A couple more family commonalities: My daughter(Lydia) has been married to Tim the timber framer for 15 years this month. They home school 3(Nick was with me on the truck bed) and also use wind and solarpower. I am sure Tim would love to talk with your husband sometime.
Wow... definitely a lot in common. We're planning to build a post & beam house next spring. Where is your daughter & son-in-law located? I know my husband would enjoy talking to your son-in-law. How old are their kids? Mine are almost 12, 8, 6 & 2. Nick isn't blonde, is he? There was a guy standing next to me with an adolescent boy, but it probably wasn't you since you probably would've recognized me from my pictures. I had a family standing to my left with (I think) 2 boys... one was 13 because my son sat next to him & they talked a bit. The father was pretty tall--I heard his wife say he is 6'5". Anyway, there were so many people there. I was quite overwhelmed!