Snow day!

We had our first snow day yesterday! The snow was hyped up to be bad but in the end our temperatures never got below freezing so it stuck to the ground a little but most was melting away as it fell. Either way, schools were canceled and for nearly three hours the biggest most beautiful flakes fell! The kids and I stayed in our jammies all day and hung out by the fire, colored, made gingerbread houses, listened to Christmas carols, and napped! We also had to go out a have a snow ball fight and play a little! What a fun day! 

The day before ice froze to the trees and it looked so Wintery! 

Same leg warmers three years later! 

I loved watching Kade do his gingerbread house this year! He was methodical and everything had to be in a pattern! Ella on the other hand ate most of her candy so her little house ended up pretty bare. :)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Family Photos

We had an actual photographer take our family pictures for the first time in probably two years. In the past, we have just used tripod and self timer or relied on a family member to snap some shots for us. We had pictures done right at sunrise and I LOOOOOVE them. All of them!! And the best part is these were shot in our own backyard. We bought this house for the lot it was on and I still pinch myself that this is ours!

National Harbor

A few weeks ago I decided that the kids and I needed to get out and go do something fun. We aren't far from National Harbor so we went and wandered around that area. It had been a few years since I had been there and I wanted to see how much it had grown! And I just love it down there, we can't wait to go back with Bryan during Christmas! It was a pretty perfect day, no fits or tantrums, both kids were generally happy, we ate at an actual restaurant and it all went well, and I totally forgot to pay the parking meter and never got a ticket. Good day all around!

It was pretty chilly being right on the water but that didn't stop these two! They loved playing here!

Day of adventure

On Saturday, Bryan and I both woke up and decided we wanted to do something fun and adventurous.  Where we are the leaves are in their "peak week" for color changing and it is just to gorgeous to sit home and waste it! We first stopped in Alexandria for some shopping and lunch. We also wandered around killing time while the oil was being changed in the car. The leaves were all colors of the rainbow, the air was crisp, the setting was perfect. We ended up wandering into a church because the lawn was so pretty. When we walked inside a lady working there asked if we had any questions, we said no that we wanted to look around. She then gave us some history. This particular church had been George Washington's church. As well as Robert E. Lee's church and he was confirmed there. Also, the day after Pearl Harbor, FDR and Winston Churchill attended a day of prayed at this church. Bryan and I just think it is so crazy that this random little church we happened upon had SO MUCH HISTORY. We are learning that where we live now, that is just the case everywhere. And honestly, the history major in me just can't handle it. I want to learn and see everything that I possibly can!

 

Kade and I taking a seat in George Washington's family pew!

We loaded back in the car and decided to drive around northern Maryland. We looked up some scenic drives and decided to go on one that went by three historic covered bridges. It was GORGEOUS! I could tell that the northern part of the state had already passed their "peak week" for the leaves changing, but it still didn't mean it wasn't beautiful! We drove and saw the bridges and then through a state park. We were kicking ourselves that we didn't wear or bring clothes to go hike around in, but there is always next time!

I've said it once and I'll say it again, we are soaking up every last bit of Fall here on the East Coast. It is better than I could have ever imagined. And from what I hear, our dark cold days of winter will be here before we know it!