Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring!

The last time I posted, winter was just ending.....again, it's been a while. Spring is in full swing and the pollen is wicked! Since my last post, we've been here and there:

St. Patty's Day in D.C.: Click here to see pics

Winery in Aldie (where we found a new favorite!), Painting at home with Buddy's help, and a new favorite sleeping spot for Bud: Click here to see the pics.

In other news, Andy is well on his way to get his Doctorate! He's in his second quarter and doing great. I'm on business travel over the next couple of months. This month I'll be in Salt Lake City and Raleigh for green building conferences and in July I'm going to Nashville conference.

Other than that, we've been enjoying our down time on the bike. We found a new route along the river where traffic doesn't exist! Check it out:
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60 mile Breast Cancer Walk

This year, Beth will be participating in a very special event called the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure (breast cancer) with a team from work in October.

She'll walk 60 miles over the course of three days (which will require great shoes and lots of training!). During the event the team will walk 20 miles, camp during the night, and so on for three days.

In order to even participate, she's agreed to raise at least $2,300 in donations. With that said, she needs your help and would GREATLY appreciate ANY amount you'd be willing to donate toward the cause. Net proceeds are invested in breast cancer research and community programs.

You can give online at The3Day.org. Just follow the link below to visit Beth's personal fundraising Web page and make a donation. You can also call 800-996-3DAY to donate over the phone.

http://www.the3day.org/goto/shean

One person is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes in the United States. That's why Beth and fellow HBI-ers (Home Builders Institute) are walking this year. Beth and the HBI team are excited for the event and thanks you in advance for your generosity!

Brody is Walking!

Click here to view the videos! http://sharing.theflip.com/session/a8da817b965536fdf886182274413a95/video/11416761

BU Babes

Beth went home to Reading this past weekend to visit with old friends and their families. Unfortunately she didn't get many pictures b/c the battery ran out, but she stole some from the other girls' blogs ;-) The little BU babes are getting so big and Tara has another on the way, due in June! They also celebrated Tara and Meredith's 30th Birthdays! Happy Belated Birthday girls!

She also visited with the Delaquito family that night, but her camera was completely dead at that point (and she's still waiting to steal Sonia's pics). Evelyn is SO cute and getting big, too!

It's been a month!

I know, I know.....it's been a whole month since I last posted! I can blame it on all of the snow, the lack of a left index finger (recently had 13 stitches due to a blender incident)....or.....I just don't even want to look at the computer once I get home from work!

So......here are a few pics from the last month (beware, one is of my chopped up finger!):

Videos of Brody

Click here to see videos of Brody's First Christmas!

Xmas 09!

Click here for pics! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=130064&id=835979709&l=dec4eb21c0

Kitchen almost done!

Mom and Dad (Sheeler) came down this weekend. Dad and Andy built a beautiful built-in bench while Mom and I made fudge. Once we paint the bench/shelves we'll post more pics!

Halloween in RI

We spent Halloween in RI with Meg and Mike and had a great time. Here are some pics!

Busy Traveling!

We've been busy travelers over the last month. Andy was in...

San Fran,



St. Louis,


amongst others...

while I was in Boston.


During one of our free weekends, we pretended to be tourists and visited Georgetown. We took an unexpected detour past Congress...


This past weekend, Beth was in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia celebrating a friend's birthday...