Sunday, July 11, 2010

Trip to Visit my Sister Kirstie

uly 9, 2010 - Betsy, Marissa and Robert drove to Vienna (really just outside Reston), VA to visit Betsy's sister Kirstie and her boyfriend, Johnny Dooher. Kirstie and Johnny have just recently moved into a new 2 story house and Betsy offered to come and help them with the moving processes. Robert hadn't been back to Northern VA or the DC area in several years so I wanted to bring him along...so that meant we wanted Marissa to come along too. (Devon and Jessica were at Youth Conference for church). We left home around 6:30 am on Thursday.

Upon arriving in the NOVA area, we stopped to tour the Manassas Battlefield (Bull Run) to kill some time before Kirstie got off work. Robert and Marissa were fascinated with the history, artifacts, cannons, and war sight. They truly loved the opportunity to be there. It was terrific!

Marissa and Robert with an artillery cart
Robert - 11 years old
Marissa - 13 years old
Robert and Marissa enjoying the interactive environment
Robert and Betsy having a special moment at the
Manassas Battlefield

Second stop, Kirstie's new house. I had never been there before. Wow! It's wonderful. It is in the perfect location for Kirstie's work, it has a pool, fenced yard, finished basement, 4 bedrooms, deck, pool patio - etc. It's amazing. We had such a great time visiting and catching up the first night. I took everyone out to Paulo's Restaurant to celebrate Kirstie's (very long ago - March - birthday) and to thank them for letting us stay with them.

The second day, Robert and Marissa got to play in the pool practically the whole day (12:45 - 5:15) while Kirstie and I took all the boxes out of Kirstie's storage room, unpacked, sorted, separated - what to donate and what to keep, and then repacked what was to be kept. We work all day!!! The kids had a ball. They never needed us - not for anything - they get along so well!!
Oh - the sweet life.
Crazy kids!

Robert having a fantastic time in Aunt Kirstie's pool
Marissa loved playing in the pool

That night we ordered Chinese and ate at home - we were exhausted from all the work.

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