En route to Virginia

Mouse loves winter clothes

So, the blog remains. After a week of mulling it over and getting input from folks I love and admire (several of whom were commenters here, thank you!), it became clear to me that this is a calm and enjoyable space for me. I capture, I record, I process... and I come out calmer and more refreshed about my daily life. If that's not a snippet of how the Holy Spirit operates in me, then I don't know what is. And in the early weeks and months of being in a new place, I think this little corner of the world will provide me with good pondering ground.

I gave the blog a title adjustment and facelift, and off we go. :)

For today, I'll share a few photo snippets of the transition time the kids and I had for 12 days in New England, just before we dove into our new life in Virginia...

We built snowmen. Here Uncle Mac gives Roo and cousin Sophie a lesson in Massachusetts.

We played games. Here the monkey plays Life with Grandpa in Connecticut.

 We sledded. Here cousins Luke and Naomi show the goose how it's done in CT.

We spied. Nana got the oldest two, especially the monkey, hooked on Where's Waldo. And I mean hooked.

We climbed lions. We made an overnight stopover in Princeton at the MacLeods' and toured the grounds.

(Not pictured) We threw up. Or rather, Goose did. All over herself, her carseat, and her blanket on the first of our two-day drive from MA to VA. Not an event I'm apt to forget anytime soon.