Taylor gives a tour of our Virginia apartment

 

I gave Taylor the video camera and told her to give everyone a tour of our Virginia apartment.  She really enjoyed doing this and was particularly interested in showing everyone the smoke detectors (which she was fascinated with in Idaho) and her new fascination with the sprinklers in our apartment.  All video is shot from her perspective and she is holding the camera (I did help her zoom in on certain things; (ie. the sprinklers).  At the end of the video Christian takes a turn with the video camera and shows off a little of the apartment as well (I hope no one gets motion sickness from Christian’s shots).  Anyway, I thought it would be nice for everyone to see our new surroundings and the kids enjoyed making this video because they were the photographers for a change. 

Happy Birthday to Grandma Georgia

Taylor and Christian recorded these videos on Grandma Georgia’s Birthday on February 1st (as you can see we are in our house in Idaho) but due to the move and packing and shipping our computer I was not able to get this video posted in a timely manner.  The second video is of Taylor singing with Christian as usual just listening but the first video shows Christian enthusiastically singing Happy Birthday.  Unfortunately while I was recording the second video I ran out of memory and I could not get them (or Christian) to sing again.  We hope Grandma had a wonderful birthday and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Hello from Virginia!

Hello Everyone!  We are here in Virginia!  We are in a furnished 3 bedroom 2 bath apartment.  The complex is nice and we have an outdoor pool, outdoor playground for the kids, a business center with computers (how I am posting this now), and a fitness room.  The weather here is pretty nice compared to Idaho right now, in the 50’s.  When we arrived on Tuesday it was 65, absolutely beautiful Wednesday as well.  I was so warm I was wearing jeans and a tank top.  The scenery here reminds me of Minnesota in some ways (compared to Idaho) a lot of trees.  The kids were excited about their new rooms and the new surroundings.  We are getting accustomed to our new apartement and are adjusting nicely.  The kids are sleeping well, etc.  We joined a fitness center today!  They have a big pool with water slide, fitness classes, weight room, and cardio room along with a lot of other cool stuff.  The kids stay in the Child Care for an hour so Scott and I can workout.  The kids did great this morning in the child care.  They were excited to play with all the toys and other kids.  We are still waiting for our packages to arrive which has a lot of their toys, so having something new to play with was exciting for them.  The fitness center is only 5 minutes from us and Scott’s work is across the street from the fitness center.  So, basically we will be able to stay in shape or possibly get in better shape than we were before.  I ran 2 miles on the treadmill and did a 20 minute workout on the inclined stair stepper while Scott lifted weights.  Scott starts work on Monday, he is excited about getting started and seeing what his schedule will be like.  We are excited about exploring more of the area and doing some of the many things there are to do here.  We miss all of our friends in Idaho and of course our family as well.  We look forward to all of your visits soon!

I will have pictures posted soon when our computer arrives and will have Grandma Georgia’s birthday video posted then as well (sorry Grandma this is so late, we recorded it on your birthday but I wasn’t able to get it posted before we moved).

Love,

Angie