Fall 2010

It's hard to believe we live 630 miles away from our families considering how often Elaina gets to see all of her grandarents. This month she got to see both sets of grandparents over two consecutive weekends.

Grandma and Grandpa Rust were here for the weekend of the 16th, so we checked out a Durham farm with a real pumpkin patch (i.e., we pulled them off the vines and couldn't find any walmart stickers on them). Elaina loved the corn crib.

While they were here, Grandma and Grandpa gave Elaina an early birthday present: an activity table that she can sit at to color and play with her animals. Here's a collage of some of the fun.

Last weekend it was Grammy's and Papaw's turn for a visit. They were driving up from Orlando where they had been visiting Victoria's brother, Jordan. We met up with them in the Boone, NC area (Fleetwood--same place we went with some friends back in September).

We had a very cozy cabin in the mountains and felt especially safe at night because Papaw Jim kept a large stick strategically hidden between him and the front door. On Saturday we drove up to Damascus, VA to do a 17 mile bike ride... all downhill! We had been to this trail (the Virginia Creeper Trail) back in 2006 and had assured Papaw and Grammy it would be more relaxing than one would expect a 17 mile bike ride to be. The weather and the leaves were beautiful.

More photos of all the fun are in the photo gallery.