The JimAnna Chronicles

As is starting to become a theme, these images of Alexander are a little out of chronological order.  But, I couldn’t resist. So, we start off with a little baby yoga, courtesy of his guru (AKA, his mother). He’s got Happy Baby pose down pat! I came home one afternoon and Alexander was sitting on [...]

So, I’ve learned what it felt like for my sponsor family 14 years ago … and I have a new found appreciation for what they did for me.  Thank you Leitz Family!  I owe you … big time! Part of my job here is to help the USAFA cadets who come on exchange.  That means [...]

OK, so I know it’s a little early to have a “best of,” but nonetheless, here are our favorite images from the summer.  So cool with his shades on… sitting in Grandma G’s lap. Just chillin’ for the 4th of July.  Yes, they have July 4th in France.  It’s just not a holiday.  A little [...]

Here is part two of our final months in Washington D.C. I made this image with the use of two polarizing filters to slow down the shutter, but not overexpose the image.  Kind of an interesting result. The reflecting pool had actually frozen enough for people to walk on it.  It was pretty cool and [...]

Ok, now that the most important event has been chronicled (Alexander’s arrival), I’ll go back and try and catch up on some of my older images. These next two posts will detail our final few months in Washington DC (Jan-Mar 10). It was a great winter with record amounts of snow. Although, Anna was pregnant, [...]

Although we officially moved to the Washington DC area (specifically a former part of the district … Arlington, VA) it feels more like an extended vacation. Plus, Anna’s pregnancy has made things much more interesting. We have been trying to take advantage of our time in the nation’s capital … or as the French say [...]

What would you do if your spouse was going to be deployed to a remote location, fighting daily to make the world a better place, and you were stuck at home to wait? Well I did what any self-respecting girl would do. I cried for a week, and then I went to Paris and cut [...]

In April three significant events took place. First, I went to the Herrmann haus to celebrate Reinhardt’s birthday and second, my mom came out to visit. After that, I took a trip with some girlfriends to Sardinia, Italy. April was a bit of a blur, but a happy one. Here are some photos that I [...]

Hi everyone, it’s about time for another monthly post. This will be another two part post, and I will follow it very shortly with images from South Africa. Anna and I will be there for a vacation. One of the benefits of being on such a long deployment is that we get to take a [...]

This vista is the Panjshir River in Kapisa. Our vehicles traveling on a road we’re building. Here is that same contractor again. He’s Pashtun and VERY jovial. We stopped for a very quick meeting to say hello, but he insisted we have a bite to eat. He pays his 1000+ employees about $4/day (a very [...]