And lot’s of it. At least for this part of the country. Just face it, us Virginians are *NOT* used to this kind of snow. At our house, we got about 8-10 inches of the white stuff. Yuck! We were going to the symphony tonight, but it was canceled. And to make matters worse, we also got a little bit of rain/slush mix later in the afternoon, and it is going to get below freezing tonight. And you know what that means… the roads will be frozen solid tomorrow morning. If you are one of those people that like snow, well you can have it. Come take it all off my yard and driveway… PLEASE!
Well, here is a short video of Sarah (and Mommy) playing in the snow. And there are a couple pictures too. Enjoy!
Taken on December 27th, 2009, using a Canon 5D Mk II with a 50mm/1.4 lens. I took one image every 15 seconds. Most of the images had a shutter speed of 1.0 seconds, but as it got darker, I increased the shutter speed up to around 5.0 seconds. And, yes, there is a dirt spot on the sensor that you can see in the water near the right side of the frame. Both videos are the same here, except the lower one has been slowed down by 50%.
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Two posts in one day?!?! Sure, why not. Here’s some video of Sarah after coming downstairs and seeing the pile of toys that Santa left for her. This video is not as long as the last one, but very cute (in my opinion).
Last week Sarah sang in her school’s holiday concert. I got some video of it so here you go. Enjoy! (It’s a little long–about ten minutes–so you might want to wait a minute or two before playing it so your computer can download enough to let it play without stopping)
 We have a tree down! The water came up a little bit farther this morning, but still nowhere close to our house. The lake in our neighbor’s yard is the biggest yet. Click on the image to jump to the gallery. Only two photos so far, but I might add more if I see anything interesting.
By the way, these were taken in the north Deep Creek area, near Military Highway and GW Highway.
The rain let up so I was a little more brave and took my camera out for a better angle.
The worst of it is in our neighbor’s back yard. It doesn’t look like it will come anywhere near either our houses though. There are a lot of flooded streets in our part of town, and I had to take a lot of side streets to get to work. We have now been given permission to work from home today and tomorrow, so I have been home since around noon.
… plus a bonus picture of Rachael
 We took a trip to DC a couple of weeks ago to meet Rachael McQue, Teresa’s and Dave’s new daughter. Of course she was beautiful. While we were up there, we went to a local park, and Sarah wanted to wear her Pocahontas costume. She did get some interesting looks while people wondered if she was really Native American or something. Anyway, the pictures came out pretty good, so I thought I would share them here.
Today we are in day one of a nor’easter that is expected to last three or four days. Yikes! And since it is Veteran’s day, I have the day off and so does Sarah (but Suzanne does not). Therefore, we have been playing hide and seek, duck duck goose, coloring, writing words, watching movies, and just snuggling. Not a bad way to spend a day off, huh?
Click on the picture to jump to the gallery (five images).
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 Sarah does love Halloween. And it’s not just the candy. Although I don’t see how we can possibly eat all this candy for at least another year or two. No, what Sarah loves about Halloween is the dressing up in costume and playing with her friends.
Halloween for her started on Friday at school when they did a Halloween parade. First we met in her classroom where her whole class sang some songs for us. Then the whole school got in a line and walked down the street in front of her school. A few people driving by honked their horns in appreciation (we walked on the sidewalk–not down the middle of the street). I took an hour off work just to see it. Very adorable!
Friday night we went to a party next door with our good friends Sarah and Jerremy, and their daughter Hailey and their son Cole. ”Little” Sarah and Hailey are just about best friends, and play together a lot. Our neighbors from the other side also came with their two kids, Bella and Alex. The kids also did crafts, played games, and had a lot of fun.
Then on Saturday, Sarah dressed up as Ariel from the Little Mermaid for Trick or Treating. They went to all the houses in the neighbor hood and brought back some serious loot. I stayed home to hand out candy.
Do stop by the gallery to see the rest of the Halloween pictures (seven total).
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