Thursday, November 8, 2007

Happy Fall

Hi all. Fall is definitely here now. The leaves are turning & falling like crazy. Had a good halloween night - kids trick-or-treated on The Mall on the UVA campus, right near Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda. It was a perfect day for it. They got lots of loot & I think the last of the candy is (finally) gone.

Sean started crawling this morning! 9 months almost to the day. Nothing is safe anymore. Ian is learning that the hard way. :)

It is official - we are headed to DC. I'm assigned to CG-12A Office of Workforce Planning & Analysis. We'll be sorry to pull Erin & Timmy from school mid-year for our move to DC. Timmy is still absolutely loving his school. His class celebrated Diwali today - he had a great time. They also got to paint tipis (teepees!) outside yesterday.

Still looking for a rental in the DC area - we've narrowed our search to Annandale, Falls Church, Arlington, McLean, Bethesda-Silver Spring-Rockville-Gaithersburg areas. I'm seriously looking at getting an e-bike for the commute! We'll let you all know our new info once we settle on something.

Mike ran the Marine Corps Marathon in October and came SOOO close to having a personal best. He qualified for the Boston Marathon again & we are all proud of him. 26.2 miles in 3 hours and 15 minutes is really awesome in my book! Somehow he finds the energy to run, normally after going nuts with the kids all day. He is doing the Richmond Marathon this weekend too!

Hope all is well with each of you - looking forward to Thanksgiving in NY!
Beth






















Timmy navigating our local hike











Go 'Hoos! Great football game v. Wake Forest. UVA took the lead with 2 seconds of regular time left on the clock, final score 17-16.









Our animals: Erin - cheetah, Timmy - rabbit, Ian - elephant, Sean - tiger.