Pictures of "what Virginia is like"

This is on one of the beautiful, green walking trails by our condo that Everett and I walk on every morning. Wait, who am I kidding? I am the only one doing the walking :) (that furry blue blob is a super grover toy, not a growth). Yes, this is what Reston is like. It was a planned community built in the middle of a forest. If you widen the walkway a bit, it would look like some of the roads do.






Here are pictures from when we went to Downtown DC. It was very hot, but especially for the people we went with, who are from Sweden and were here for a visit.






One of my favorite Presidents.



The building in the background is the Lincoln Memorial. This was at the beginning of our day, otherwise you would see a more crabby expression on Everett's face.






This is Everett. And yes, he's smiling at me (Elise). You can bet that Joel doesn't get smiles like that!

Welcome!

Hi everyone,

Welcome to our new blog. We decided that since we are here in Virginia now, the least we can do is post picture of our family and brag--I mean tell--about all the fun things we're doing.

Those fun things amount to:

Joel going to work at 7 am. Elise getting up and feeding Everett. Everett playing. Everett sleeping. Elise getting things done. Everett waking up. Everett Eating. Elise cleaning up huge spills and washing bibs, dishes, floors, walls, and ceiling. Everett climbing around and chewing on some library books. Elise panicking, then realizing you can't actually see the teeth marks. Everett finding the toilet paper--again. Elise shutting all of the doors and locking Everett in the living room. Elise throwing toys to Everett, hoping to distract him from finding and destroying the DVDs. Elise realizing that didn't work, and also (happily) realizing it is time for another nap. Except it's for Everett. Sigh. Putting Everett to bed. Gazing at pantry and refrigerator, trying to figure out what to make for dinner. Stalling. Walking around, picking up toys, bits of chewed-up paper, and wiping up drool. Finally deciding dinner has to be started or Joel will have to eat cereal. Joel coming home and complaining about what a boring day he had. Elise deciding that from now on, she will go to work and type up documents, sit at a desk, and enjoy some drool-free peace and quiet.

Elise realizing that she is not CPA-certified, and therefore wouldn't do well at Joel's job. Elise realizing Joel's company would laugh at her for trying to be an accountant. Elise also realizing that she actually likes staying home and being a mom.