My First Transiberian Orchestra Experience

This is definitely a must see for any who have not seen it. The experience began by riding to the Pentagon with Dale, Robert and Bobby-O in the Mark's van. That was a first as well Pentagon City Mall. Yes, I know how old am I and how long have I lived in this area to have never been to Pentagon City mall. We grabbed some grub there and then hit the metro to the Verizon Center. We met up with everyone at the Verizon center which included: Jessup Family, Underwoods, Eileen Morgan and the list goes on. It was definitely an experience that I highly recommend and may look into doing next year..

On the Road Again...

This past weekend was  a refreshing weekend to say the least.  It was a nice drive up to Mountville, PA to visit the Garman's.  We arrived up there on Friday around 3pm and did not leave until Sunday at 4pm.  It was a much needed time away and it was a joy to see Colby, Annie and the Girls.  Friday night we enjoyed some live music in downtown Lancaster at the "Building of Character".  It truly did have a lot of character.  Saturday was a trip to the oldest indoor market where Josh and I purchased a lot of goodies like home-made jelly and organic tea, yum!  Saturday also included some rounds of Blokus and Loot, Annie out did herself at both of these games.  However, we caught her cheating the first round of Blokus (not intentional, we think)!  Sunday we went to church and then out to dinner!  Colby decided to take us on a riding tour of the whole entire town of Lancaster, before we got to eat!  Haley was not impressed as she screamed that her, "back was hot" from the back of my car.  We finally arrived at Chille's and enjoyed dinner.  At the end Darcy informed everyone that now she could have a, "tookie".  It was hard to leave, but the time we had was fun.  Thanks to Aunt Snookie for hosting us in her beautiful home.

The Annual

Well it is that time of year again.  The annual day after Thanksgiving, Christmas tree hunt.  Josh and I have done this every year since we have been married.  However, this year we decided to invite Jonathan, Sydney, Kevin Dowker and the girls...  It was fun times, I was of course the last one to find my tree.  I mean you can't choose a tree unless you view everyone they have on the lot!  It was a lot of fun and my mom and dad joined us as they have every other year.  We got a short needled blue spruce this year as opposed to the long needle cheep-o tree we have gotten every other year.  I have to admit that I do like it more than I thought I would.  Well another year has come and gone, we will see how the tradition turns out next year.

Walk down memory lane, 80's...

Well today during my lunch break I got this notion to google 80's stuff. Wow was I surprised how much I had forgotten about, but how much I had also remembered. The reason I started the search is because I had a random memory about a toy I use to play with or doll I should say: Hugga Bunch. I googled it and there they were just like I had remembered. This led to a massive search of everything 80's. A few things that popped up:

Pillow People
Garbage Pail Kids
Alf
Lil Miss Makeup
Popples
Pound Puppies
Pogo Ball
Jewels
Cabbage Patch Dolls
Care Bears
Glo Worms
My Little Pony
Rainbow Brite
She-ra
Teddy Ruxpin
Wuzzles
Gumby
California Raisins
and last but definitely not lease the Pocket Rocker!!!!!

I hope some of you out there can remember a few of these classic items and take the walk down memory lane with me...