Halloween 2022

It was a dark and rainy night, but that did not deter RJ and Julia from maximizing their candy. By the time that Halloween arrived, the kids had already participated in 3 trunk-or-treats, so additional candy was not 'needed'.

We saved money on pumpkins this year - we got 6-7 (4 were carvable) from our garden.

Julia preps the "Door Prize" pumpkin

RJ heats pumpkin seeds and seasons them with salt and Old Bay

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Julia sorted her candy (the TJ Max bag was still full at this time)

RJ with his candy on the floor and some in the TJ Max bag

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Bike to Mall

While RJ was scoring 7 hat tricks (yet to be verified), Doug and Julia went for a bike ride to figure out how to get to the new bridge over 495 that connects Old Meadow Road to the Tysons Mall. Important notes from the 12.6 mile ride ... 

• A car on the beltway beeped at us!
• We got slightly lost (good thing we tried it before I used it for a commute)
• The ride lasted 3 hours including stops
• Julia was more interested in 7-eleven than the mall

Crossing new bridge over 495 just south of route 123

 

Cross Country Meet #2

After a 5:45am wake up call, the kids participated in their second cross country meet.

• RJ's 3km time: 13:11 (tried pacing himself ... ran into competitor at end)
• Julia's 2km time: 11:39 (super fast start ... faded) 

Julia and the Frosh Girls warming up

RJ and his school prayer partner

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Wedding Anniversary

Although this post is dated Oct 11, the actual anniversary 'celebration' took place on the 15th this year because Doug was in London.

Sometimes it feels like Bradley is part of the family

 

Julia and Doug try on some glasses

 

The Bride and Groom

 

A picture that was actually taken on October 11 (on the way to get some curry!)

Dizzy on the Side Hill

Great weather weekend ... the treehouse is now a pile of wood ... waiting to be rebuilt.

After trying to dig up a nut the squirrels buried, the kids decided to play on the zoysia grass on the side hill.

Zoofari

How much fun can a small zoo in Reston be? Answer ... a lot! Thanks to a birthday party, Sara and the kids got to go ... 

Kids got carrots to feed the animals

 

Birds were fun. They pecked the food on the sticks ... and RJ

 

Who stole the NDSU mascot?