15 Months in 15 Minutes

Do you remember those old Fed Ex commercials with the fast-talking guy?  Well, I can't talk fast and I can't write fast, but I thought it might be easiest, since I am so behind in my blogs, to give a quick synopsis of what has been going on the last 15 months.  Trust me, some of these will definitely have their own expanded blog entries, but in the meantime, let me bring you up to speed.

We spent three weeks in Florida...

...and had fun in the sun and visited with friends and family.

We also bought a new car.

We drove from Florida to Virginia via Atlanta where we stayed with our friends, Alicia and Kyle, in Marietta.

We moved into our house in military housing in Virginia Beach.

We explored our new city and found fun things to do.

We caught up with much of Matt's family...

...and the kids started their new school.

On October 25, 2015, my Dad died...

...and we inherited his cats, Ladybird...

...and Shadow.

Aaron made his 1st Holy Communion.

We've taken many micro-vacations:  EPCOT...

...Washington, DC...

...Baltimore...

 ...Philadelphia...

...and Shenandoah Valley.

We've also tried to explore our own city.

We've definitely kept busy these past 15 months and now we're busy getting ready for Halloween, which will come faster than the F-18 Hornets that fly overhead nearly everyday here.  (I think the unofficial motto of Virginia Beach is "I [Heart Emoji] Jet Noise.")  Now you know what I've been up to; what about you?