Thanksgiving 2011

We've had a very eventful month culminating in a wonderful celebration of Thanksgiving with Granny and Grandpa including a celebration at Ty's school, a Capitals game (which they won in overtime), a trip to Old Town Alexandria, hikes in the woods, lots of fun around the house, and of course, turkey.

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Halloween 2011

A princess, a pirate (again) and lots of fun. For more, click on the photo.

Fall fun 2011

One last trip to Cox Farms and some fun at a Nationals game...it's been a good last Fall in VA (if you don't know what I mean by that, give me a call). Click on the photo for more...

Sightseeing with Granny and Grandpa

Granny and Grandpa came to visit for Tyler's birthday and had great fun visiting famous sites around VA and DC. Click on the photo above for more.

Summer 2011 camping trip

This summer we decided to head to Shenandoah for our family camping trip. Since we had some time to kill before our campground reservations that started on Friday, we decided to visit Natural Bridge. We had a great time expoloring the amazing natural structure surrounded by hokey (but fun) tourist attractions. We also got to visit some cool caverns. Thanks to Hurricane Irene, we also got to visit the local Lowe's for supplies and decided to change our 2-night camping trip to a day trip (at least we got to see some great views and very tame deer, and hike about 1 mile of the Appalachain Trail.

We filled the rest of the weekend with a fun bowling trip and a campout in the family room (just in case any trees came down on the house) that the kids loved.

All in all, it was a great weekend. For more pictures, click on the photo below.

More fun outings

Have we mentioned we like living in VA? It's so fun to have a new place to visit each day. Two new destinations this week were a huge playground in McLean and a water feature at a local shopping/dining area with some new friends. And yes, Megan finally got to get out of the carrier and have some fun too. Click here for some more photos.

The Virginia chapter of our life begins

Pictures of our back and front yards

Our move went very well (with the exception of a water line break the night before we closed and a router malfunction after waiting a week for our internet) and we love it here. Our first day, Ty and I went on a hike from our backyard and within 2 minutes, we discovered a large creek complete with a little bridge. Since then, Seger (and Tyler) have enjoyed many dips into the water and we've been on many more hikes. Ty and Megan are also enjoying the playset in the front yard and Jeff is loving the many deer sightings (and even one fox sighting) from our deck. We love being set back from the road at the end of a long driveway. It is so quiet (and dark), but we have all of the conveniences of suburBia about a 5-10 minute drive away. Our neighbors are great and Ty loves playing with the 5 yr. old and 2 yr. old girls who live next to us. There's also a neighborhood co-op for families with playdates and parents' nights out. We feel very blessed to be here.

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