spent the day in virginia beach ... or for a while, off the COAST of virginia beach. took a whale watching tour on a boat from rudee inlet ... windy ... cold ... sunny for the most part ... and angela ended up getting a little seasick ... but not much ... didn't see any whales :-( did see a bunch of seabirds ... then went back to CiCi's at Haygood to eat pizza (Scott, Becky and the kids came with us), then back to grana and graddaddy's for cake and ice cream. fun day. LONG day, but good, all around ...

grace & peace

'THE BIG SNOW'

well, kinda. the predictions were pretty dire. when we finally went to bed last night it was just getting started. still worked on the message, but wondered if it would be delivered ...

as it turned out, it was enough snow to call off the day's activities (we had an encuentro scheduled for this afternoon). the kids got out and played in the snow for a while this morning, and caleb stayed out and made a second snowman, then i joined him to build a third. FUN.

So we were only out for a few minutes, but just enough to get winded and cold ... and wet ... but still .... LOTS of fun.

we're going to need to run out and retrieve the caps and scarf here before too long.

Jimmy gave me the hat a couple of years ago ... and it really DOES make a difference - especially last night in the rain (before it turned into snow)

Come to think of it, i think it was lolly who gave me the hat.