I was teaching in Columbia, Maryland for a week. The week following, I was to teach in Archbald, Pennsylvania. This presented a rare opportunity for me to go see Andrea and her kids in Stafford, Virginia - about 80 miles from the Maryland site and about 250 miles from the Pennsylvania site. It meant sacrificing going home over the weekend, but Mar and I decided that would be okay just for this chance.
After work on Friday, I drove through construction around Washington, D.C. and finally got to Andrea's house. Thank heavens for GPS. She lives in a little out of the way development - even in the out of the way corner of that out of the way development - and if I was trying to follow a map, or even directions, I would still be lost. It is a log way from everything which is a challenge for Andrea and her family, but it is truly beautiful.
It was a fun weekend. We had a ward Christmas breakfast on Saturday. We went shopping. The boys had two parties. The kiddos just kept me having fun. I enjoyed myself very much. Spencer gave up his bedroom for Grandpa so I was well cared for. Unfortunately, Ben was gone on a "road show" for the Marines.
After enjoying them all, I left and traveled up to Pennsylvania. I took a suitcase full of gifts and treats to deliver back in Colorado. I missed home, but I loved being with the kids.
Here are some pictures of their house and home (with not so candid shots of the kiddos.)
The cute little house in the woods - Andrea says in the summer it is really so thick in the woods that you can not see the houses next door.
A couple of nights before I got there they had a big storm which blew over this tree - it is stuck on another tree and if that one falls it will hit the house - anybody got a chain saw.
Living Room
Master bedroom
Spencers "Pirate" bedsroom
Emma's room
Jasen's abode
Michael's abode
The boys share a large room and each half is "decorated" to their taste
Family room - downstairs
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