What a year! I don’t know anyone who had a “ho hum” 2008. From the election to the economy, we all got a good spin.
There were new discoveries and lots of ideas. A great year in all.
The Dotson family had a few changes and great times.
Nash is following in my footsteps with his rice at a Japanese restaurant
and golf.
My brother and I went to a great concert.
The Pool at Andover was fun.
My family welcomed a new addition, Parker, in July. And, since his b-day is July 1, I know I can remember it easily!
We added another one in August – different kind of baby though.
(Of course there are lots of other pics – we’re considering buying stock in Seagate – but I’ll leave those for another time.)
Thanks to my wonderful wife, Jen, for making our house a home and being a great mom to the boys. She’s the queen of holiday fun – as you can see by our Halloween face painting:
Thanks to everyone who helped me in 2008:
John and Bill – the credit card wizards
Russ and everyone at HEA
Julie and everyone at Ventas
John Lee, Perry Hoffman, and Tucker Oldham
Chris and the Pattco team
Nick Huhn, Scott Clark, Jason Falls
David Caldwell and Brittney Edwards of the Lexington Ad Club
Jim Host (great advice)
Scott Williams at Morgan Stanley
Nick Rice – the marketing expert, John Meyers – a great small biz attorney and consultant, Kent Howell – the sales consultant, and Chris Powell – who knows how to treat your employees (and needs to get his web site up!)
Brian and the guys at Sfenity/Apax
The WebMedley Team and all our clients across the US
Vladimir and friends at IUCN
Kirk at Cardinal Office Products
Lou Allegra and the Vistage Lexington members
Tom Nickell and the former staff at Lightworks
Sean Massey
Joanna Betlej at eAnkaDesign
Grant Friedman at ColorBurned
Bev Hagan and the Fifth-Third Hamburg team
What’s in Store for 2009?
Hard work, lots of fun, and more pictures: a christening, Seabrook, the Dominican Republic or Jamaica, the Derby Ball, a few birthdays (we’re up to 5 in the family now), golf lessons, growing our web hosting business, and remembering to enjoy life as we live it.