December has arrived

Thanksgiving was fabulously fun...but so exhausting. I feel like I need a vacation after vacation. But on another note...I am now an Aunt and Chris is Uncle! Tony and Marisa had Hector Jacob last Wednesday. We cannot wait to meet him in a few weeks! Until then it will be a mad rush to get things finished up at school before Christmas...so...no down time till then.

Fabulous weekend in the big NYC

Chris and I had such an awesome time in NYC. I can't believe how huge the city is...and how busy it is all the time. We thought life was busy here. Wicked was fantastic...we also visited the Met to scope out some art. We ate lots of good food...including a fancy dinner out, pizza, and a hot dog from a street vendor! Thanks to my wonderful husband.

On a side note...did you know there are such things as "good" questions and "silly" questions. Loving the topics we are teaching at TRAILS!

Loving my hubby.

I cannot say how thankful I am to have such a wonderful husband. I knew that he had planned something fun...but I had no idea he planned a fabulous trip for us to NYC to celebrate my birthday and our 3rd anniversary! He even scored tickets to Wicked! The bottom line...I am so lucky.

Long Fall...No Posting.

Well, it is hard to believe that fall is almost over. Thanksgiving is next week and before we know it...Christmas will be here. Lots of exciting things are happening in the next few days. Chris and I will be married for three years (holy cow)...and he has planned a trip for my birthday/our anniversary. I can't wait to spend some time with Chris. We have been so busy that some weeks it feels like we only pass each other at the front door. I will post pics after we go on our little adventure! The next exciting thing that is happening is that I am going to be an AUNT! I cannot contain my excitement. Chris's brother Tony and his wife Marisa will have their baby in the next few days! Yay! We are thrilled for them and so excited to meet the baby (or just stalk the pics online). Lastly, my whole family will be together at Thanksgiving. We have not all been in the same room since Neal got married this summer. It should be great - or disastrous since we will have all 5 dogs at Ma and Dad's house! Tomorrow is the all day 5th grade field trip to the ropes/team building course - so it is time to rest up! Wish us luck.

Day One

Day one of school...followed by the gym...followed by a Trails meeting...followed by a lovely Vietnamese dinner = tired. Getting excited for day two tomorrow!

Hokie Football

Once again we have started the season with a heartbreak. At some point Hokie football is going to have to make the decision if they want to contend for the National Championship. That might mean an offensive overhaul. Time to move on to Marshall. Hopefully game 2 will be better.

Long Time...No Blog

Well. There is nothing to say but...life has been busy. So many things have happened. My fabulous Aunt Jenny married an awesome man. Summer is coming to a close...school starts on Tuesday! I think that I am ready. The classroom is in order. Lesson plans are coming together. My lcd is hooked up and ready to go. I cannot express how lucky I am to work in a school system with so many resources. I have more books and materials than I could ever use in one school year, a caseload that most special education teachers would only dream about, and colleagues that are energetic/intelligent/amazing teachers! The business is coming together...heading out today to decide on a name...then it will be time to order business cards and design the website! I promise to keep you informed. In the meantime please spread the word about our soon to be fabulous social skills group! More to come.

Excitement in the air!

I would just like to say...I am so very excited. A friend and I are starting up a social skills group for kids with autism here in town! Now we need to decide on a name. So far we have ARCHES (advancing relationships in children with exceptional social needs) or TRAILS (teaching relationship and individual language skills). Any ideas for different names or comments would be appreciated! :) Happy Wednesday!

Fun weekend one...followed by fun weekend two!

So...Chris and I headed down to NC this past weekend to see Neal and Stephanie's new house. We had a great time! We hit the beach with the dogs, ate crab legs, visited the Sand Bar, and Chris got a Wii bowling injury from trying too hard to beat Neal! It was such fun. Now...Ma and Sara are coming in tomorrow...Dad will meet up with us tomorrow night and we are all heading to NY to see Aunt Jenny and Sean get married! Too bad Chris can't take off work. It won't be quite as fun without my 80's dance partner.

Twilighter...

Well...Sarah and officially finished the 5k! We had a great time...although our official time was no where close to the fastest female time of 16 minutes. I mean...seriously...who runs that fast! We've had a great weekend...too bad tomorrow is Sunday.

Concert Central

Chris and I are very excited...we will be heading to see Sugarland and then the Killers all in the same month! Woohoo!

So very lucky

I would just like to say how very lucky I am. This week I am so excited to have three fabulous friends coming to visit me! Sara G. on Thursday, Sarah Y. on Friday, and then I am going to see Ginny T. at some point this weekend! Could life get any better?

Kayaking the Mighty Potomac

Erin and I had a great day kayaking up and down the most powerful river in the country (measured not by water flow but by the number of important people whose bodies have been dumped there). Erin rented a boat at Fletcher's Cove, and I dusted off the old Dagger and we cruised up river to rapids near Great Falls. I then lugged the boat up the bank so that I could brave a couple of the bigger rapids. I rated them about a 2+, but it was fun to get back in the water after a year hiatus.

Once we made it back to the dropoff, we did a few jumps off the rope swing and called it a day. I'm very sore, yet another sign that I'm getting too old for this. I'm adding rope swings to my Murtaw list ...

Chris & Erin

Mrs. Donohue...Mrs. Donohue...Mrs. Donohue...over here!

I am officially in love with my summer school class! They are the best group of kids. A bit chatty though...I must say that in the span of 10 minutes in the computer lab today I might have heard "Mrs. Donohue" 50+ times! Oh well...they are great! Happy Friday :) -Erin

Can't Wait for Hokie Football!

Only 51 days to kickoff against Alabama in Atlanta! Hoki-hoki-hoki hi, tech tech vpi, solar rex solar rah, Polytechnic-Virgin-ia!

Anybody have any tickets??

Regards,
Chris

The Adams arrived.

Well...after much debate Chris purchased a set of hybrid irons this weekend (with the help and guidance of my father and brother). They arrived today, so we headed out to the driving range. Hmmm...they did not improve the golf game at all...but Chris and I had a good time! I hit a bucket of balls and Chris left with a giant blister. We retired home to enjoy a good bottle of Sav Blanc from New Zealand. So here's to a Chris's golf improving in the near future! Cheers.

Inaugural Post

This is our first blog post! Check back frequently for infrequent updates!

Love, Chris and Erin