Well, now that we are done traveling, and all of our company has come and gone, we can get busy getting the house ready for the big move! We have been busy getting things ready for a yard sale in two weeks. Christy has been listing tons of items on Ebay, Craigslist, and Quanticoyardsales. It is amazing how much un-needed stuff you acquire over the years. This is even after you clean it out and go through it to move every couple of years. Imagine if we stayed in the same house for 20 or more years? What would we have? Why is it that Americans have to have so much stuff? I love my stuff, but would love to live a more simple life sometimes. If we didn't have so much stuff, I wouldn't have to clean as much, right? We will be spending the next couple of months painting, and making small repairs to get the house ready to list for sale in January. We want to have it all done and ready, BEFORE Ben leaves for Korea in January. Even though we have been working non-stop on the house since we bought it, it never seems to be complete. Oh, and we still don't know where our next base will be. We are very anxious to know and will post the news as soon as we get it!
Below are a few pictures and stories from our recent company and trips. Enjoy!
Well, Christy's brother Jonathan just came for a visit. We had a great time while he was here, showing him around DC for the first time. It is a good thing he came when he did, because we won't be here for long!
Jonathan, Ben, and I walked all over DC and had some very sore legs. We definitely fit a lot into our three day trek of DC. Here is a great shot we got of the Washington Monument from Arlington Cemetery.
This is a shot Ben has been telling me about for the last year. You can see this view on the way to the Iwo Jima Memorial, which I had never been to before. Ben finally took me too it on one of these days. To get there by foot, you walk from Arlington Cemetery towards Rosslyn. It is very close to Rossyln, and we ended up catching the Metro from there.
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| Iwo Jima Memorial - Arlington, VA |
A couple of weeks ago, Ben's parents and Aunts and Uncles had a beach house in Nags Head, NC. They invited us to come down and spend a few days. We left here on the Thursday night and drove the 4½ hours down to the beach. It was a nice drive and the traffic wasn't too bad, which we are not very accustomed to. The house was huge and had 8 bedrooms, most with several beds. I don't know how many beds or bathrooms, but we all had our own bed, and there was a bath in our room as well. We had a great time visiting with all of the family. I don't even know how many people we had, but one night at dinner, there were 15 sitting around the dinner table, comfortably! Below are a few photos from that trip. The kids were able to swim in the Atlantic Ocean for the very first time. Enjoy!
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| A beautiful sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean |
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| Christian and Britney up on our private little boardwalk |
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| Brittney, Ben, and Christian trying to catch a wave! |
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Remnants of an old pier
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| Me and my baby |
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| Britta and her Daddy |
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