Life leading to another move

We are Floyd residents!!! Unfortunately we cannot yet receive mail because our mailbox is infested with bugs and I refuse to take anything out of it. So hold off on sending us any love letters or free money for a few weeks till we can fumigate the mailbox.

I'll do a moving post later but first the haps before the move....


I spent a week at 4-H camp at Smith Mountain Lake which was lovely. Not having gone to 4-H as a youngster I had a lot to learn but by the end of the week I had most of it figured out. I built a planter box for my new porch:

So much of camp was like a little vacation, aside from the waking up early (which I like to do on vacation anyway) and the small responsibility of ensuring 70 some odd girls are in bed on time. As long as I survive my first year of teaching I definitely think I'll return next year.

This is a little over half of the kids doing the Wobble. 

When I returned from camp most of my family was in Roanoke for a family reunion at my aunt's house. It was a treat to see everyone and catch up.

Someone has good pictures from the reunion of the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. That person is not me. But you get the idea. There's a lot of us.

After spending the weekend with family we were happy to have Sunday afternoon with our ever-dwindling Blacksburg family.

Drew and I were just discussing last night how much a part of God's plan it was for us to meet the Taylors. Drew and Ben worked at the same facility but had never met one another. Had we not both agreed to help a former professor of mine and Sarah's on some home remodel work (which frankly only Ben is qualified for) we never would have crossed paths. Couples friends like these are once in a lifetime and we are so lucky to have found our perfect counterpart couple. And we are honored that we are going to be little Arlo's godparents and we are so excited to welcome him in the fall...in Pittsburgh where they will be residents very soon.

In posts to come: composting 101, cursing in front of the cable guy, cursing at the water hose, cursing at the movers (Drew and David), and transplanting tomatoes. It's been a ride, friends.