Sunday, January 2, 2011

Williamsburg

Well, today I am going to give you all a small tour of Colonial Williamsburg!

Here is the candy shop, it is filled with everything from candy bins that you buy by the pound to fancy imported truffles. Then there are the caramel apples that are dipped each day in the store and covered with all different combinations of sugary goodness!
The College of William and Mary is integrated into this part of town. There are dorms that overlook the town square and classroom buildings lining the street into town.
Now we have come to the Toymaker of Williamsburg...
They have a huge selection of vintage children's books,
adorable Madam Alexander dolls,
of course there are tricorn hats and muskets,
plus a million figurines from the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and World Wars 1 & 2,
and my favorite item, the title is just intriguing!
One of the shops sells colonial era clothing! Some of it is quite beautiful!
And old fashioned caroling dolls specially made for Williamsburg
(and specially priced for Williamsburg's tourists!)
We have now reached the colonial section (we had been in Merchant's Square)
All of the buildings here are original or exact replicas of the home that once stood there
I love this church building! It sits in the heart of the historical district, standing so proudly high above the rest of the buildings.
Anyone need anything tailored? Severinus would be glad to do it for you!
I think this is either a dorm or a bed and breakfast.
Both are all over the place here and have window unit air conditioners!


Finally, this is a typical colonial era house. It is two stories high with two chimneys, windows lining the front and a flat front. Behind it is 2-5 buildings that were summer kitchens, workshops, stables, chicken coops, etc...

Hope you enjoyed our tour!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Our New Home!

Here is the living room! It is a peaceful haven to relax and read in. It holds our non-school bookshelves, the piano and our record player!
Here is the big window across the room from the sofa's shown above. The trees in our front yard provide a park-like atmosphere!
This is the foyer.
Here is the family room. It has horrible lighting, so the picture is not my best. The window on the right looks out into the backyard, which is also filled with trees! There is built in bookcases and a fireplace on the other side of the room, but those aren't completely box free yet.

This is a small part of our school / toy room. We are waiting for another bookshelf to come in, so the rest of the room is in limbo right now! (The aforementioned room also holds Brian's big screen TV)
Leah and I have one of the front bedrooms!
Mom and Dad have the back bedroom!
Brian and Josh share the room in the middle!
Guess whose bed is whose!









Sunday, December 26, 2010

Christmas Eve and Snow!

It snowed last night!
It is the first time that Williamsburg has had any snow accumulation on Christmas since 1942 or so!
The kids (and Mom) enjoyed playing in the snow and helping Dad shovel!




Christmas Eve!
The presents under the tree!
...and the food!


Christmas Morning
Joshua opening "Connect Four"
Brian getting his first (and probably only) Ford GT!
Boo was a little overwhelmed when she was yanked out of bed at 6:30 in the morning, whisked away to the living room and told to open her stocking! Once she realized there was candy in there, she was fine!
Boo's new Dora tent!Leah with her Belle BarbieAnd Mom and Dad relaxing on the couch amidst the chaos!

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Merry Christmas


Here is our Christmas Tree!
(Yeah, I know it leans, if Italy can get away with it, why can't we?)


Dad, Mom, and Jenny reading a book


Our Nativity currently has tree baby Jesus figurines.
Boo figure the more Baby Jesus in the stable, the better!


Speaking of the Boo, here she is holding our Christmas Star!


Here's Leah and I on light duty!


And Jenny trying to dump the tree while getting the star up there!
Boo is very excited about Christmas this year.
When we asked her why we celebrate Christmas, she replied,
"So we can all get together and be happy together"
Here is her ornament for this year!

This is Mom's ornament from 1977
And here is Joshua's addition to our tree.
Since we are living in chaos, not all of us got ornaments.
Josh got one, but it broke before we got home.
Jenny, Jenny, Jenny
An ornament that Mom and Dad got for their wedding!

The completed tree!

Moving


On the road again..

Saying good-bye to the Davis Family




It was just a *little* tight in all of our cars!



A small town in West Virginia.
It was so picturesque!

Another little town...
These little towns kept popping up in the middle of nowhere,
Mom and I think they may be mining towns!
The white line on the middle of the mountain is a road. There were no guard rails and no shoulder at all. No wonder Nana was so worried about us driving through West Virginia! Those are the roads she used to have to take!


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Moving in!

The last few days we have been, cleaning the new (rental) house!
Today the moving trucks (all three of them) are going to deliver our stuff!
We are getting very excited about Christmas! Yesterday we bought a real tree!
Well....the moving trucks just pulled up!! We will post pictures soon!!!!!!!
Love,
Jenny-Penny

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