Shopping in Canada While in Canada, Keith and the kids went to the ATM to get Canadian Dollars and go shopping with the foreign money. The kids loved learning about the different money and the about the differences in selection at the stores. The each picked out a candy bar at the store
Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada We have been wanting to visit Angela's sister and one of her friends in the Washington state for quite a while. Fortunately, we had enough frequent flier miles for round trip tickets for our family. We flew into Seattle, where Angela stayed for a few days while the
2017 Air Force Air Show Keith has wanted to take the kids to an air show for quite a while, but the timing never quite worked out and it was always pretty expensive. The Air Force Air Show in the DC area is free. This year they were celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Air
carson Anderson House, Washington, DC - HQ of the Society of the Cincinnati The Society of the Cincinnati held a free session for the American Culture merit badge last weekend. Keith went to drop Carson off and after seeing the amazing place and agenda, he couldn't leave. The building is a 1920's mansion -- the winter home of the Andersons,
Lexington, VA and Virginia Military Institute On our way home, after the Natural Bridge, we stopped in Lexington for lunch. Keith wanted to see how close the Virginia Military Institute was, and it was just a few minutes away, so we drove over. Luckily, we had perfect timing, because we walked up right when the cadets
Planetarium Movie We went to the Air and Space Museum on Tuesday and Keith met up with us to go see another Planetarium movie called "Journey to the Stars". It was very good, of course. Then, the kids and I spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the exhibits we
Rock and Mineral Show at George Mason University The kids and Keith went to the Rock and Mineral show in Atlanta each year, so when we moved to Virginia, we looked for one here. George Mason University hosted this show; it was quite a bit smaller, but the kids still had a good time.
Daytrip to DC and Smithsonian The trains have been under construction for a while, and they will again in December, so we went into DC on Tuesday. That is the White House and the area in front of it is all blocked off as they are building the inauguration platforms and stages. This is across
Warrenton, VA Keith and the kids spent Saturday exploring Virginia. They starting by visiting a nice small town, Warrenton, VA. It was a clean old town with charming historic buildings. Surrounding it were beautiful farms and country roads lined will the autumn leaves.
Carson's 11th birthday Because his birthday is on a Wednesday, Carson had his birthday party on a Saturday before, so he could have a friend Ethan come over. We had pizza and made rubix cube cupcakes. Opening presents; Carson had been waiting for a long time for this moment! He got lots of
We moved to Fairfax, Virginia Keith got a new job at an investment firm (in Washington DC called Rock Creek Group), back in March. He moved here about a month ago and the kids and I were going to wait out the school year and then move up here, but we got tired of waiting
Rubiks Cube Nationals, Hilton Head Carson has been interested in Rubiks cubes for about a year now, and has been practicing and getting really good at solving them. Keith found that the Rubiks Cube National Convention happened to be held this year in Hilton Head, so they made plans this summer to go, last minute.
Backpack service project Keith's company participated in a charity event that gave filled backpacks to needy schools in the Sandy Springs area. Keith went and bought all the billions of supplies and then we all laid them out in the living room and systematically put them in these backpacks. Certain things
State Capitol building with Grandpa Knight Joe Wilkinson, part of the State Assembly, was there when Keith and Melvin were looking into the assembly room and let them go inside. Usually, you have to look into this room from the doorway only, but they got to walk around and Joe Wilkinson told them about the room.
Camping at Jonika Gap Keith took the kids camping on a Friday, and they came back on Saturday evening. Can you see the tree face? Savannah caught a fish! Can you see it??? putting together a pizza for dinner Tucker caught a fish too, a little bigger than Savannah's fish. eating homemade
Keith's Elite Award Keith's company had an anniversary party at the Roswell Historical Cottage, in Roswell. They roasted pig :S
Amicalola Falls We drove about an hour and a half north of us to check out Amicalola Falls. you can drive up to the top and look out from a bridge then you can go down a long stairway to the bottom of the falls we all went down the stairs, but
keith Going Down in Flames Well, we didn't exactly go down in flames, but a few minutes after take-off, my flight from New York had smoke coming from the back of the cabin and supposedly had some sort of oil collecting on the floor. The stewardesses looked completely freaked out and were
keith Keith's Track Day I spent the day at the race track, racing go-carts and exotic cars (thanks to a vendor that invited me to attend a short meeting followed by the racing). It was a lot of fun. I was one of the top drivers on the go-carts, which were incredibly
keith Cycling to work I rode my bicycle to work today. It is so nice to live that close, but wow, I am out of shape. I was exhausted after the 1.5 mile ride of ups and downs -- some pretty steep. Then I had to ride home to get lunch. I wimped out
keith Working on the car While Angela was driving home from Savannah's pre-school, she heard a weird humming noise from the front drivers side wheel. Then as she went faster it began to vibrate. So she slowed down and finished that last few blocks to our house and gave me a call.
Snow/Ice Storm *Labels for pictures are on top this time* This one I took right as it started collecting, around 11am. I was thinking, 'whoa, this is a lot for Georgia!' yeah, right. This is around 1:30pm, and I still was thinking, 'whoa, it's actually collecting!
angela Our Toad While working in our yard, Tucker and I found a toad (and later Angela found toad eggs). All of the wildlife we have seen and heard around our home has been really nice. We also also been hearing an owl, which we had yet to see.
What kind of bug is this? One of the many bugs here. This was at Keith's office, and it's about an inch long. Comments Anonymous (Jul 28, 2023): That is a house centipede (*Scutigera Coleoptrata*). They are harmless and actually eat common pests.
