it has been a while since i have blogged. i have been packing, moving and unpacking. moving is fun but it is a ton of work. we are here in manassas, virginia, right outside of DC. it is a nice a quiet town but it is so far away from home. we have been here a little over a week now and we finally got our stuff and managed to unpack it all. josh leaves tomorrow for alabama for 2 months for a school before he starts his job here. we drove here from texas in a 2 day car ride traveling 1,463 miles. man, that was a drive! my mom drove with us and that was a huge help. but driving thru the Appalachian mountains was amazing! this part of the country is much prettier than texas. i love that there are no billboards here just tons of trees and hills and mountains. our little neighborhood is across the street from prince william national park. we took a drive through there yesterday evening and it was breath taking! winding roads lined with huge trees and streams and bridges. i told josh it looked like the kind of place they make car commercials. i can’t wait to take pictures there!!! there are some killer spots for a trash the dress session. anyhow everything here is great. we are so close to so many cool things. we drove by mount vernon this weekend and we have so many places to go and see. i am excited for the culture and history our kids will see over the next few years. All that being said i am incredibly home sick. i miss texas and i miss my family. the only other time we have lived out of texas was the year josh was in flight school at fort rucker alabama. that is it. i have spent 27 of my 28 years in texas. i have never seen snow. well real snow, it kinda sleeted in houston 3 years ago. but that does not count. so i will be in for a shock this winter. i may just stay in my home office in my pj’s and drink coffee and work all winter. oh wait i already do that! haha! anyhow, it is weird not having the same things here. the grocery stores all have new names. i have never heard of bloom, shoppers or weigmans. no bluebell ice cream! and i am sure this is normal to most people but the freeways here do not have feeders. i would be so lost with out my iphone finding me all the time. so now that my mom left, and we are done unpacking and josh is leaving i will be here with the kids to explore our new hometown. i only have one wedding for the rest of the summer so I will be enjoying my summer as a stay at home mom. it is going to be fun!
our new home.
our house is on this little street called a pipestem. basically it is a little street that stems off. we share it with three other houses. think of it as a mini cul-de-sac. it is really really cool for the kids to play and ride bikes. they have already made friends with the little boy and girl across the street.
here is our front porch.
it even has a porch swing! i love that!
so here is my office. still a working progress. i need to take down the wall border and order some new canvases to hang.
here is our kitchen.
family room.
dining room.
the kids love the basement. they have never seen one before.
will’s room.
play room.
kate’s room.
by laura
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