Paul, Abby, and I just returned from a 5-day vacation to DC to visit many of our friends back in Maryland/Virginia. No matter how much time we had planned, it certainly did not seem like it was enough and there were still others we never got a chance to visit. Still, it was a great trip and we had a wonderful time.

Since we moved to Colorado in October 2008 (February 2009 for Paul) several new babies have arrived into the world - or in the case of the Legler family, returned back to DC - so we had many young, new faces to meet!

Abby, as usual, was a fantastic traveler and really enjoyed visiting new people and revisiting places such as our houses in Germantown and Clarksburg, while hearing us tell her what she does not remember from her first year and a half there.

A special treat for me was meeting Holly Kim and her family. They drove from Virginia Beach to meet us for brunch in Georgetown on Sunday. Holly and I have been corresponding over email for about a year now and have become "old friends," but have never met! She has a 13 year old son, Tristan, whom Abby now idolizes, and a charismatic 1.5 year old daughter, Leilani. Holly and I started corresponding when Abby was gifted a pair of beautifully crafted hairclips last Christmas, made by Holly and her mom, and I was so impressed by them that I felt compelled to write and express my sentiments. Mutual interests were discovered and we became regular correspondents.

The following link will take you to our photo album for the DC visit.
http://public.fotki.com/newells/2009/dc-visit/?cmd=fs_slideshow