Our Hearts Beat for Brooklyn

Solstice Traditions

Soccer Showcase

Thanksgiving in the Mitten

Dragon's Tooth

Triangle Time

Greenbrier State Forest Camping Adventures

Soccer in Virginia Beach

AJ's travel team plans about half of their games at home in C'ville, and the other half mostly in Richmond. Which is actually delightful. However, there's usually at least 1 game in Roanoke area, and 1 game in Virginia Beach. This is less delightful, mostly because it's an incredible schlep (esp when the weather is still nice and people are actally going to the Beach) and somehow we miscalcuated the (car) charge and ended up topping off at a random gas station where AJ was able to find some green veggie and the rest of us got coffee. It did make the ride home seeem even more interminable than is typical, but we persevered.

Milla comes to visit!

Milla, one of our favoritest camp counselor friends, made a little stop in C'ville on her way back to Finland. We got to go do lots of hiking and other fun things, and even went on roller coasters at King's Dominion, but I feel like this picture captures our exploits perfectly.

First Day of School: 14th Grade (2nd Year at Oberlin)

This year Zara and Ru (also known as Aggie, Z's silver Subaru Outback) were accompanied by Wes up to Oberlin for the start of their 2nd year. Z now lives in Tank (beloved co-op that I visited, where my bestie Erin lived, in the late 90s!), has a new roomie Molly, and is teaching/coaching 4 classes worth of beginner kid climbers. Last pic is for first day of classes, which on Thursdays, due to scheduling vagaries, don't start until after lunch. Have an AMAZING year, Zoo!