Karl and Angela Rees

This was a fun and adventurous week for the Karl and Angela Rees Family. Tuesday, Angela had the day off work, so she went into D.C. She met Karl near the firm were he was working and we had lunch. After purchasing an extravagant meal of hotdogs, chips, and cookies from a street vendor (this is actually one of Karl's favorite lunches here in DC, because they put so many good toppings on the dogs), we ate on a rock wall. It's a good thing Angela brought a huge umbrella, because it started pouring. After lunch, Angela made her way back to the mall in DC.  read more »

Before dropping Angela off at the airport, we spent Memorial Day wandering around Baltimore Harbor. We saw boats, submarines, lighthouses, the Hard Rock Cafe, and, of course, water.  read more »

Karl's thought: Reflecting back upon Star Wars and the "dark side's" preoccupation with anger and hate, I remembered a theory of Institute teacher earlier this year. Anger is not an emotion, but a desperate and futile reaction to the frustration of things gone out of our control. It temporarily makes us feel empowered, because it gives us a false sense of having control over something, but it inevitably destroys what we value most.  read more »

On Saturday we took a little excursion to Harper's Ferry National Park. We really enjoyed it--a little something for everyone. There was the old town, John Brown, Civil War Forts, hiking, beautiful scenery, and more. Of course, what they call a mountain out East sure seems small to me.  read more »

After work on Tuesday, we took a short cruise along the Potomac River from Washington Harbour to Alexandria. It was a little rainy and windy, but very beautiful. A little dark for pictures though.  read more »

Angela took a break from telecommuting for a couple of days and toured D.C. while Karl was working. Here's some pictures.  read more »

Here's some pictures from our trip down to Charlottesville to see Chris and Katie and their new baby boy, Davin. Except we had to do it twice--since Davin still hadn't arrived for the first weekend. But that's okay, it was a good occasion for fun.  read more »

The biggest happening of the week was Karl's brother Chris and his wife Katie having their first baby late Thursday evening: Davin Alexander Rees. He was huge! 9 lbs and 22 inches or something. Poor Katie. We didn't get to see him on Thursday. But we went down to see them at the hospital on Saturday with Karl's parents and his brother Bryan. Little Davin (or Alex as Karl insists he will call him) was so cute!  read more »

Angela's Thought For The Week:
"Into the garbage shoot fly boys."
"Get that walking carpet out of my way."
- Princess Leia Star Wars Episode IV

Karl's Thought For The Week:
"The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray"
- President Howard W. Hunter

This week was a good week for us. Angela did some telecommuting (Monday and Tuesday) and relaxing at Karl's parents. Angela drove Karl to and from the train station every day this week and she didn't get lost. (Yeah)!  read more »