We are continuing to enjoy living in Charlottesville and spending lots of time with family and friends. Even though we have not been doing all the touristy stuff we did while out west for seven months, we are still finding our schedules completely full most weeks.
On Tuesday, September 6th, Katy and I took all three dogs and ran about four miles with them on Ridge Road, a scenic dirt road with gorgeous views of rolling horse farms and the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a great way to spend the afternoon. That night we met Dave and Sherry in Waynesboro for dinner and then on Thursday we went to Fishersville and had dinner with my whole family. On Friday we had some of our close friends from college over to spend the evening hanging out and catching up. Dave, Naomi, Chance, and Jessica are two couples that we spent a ton of time with during our time at Bridgewater College and friends that we really miss seeing on a regular basis. It was great seeing them and being able to spend some long overdue time together.
After catching up with old friends on Friday we were back at it again on Saturday. We attended the wedding of two of our good friends from both high school and college, Kurt Walling and Jo Beth Coyner. It was a beautiful wedding and a great time to chat with people that we had not seen in years. Katy and I left the reception a little early so we could make it back to Charlottesville to hang out with Scott and Kristi who were at the house watching the UVA game, which they won on a last second field goal...gotta love this time of year and college football!
On Sunday, September 11th, Katy and I taught the senior high Sunday school class. We talked about the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 and it was very interesting to hear about what these kids remembered about that day, if anything at all. Most of them were just in preschool or kindergarten when it happened. It is hard to believe that it has been so long since that tragic day, but it was nice to spend part of the anniversary at church remembering what that day meant and still means to all of us.
After church Katy and I headed to the winery Josh works at, King Family Vineyards. We went with Brittany and Kylie and had Josh do a tasting for us. It was great to finally see where Josh has been spending so many of his weekends. While Katy and I were out in Napa and Sanoma we made it to 16 different wineries, and this one definitely rivals them in terms of the scenery. This vineyard was gorgeous, and to top it off the wine was very good (not that I know that much about wine). I highly recommend stopping by if you are ever in the area of Crozet, Virginia.
After visiting the winery Katy and I drove over the mountain to Bridgewater to celebrate our nephew, Charlie's, four year birthday. It was a fun time and nice to see the whole Herr family. After the party we joined Ron and Jessica for dinner in Harrisonburg before heading back to C'ville.
Katy has officially submitted her application for her Colorado license so preparation for the next phase of our adventure has begun. However, we are going to focus on enjoying the rest of our time here in Virginia as we have about ten weeks left, which doesn't seem like nearly enough to spend with our family and little miss Kylie!
On Tuesday, September 6th, Katy and I took all three dogs and ran about four miles with them on Ridge Road, a scenic dirt road with gorgeous views of rolling horse farms and the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was a great way to spend the afternoon. That night we met Dave and Sherry in Waynesboro for dinner and then on Thursday we went to Fishersville and had dinner with my whole family. On Friday we had some of our close friends from college over to spend the evening hanging out and catching up. Dave, Naomi, Chance, and Jessica are two couples that we spent a ton of time with during our time at Bridgewater College and friends that we really miss seeing on a regular basis. It was great seeing them and being able to spend some long overdue time together.
After catching up with old friends on Friday we were back at it again on Saturday. We attended the wedding of two of our good friends from both high school and college, Kurt Walling and Jo Beth Coyner. It was a beautiful wedding and a great time to chat with people that we had not seen in years. Katy and I left the reception a little early so we could make it back to Charlottesville to hang out with Scott and Kristi who were at the house watching the UVA game, which they won on a last second field goal...gotta love this time of year and college football!
On Sunday, September 11th, Katy and I taught the senior high Sunday school class. We talked about the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 and it was very interesting to hear about what these kids remembered about that day, if anything at all. Most of them were just in preschool or kindergarten when it happened. It is hard to believe that it has been so long since that tragic day, but it was nice to spend part of the anniversary at church remembering what that day meant and still means to all of us.
After church Katy and I headed to the winery Josh works at, King Family Vineyards. We went with Brittany and Kylie and had Josh do a tasting for us. It was great to finally see where Josh has been spending so many of his weekends. While Katy and I were out in Napa and Sanoma we made it to 16 different wineries, and this one definitely rivals them in terms of the scenery. This vineyard was gorgeous, and to top it off the wine was very good (not that I know that much about wine). I highly recommend stopping by if you are ever in the area of Crozet, Virginia.
Katy has officially submitted her application for her Colorado license so preparation for the next phase of our adventure has begun. However, we are going to focus on enjoying the rest of our time here in Virginia as we have about ten weeks left, which doesn't seem like nearly enough to spend with our family and little miss Kylie!
I still need to see y'all!
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