Across the Pond

When Jeremy (now 13) was a pre-schooler, he looked out his grandparent's window and saw the water beyond.  He turned to grandpa and asked, "Is that a pond?".  Grandpa said it was and suggested that we call it "Jeremy's pond."  And so, when we visited Grandma and Grandpa's house we would enjoy Jeremy's pond.  While he played a bit around the edges of Jeremy's pond, Jeremy never saw much of it until we traveled across it to Hawaii for a family vacation.  Yes, most of you probably know "Jeremy's pond" as the "Pacific Ocean."

While the family still hasn't made it all the way across Jeremy's Pond, we are excited to take a hop, skip, and a jump across "the pond" to spend 5 months in England.  I have a one semester sabbatical from my position at the University of South Florida.  With the help of a Fulbright award, we are off to the Univesity of Sheffield to work with the Neil Hopkinson and his great associates working on Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing).

So here I am now with my beautiful wife Rachel and our five great children, Sarah (16), Allison (14), Jeremy (13), Janean (11), and Brad (7) trying to remember to drive on the left side of the road.  We look forward to sharing some of our adventures with you through our blog.  Check back as we get lost, make friends, and explore the lands of many of our ancestors.