August Adventures

August was a busy month for us.  It's been so nice to have a nanny, we've had more energy  on the weekends.  We traveled two weekends in a row--Christy went to Atlanta to visit Grandad Rhodes and Uncle Tom and Aunt Sam and David, while David and Nicholas to Ohio to see Grandma and PapPap.  The next weekend, we all headed to the heart of Buckeye country for the wedding 

of our Denison friend Melanie and her new husband Michael.  This weekend, we enjoyed brunch, a trip to Bull Run Farm, where our CSA vegetables are grown, and a somewhat curtailed trip to the beach at Sandy Point (rain got in the way).  We can't believe next weekend is Labor Day and the kick-off to fall!  Lot's of new beginnings coming up!

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 The Air and Space Museum

 the Discovery!

 Observation Tower, where you can watch planes take off and land at Dulles

Nicholas and PapPap

 Upton Hill Swimming Pool

 Natural History Museum

 our garden--since this picture was taken the squash has grown so much we had to take down the fence!

 visit to Atlanta

 Claire and her Great-Grandad!

 Nicholas loves his new bedding!

 our favorite German restaurant in Columbus

 Mel and Michael!

 Denison Girls

 Columbus Zoo

 Claire turned 9 months old!

 CSA Farm--picking potatoes

 and raspberries

 watching the chickens!

 butterfly in the zinnias

 at the beach!  (before the rain)

 flying a kite

 Claire loved the sand--she took off!  with our friends Stephanie ("Goo-goo") and Robbie, who will be having a baby of their own this September!

One Hot Summer

It's been a summer of record heat in DC, with lots of 100+ degree days, and humid.  But, it's good to be back in America and we finally feel almost settled.  We hired a nanny and she just finished her first week--so far we love her!  David will hopefully be back to work very soon.  No big vacations since Christy can't take time off French, but we've had fun in the area.  While I was downloading and organizing photos for these blogs, Claire figured out a new trick--pulling up.  to standing.  by herself....mommy's in trouble now!  She also has 4 teeth now so the nights have been a little rough.  We enjoyed a visit from GG and Grumpa and made an impromptu trip back to OH. 

Now that we're almost settled (the bed that we ordered  President's Day weekend might get delivered next week), Christy will start the bidding process all over again next week, although we won't know our next post until the fall.

 visiting the Patton's on the Eastern shore of MD

 swim lessons!

 the Mazur's were in town (FS friends from Trinidad)

 Air and Space Museum

 GG and Grumpa's visit!

 Mt. Carmel festival in OH

 Grandma and PapPap's pool