Our First Houseguests

Kathleen and her boyfriend, Josh, were in town last weekend. Josh is from Leesburg and his sister's wedding was last weekend. Leesburg is about 10 minutes from our house. Small world, huh? They stayed at our house for a couple nights - a quick trip but it was nice to meet Josh and see K.

Our next visitors - my parents arrive next week! We are looking forward to exploring the area with them - Gettysburg, Appalachian Trail, Harper's Ferry, DC - lots to see and do!

Summer Vacation

We spent Labor Day week in Nags Head, NC with Ethan's family. A beach house vacation - very relaxing. After the busy summer we had with purchasing a house and moving, this break was much needed. We spent the week with Basha, Gramps, Matt, Courtney and our niece and nephew.

We had some interesting weather during our stay - Mother Nature did not cooperate and only gave us one and a half sunny days. The rest of the week was rainy and windy - must have been some remnants of hurricanes passing somewhere offshore. But we made the most of it and enjoyed some indoor activities - trip to the aquarium and outlet mall, reading books and playing card games. It sure beats working! Here are some photos from our week in the Outer Banks:

The beach in front of our house

Sunset on our first night

Nope, that's not the sun - it's the moon rising! Such a cool sight, but the camera didn't capture it well.

Digging with Uncle Ethan

Aunt Elin with A

P hamming it up with his daddy

Impromptu dance party in the gazebo after dinner

Checking out the water with Gramps

Sunny beach day!

Jockey's Ridge State Park - sand dunes!

Basha/Marcia and Ethan up top

Ethan and his mom

View of the Atlantic

Pool time! Too windy for the beach - red flags are up.

Red flags don't stop the para-surfers.

Wright Brother's Memorial - Their first successful flight took place here at Kitty Hawk in 1903! Those markers show where the plane landed after each try. The farthest one in the photo marks the successful flight- 852 feet!

Memorial on the hill

Empty beach - one of the perks of taking vacation after the first day of school.