Missing Virginia

***This post was written over a year ago with the intention to get our blog going then but life happened and it wasn't. Here is the post now just so it is out there and not living in draft land.

Living in Virginia/Washington, D.C. was awesome. You are at the center of almost everything that is happening in our great country. The local news is the national news. We also loved it becuase Vienna was such a great community. We made a ton of great friends at church, Matt's job, and at the kids' school.

We also had a lot of great opportunities to refresh the kids' memories of the city and we the sights, monuments, and our friends are now indelibly imprinted in their little brains. (We'll return to D.C. on a regular basis just to make sure they don't forget.)

Here are a few pictures that reflect our time there.

Here's the stone floor of our rental home. Amanda wasn't so sad to leave this behind -- it was a little smelly, had lots of ants and other bugs, and was cold in the winter and hot in the summer. It wasn't all bad though -- they yard was great! It was over an acre and we saw rabbits, deer, foxes, hedgehogs, black raspberries, and a two huge tree swings!

Lots of Great friends!

Katie and Aunt Anne. We loved having Annie nearby. It was so fun!

Matt and the boys with the truck all packed and ready to go. We packed this entire truck by ourselves. It was a good test of marriage. But what doesn't kill it only makes it stronger. We are pros at moving across the country. This move is the 6th one. Yay us!

We miss you Virginia!