After we had so much fun last year in Sperryville, VA with the Somobrights and Hjeltaks, we decided to take another group vacation — this time to Cape Charles, VA.  Cape Charles is a sleepy little town at the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula.  It was formed in the 1880s when an enterprising duo [...]

After all that snow, we couldn’t wait to escape for our annual trip to Florida.  It was expensive to fly, so we decided to brave a 15 hour car trip with a boy who hates the car.  And, much to our surprise, he did great!  We would leave in the morning after he woke up [...]

My Uncle Earl passed away in early October after a quick but vicious battle with pancreatic cancer.  He was diagnosed in July and by October was home on hospice care.  The only good things about that were that he was perfectly healthy and happy up until his diagnosis and that his family could all be [...]

Every year we go to Poughkeepsie to pick apples and visit the old stomping ground.  This year we spent a night at Danny and Morgan’s and had a great time with them and with little Brady — who’s developing quite the personality!  Photos from the visit are here, but some highlights are below: This year [...]

No, summer’s not over.  But since we haven’t really updated our photos all summer, here’s a little recap of our summer so far.  All of the blurbs below link to photos from that event / occasion. May / June We traveled to Pittsburgh in mid-May to visit the Shar-Bars.  We didn’t take many photos, but [...]

We usually dread February.  It’s the shortest month, but also usually the dreariest here in DC.  It’s the month that finally feels like winter and spring seems really far away.  So this year we packed our February full of fun things and before we knew it, the month was over! It all started on Valentine’s [...]

We spent Mother’s Day in NJ with my family, putting together a system for a container garden so my parents can still have a garden even though they aren’t allowed to plant anything in the grass.  Unfortunately we forgot our camera, but my parents sent a few pictures of the key moments. The next weekend [...]

We had a fabulous time in Boston.  For Christmas, the kitty cats got us a trip to go visit Mary and Ben — something we have been promising to do for years.  As a bonus, Suzanne and Dave were there (Dave recently moved up there and Suzanne was visiting him), so we got to spend [...]