New House + No Internet = No Blog

Sorry family and friends, we are slacking on the posts here. But all for a good reason, we checked out of the hotel last Thursday and moved into our first home! Verizon comes on Tuesday to get us connected to the outside world again and I will be able to load photos and post details about our Virginia move. So far, so good - we are surrounded by piles of packing paper and empty boxes, but hopefully by the end of the week, the house will be in order and we'll be ready for visitors. :) We love our house and are so happy!

NatsTown

Our new team - the Washington Nationals. We can't move to a new city without checking out the baseball team! We went to our first "Nats" game a couple weeks ago. The stadium is new and we had no trouble getting tickets. (It probably helps that they are in last place...). First baseline seats, watch out for foul balls!

No hydro races or hat trick in DC! The Nationals have the Presidents Race instead - Teddy, Abe, George and Tom. :) Apparently, Teddy never wins.

The Nats win a very exciting game and their sixth straight! Lots of scoring and even witnessed a very heated ump vs Diamondbacks manager yell-fest. The manager was ejected but came out of the dugout for one last yell.

Friday night fireworks after the game to the tunes of Sir Elton John. We went to the game with a British guy Ethan's worked with this summer. He and his coworkers got a kick out of the fireworks and Elton.

Goodbye NYC and Hello Virginia!

It's now official - Ethan and I are residents of Virginia (and also residents of the Marriott Residence Inn until our house closes). Ethan is back in his home state and we are living in Northern Virginia (or NOVA, as the locals call it). We are looking forward to future get- together's with Ethan's family - we can now go to birthday parties for the little ones and go on impromptu visits to Roanoke and Richmond!

This blog is a journal of our life in Virginia, from adventures in first time home ownership to sightseeing in Washington, DC to camping trips in Shenandoah National Park. Fun times are ahead!