Christmas day

Arianna and Bryce play their DS games together on Christmas morning.

Arrival LAX

In on time...

Atl to lax

On our way to LA for the Holiday.

Angel topping

Tracey finishes the tree.

Tree time

Another year in search of the perfect tree for Christmas.

Downtown ILM

Caught some filming of a production in downtown Wilmington near Java
Dogs Coffeehouse on Front St.

Stopped only once!

The girls and dogs were great traveling. No issues at all on the road.
4:30 am was a great time to leave CT this time.

Quantico 350 miles to go.

Halfway.

South of 495

Made it thru DC no problem. In the Woodbridge, VA area now. 15 more
miles and we are halfway there.

At Del Mem Bridge

Very little traffic so far. Just 3 hours to get to bridge. If you're
not going to be stopping in NJ use the EZPass lane at the beginning of
the NJ turnpike and don't bother picking up a ticket. Then at the end
just pay for a lost ticket which is the same amount you'd pay anyway.
That way you don't have to stop and get a ticket.

Kung Foo Panda

Slowing down from a busy day of visiting. Carina, Emi, Brenna, Will &
Ari.

Rummikub

With Rich, Jen teaches Arianna a new game.

Stuffing

Emilia, Brenna, Arianna & Carina
Preparing the stuffing for Thanksgiving in CT.

Stop in Stafford, VA

6 hours into the ride. Lots of traffic so far. We're about 45 min
behind schedule. Headed to CT for T-day.

Who's that creepy guy?

Halloween Past

Holy Moly

Arianna is an Acolyte for today's service and will be for 3 more times
this year.

Fright night?

Pumpkin: Step One

Happy Halloween

Poppy cleans up poopy!

Poppy cleans up poopy.

Arianna's 1st goal this season

Arianna posted our teams first goal of the season last Saturday.

Wedding

Ashley who baby sat our girls since Arianna was 6 months old married her
boyfriend Jamie of 8 years last Saturday. The girls were honored to be in
the wedding.

Emilia & Ivan

Emilia made a new friend today. She has started taking lessons and this was her first day. Emilia learned how to trot, reverse and walk today. She can't wait to ride again.

Last days of summer

Spent Sunday at the beach with the Flynn Family. The kids weren't really able to go into the water b/c of storms Hanna & Ike. 3 to 5 foot seas and rip currents forced the kids to stay close to shore. Still a very nice day together.

Hanna's gone

The storm wasn't really not bad at all. Little branches are down and
power went out around 1am but back on by 5am. We'll head down to the
beach a little later to see if anything is going on down there.

Hanna

7:00pm wind is starting to pick up. We came down to check out the surf
before it gets too dark. Not much rain yet.

Soccer Tournament in Swansboro, NC

Two wins today: 1-0 & 4-0
Emilia was very aggressive and a great hustler always trying to get her foot on the ball.

Guided tour

At Cape Fear waiting for the tour to begin.

Castmaster flash

Fly pelican

Morning feeding

Castmaster

Text me

Arianna learns about texting while playing cards.

Dangerous Dan

Dockside

A few nibbles earlier in the day but not much now. We'll start back up
later today. Still having a good time though.

Meetin' in Myrtle

I had to work down in Myrtle Beach today and we ended up getting
together with friends of the Gladdings.

Zap!

What the?

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Gladding boys in town

Flights went fine. Just going to hang out today. We're headed to
Myrtle tomorrow morning.

IAD

Thunderstorms have been delaying flights all day today. In and out of
IAD flights have been held up. This pic was taken coming into CLT but
now on my connection and we're sitting on deck waiting for another
storm to pass. At least I'm headed home.