Great Country Farm

Bluemont, VA. What a beautiful drive. We had a GREAT fall get-away at Great Country Farms. Ashley Pop and I went in November so we saw the cool "Punkin' Chunkin'"!!

Birthday Party

When Pop and Grandma were here visiting, we celebrated Ash's bday, Austin's, Pop's and mine. All of our birthdays are within 2 weeks of each other. Dad and I always go on a daddy/daughter date to El Vaquero too. And of course get a huge non-alcoholic strawberry daiquiri! It was a great celebration!

Pack Meeting-Wolf to Bear

The end of October our Pack meeting was outside at the BSA campsite. We had a Tee Pee and campfire and really cool presentation by Akela shooting his fire lit bow and arrow through a fire to start the campfire. This is when Austin bridged from Wolf to Bear. Good job Austin! And the cool thing about it? Pop was there to see it. The evening ended with of course...S'mores.

Halloween

This has been such a mild year with the weather. So warm and nice. Then on Halloween day, it snowed! The kids were excited.

Jonathan climbed to the top of a mountain in Kabul, Afghanistan to hang the TEXAS flag for his sweet wifey. What a sweet way to show his love for his Texan lady!

Park Valley Trunk-Or-Treat

There is a local church here Park Valley. They have annual Easter Egg Hunts where there are helicopters that drop down eggs from the sky and their Halloween Trunk or Treat is unbelievable. They grill hot dogs and food for the kids and also donate items that we bring to shelters around the area. This year we attended this event and it was like no other Trunk or Treat around. The kids Grandma and I had a great time! Thanks Park Valley!

Halloween Piano Recital

Oct 28th, I had my sweet Piano students over for a Master Lesson, "Peer Recital" where my students performed in front of each other. They did great. We played games, had a cake walk, and played piano trivia.

Austin and Ashley performed and did wonderful. Of course memorized and played perfectly.

My 11 students have been faithful, dedicated and very good at piano. Congrats!

Grandma Here!

Every Fall, Mom and Dad come to visit Northern VA. We walk through the leaves, take pictures of fall landscapes, eat pumpkin cheesecake, and go to orchards, pumpkin patches and make things. We have so much fun!!

Halloween Block Party

Piedmont does a Halloween Haunted House and party each year. This is one of the many fall traditions we attend and love! This year for Halloween, Ash was the following: A ballerina, a cat, and a mermaid. More pics to come. Austin was the Grim Reaper. And a scary one at that!

4th Tooth lost for Ashley

This week of Oct 22, Ash lost her 4th tooth on the bottom. Way to Go Ash!!