Met my folks in Damascus, Virginia, where we enjoyed a bike ride down the Virginia Creeper trail, an old railroad track that is no longer used by the railroad, but has been converted to a bike and horse trail. This trip is a family favorite of ours.
Not only did we ride the trail, we [...]
~D~’s birthday party in June included a couple of sessions of Laser tag. Black lighting and running boys led to some interesting photos
And all of the snow melted. In fact, the weekend after the snow fall, it was warm enough to have a water balloon fight.
Early this year, we started a babysitting co-op with some good friends of ours. Basically, we would keep their kids one Saturday for a few hours, and then they would reciprocate another weekend. It works out great because we get a night out one weekend without having to pay for babysitting. When we keep the [...]
One of the advantages of home schooling is being able to take a day off in the middle of the week to go skiing. Our local home school group sponsors a ski trip where you can get a lift ticket, ski rentals and a lesson for $25 per person. A veritable steal! So we took [...]
Saturday morning was a rainy affair and the 2 soccer games that were originally planned were cancelled. I was sitting with the boys eating breakfast and just goofing off.
Even if we had the soccer games, I was relieved it was Saturday after a normal, but frustrating and difficult week. But I was curious at how [...]
A fuzzy blue blob that we saw on a hike last weekend. It was sitting in the middle of the trail, and at first we thought it was a woman’s hair scrunchy thing.
Has anybody seen one of these before? Or know what it is?
The boys decided it was the poop from a rare blue [...]
Yesterday, we planned to have ~K~’s birthday party. Granted, his birthday isn’t for another 2 months, but then again, the pool isn’t open in October either.
We did this last year and all went swimmingly. The weather was perfect. But as has been the theme here this summer, it was not to be this year.
The [...]
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