Fall is one of the best times of the year

Mornings are normally a hurried extravaganza at our house, but we still try to stop and small the roses every now and again.

1st try at eating food. 1st fail at eating food. 

The Captains chair... 

Wolf pack of 3 

We were out at the Bluemont vineyards for Kim and Jeff's wedding.  It was gorgeous outside.  A bad storm had just rolled through town and cleared out to make way for a wonderful evening.  

 That lady gets me every time.

 The JMU girls

I see you too. 

 Pictures from an aspiring photographer.....

  Pictures from an aspiring photographer.....

Smiles that make you smile

 Ever tried to watch life in 3D?  It's worth a shot.

 Saturday mornings are the BEST

Just hangin around

JW loves to be near his little sister and they have such a good time just playing around.

And then JW gets bored, but not Grier!!

Grier is in LOVE with the little green frog.  Must be working towards finding her prince.

La La La La going to school.

We had a ground hog that dug a huge hole under our front porch.  He just kept on coming back and digging it out no matter what I did.  So I decided to block the hole with a gigantic piece of glass.  Haven't seen him since.  Ground hog 0 - ChipDawg 1

I bought the bead board for the kitchen almost 2 years ago.  Put it up last week.  Better late than never.

Griers' first post

Grier was sitting here watching tv and wanted to share the experience.

LKA

We just got back from the annual trip to Lake Anna (LKA) for the Laughlin family reunion.  I'm sure my math is off a little, but I heard it was the 17th consecutive year!!  It is always big fun, especially for the little guys.  JW was exhausted more often than not.

Some days you just like to take the road less traveled.

Big trip out on the 'BIG' boat with Grandpa and Mommy, smiles optional.

Hanging tough on the dock with Baby Grier.

Mornings are great

Grier was kind enough to let us snap a few pics of her while she was waking up.

Trying to catch up some....

It's been too long and there's no time like the present.  Here we go.  

Happy 22nd birthday Grandpa.

Thanks to a Franklin Glen neighbor for the cool new slide.

Believe it or not, JW acts like Grier's personal body guard.  Very protective (and loving)

It's time to start thinking about the 2024 Olympics.

Family Room and Rain??

We have finished painting the family room. Now we just need to touch up, take the tape down, and put everything back where it belongs.



I think Ashley said it best on Facebook today about this picture. "Where's Waldo?



For anyone that is not from the DC area, it is raining cats and dogs up here. We are getting soaked from head to toe!!

Kitchen painting, Beach, JW at HOOTERS, Fox, JETS, PAE

We are continuing the house renovation and beautification campaign. Last night was painting in the kitchen. We were able to get all the painting done. We still have a little work left to do in there but that will have to wait. Tonight we paint the family room.


We had a wonderful trip to OBX a week or so ago. Here is Ash and LG hanging on the beach.


While at the OBX for vacation the guys were tasked with keeping "busy" (out of the girls hair) for a day for Katie's birthday. So what did we do?? We went to HOOTERS of course.... too bad they didn't have that 1-Z in a 12 month size.

From left to right, Mike Drake, Justin Smith, Colin Smith, Jackson Campbell, HOOTERS girl off stage right.


So one morning last week the Admiral Longshanks (Captain Gingersnap - the cat) was freaking out about something outside. As this is not unusual, we told him to shut up and shooed him away. Well he came right back and this time was even more neurotic about what was going on outside. We took a look and sure enough, a picture perfect fox was roaming outside. He is tough to see, but he is in front of the tree in the middle of the picture.


You know that JW was bound to get his first real live JETS jersey before too long....




And this one... well if you don't know, then you don't know. But if you know... well, then you know about the D-Train. PAE - still kicking strong.

Days from not too long ago..

Flipping through my computer this morning I stumbled upon some old pictures. We are working diligently to get the new house looking as nice as the old house did.

Changes in Latitude

That's it, we're all moved out of Groveland Heights Ct. It's a little sad since we've hit many milestones while living there - getting married, having Jackson, etc. But there are good times to come at Meadowsweet Drive!

We really can't say how thankful we are for our friends and family that moved us this weekend. We are so blessed! The day was a record high of 100 degrees, but with all the hands helping we were in and out in three and a half hours. Wow!

We didn't actually take any pictures during the move, so I'll just post cute ones of JW (that's why you read our blog, right??). Most are from baby Colin's baptism which was Sunday at the beautiful St. James' Episcopal Church in Leesburg. Thank you for inviting us!

The others are just randoms from the past two weeks..

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