So last Saturday we said goodbye to Northern Virginia, and headed for the West Virginia hills. We loved so much living in Herndon, and will dearly miss our many friends there. Fortunately, with Mark done with school and me taking a break from work, we were able to have some good visits with our friends before leaving. We also enjoyed a wonderful visit from Mark's parents and sister at his graduation. We had a truly fabulous time with them, and ran around doing all kinds of fun things all week (including but not limited to: Mt. Vernon, Dulles Air and Space museum, Smithsonian, and lots of going out for dinner). Mark's mom treated me to a mani/pedi, a luxury I have enjoyed only one other time in my life. We wish we didn't live so far away from them, but as Mark's mom said before they headed home, "we'll try not to be sad the visit is over, we'll just be grateful that it happened!" We love them so much!
Now we are well settled here in Morgantown, and are feeling so far so good. We like our apartment, and I included a couple pictures here so those interested can take a brief virtual tour :) We've been to lots of parks and playgrounds, driven all over town, got a library card, and even started forming some running routes. And running here is no small feat.....after 20 minutes on the Morgantown hills I'm completely beat. I got some pictures at a state forest park that we went to on Thursday called Cooper's Rock, which is about 30 minutes from our doorstep, and roughly 10 miles east of Morgantown. We will definitely be returning there...it was beautiful, the kids had a great time, and there are lots of places to hike, camp and picnic. We went to church on Sunday, and everyone was friendly and excited about the massive influx of new families coming this month as people arrive for medical residency. It's fun to be in a place where there are so many families in our exact situation. We are excited about this new adventure!
The girls built a "fire" on the trail....their technique was not too bad actually, they started with small sticks in a pile and built up to bigger ones.
Vienna was proud of her fire.
As was Juliette....it was her idea to make one to begin with.
Of course the real highlight was the playground at the visitor's center.
The view from Cooper's Rock...gorgeous.
Another angle of the view from Cooper's Rock.
The girls decided to do some "rock climbing"
Setting up the girls' room
Pretty self explanatory
I am excited to have both a living room and family room in this apartment...so here is our "formal"living room
And the family room where we actually do most of our playing and hanging out.
