its inception!

https://wjla.com/news/local/old-nordstrom-turned-into-massive-vaccine-clinic-in-sterling

Another great trip to Snowshoe, WV, with our family pod. After a first day of rain and slush, we got 9 degrees Fahrenheit and West Coast powder in West Virginia…

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Spent the day volunteering for Loudoun County’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, and I would encourage anyone to consider volunteering for their local MRC. It’s a great experience, helps the effort of combating the pandemic in your community, and if you volunteer for a vaccine distribution site, it has the added benefit of volunteers getting the vaccine as well!

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Another great trip to Snowshoe, WV, with our COVID-19 pod and fantastic snow conditions

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First trip of the season to Snowshoe, WV!

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…from the Walter Family!

Congratulations to Max and his team for winning their age bracket in the Capital Fall Classic soccer tournament in Richmond. Although I had to watch it on video due to COVID-19-related attendance restrictions–so proud of him finishing the season with this great win!

Congratulations to my hometown team Bayern Munich for winning last night’s Champions League final! Max had his own soccer game at kickoff time, but we watched a replay later and were thrilled to see them win their sixth title!

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Just came back from the Outer Banks with our little family pod enjoying jet skiing in the Currituck Sound, hiking the sand dunes of Jockey’s Ridge State Park, watching Dolphins passing by at sunrise and boogie boarding in Corolla, and visiting the wild horses on the Northern Shores.

Spent a great day on our neighbors’ new boat on the Potomac River visiting Mount Vernon and Occoquan

Took a few days off with family and friends in a log cabin in West Virginia and enjoyed our time together hiking, kayaking, swimming, and making s’mores…

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Spent the day downtown in DC visiting the strangely empty national monuments…

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Spent the Winter Break skiing with family and friends in Snowshoe, WV, and had a great time despite the unusually mild temperatures

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Preparing for our upcoming Snowshoe vacation by skiing on opening day at Liberty Mountain, PA.