The loss of the biggest wolf pack fan

We have lost a dear and wonderful friend today.Jennifer lived her life to the fullest. Never complaining and asking for special treatment even when we her friends all know that she was in pain. James and I will miss her terribly. Her strength and big heart and ready smile we will never forget. Her support of the wolf pack went back to her time at North Carolina State University. She always spoke of the time of the wolf pack basketball championship game and what the experience was like on campus at the time. Our memories of Jennifer at the our tailgating parties will stay with us. We will always remember her side line coaching and yelling and singing the state's fight song at the games.GO WOLF PACK


A Better Place
She’s in a better place right now
Than she’s ever been before;

All pain is gone; she’s now at rest;
Nothing troubles her anymore.

It’s we who feel the burden of
Our sadness and our grief;.

We have to cry, to mourn our loss,
Before we get relief.

We know we’ll reconnect with her
At the end of each life’s road;

We’ll see her cherished face again
When we release our earthly load.

By Joanna Fuchs

Jennifer rest in peace and pain free

Dover

So when we found out we need to head back, we sat down and made a "bucket list". Basically, what is it we wanted to do, versus how much time have we got left. Obviously the first list is much longer than the second.

However, you'll see an acceleration of activity from now till we leave, as we try to pack as much into these last few weeks as we can.

If you remember this post from last Easter, I made this post as I went through Dover to take the ferry to France. It was cold and miserable, but struck me as some place I'd like to bring the family (Diana and doggies) back to. I'd heard that walking along the Dover downs at the top of the white cliffs was incredible.

So last weekend we decided to head back down there. The weather for London was very iffy, but it looked better in Kent.

We couldn't go into the castle with the doggies, but we had a great time anyway. The walks along the cliffs and through the downs were awesome and absolutely wore us out! But we all had a great time, the views were breathtaking, and the place was great.

Pictures below:

Germany and Heike's Birthday

I had to work Cisco Expo Germany. Below is a video of the highlights of this event. And to answer Heike, yea, I call that work. Someone has to set this thing up and tear it down.



After the event, I worked in Germany for a couple of days and Diana flew over. It was Heike's birthday (we don't know how old she is) so we went to spend the weekend with her and Frank and Kai. The weather was warm and sunny, and we had a great time.