It’s Official!

Ok…I admit…I must be the worst blogger ever! I seem to make one post every 6 months! I really am going to try and do better. We have a ton of huge projects going on at work and I will try my best to keep the church IT crowd up to date on what we are doing. As for me, well I will bring you up to speed on what we have done since my last post!

At the and of May 2009  we had our family and friends beach trip. It was a ton of fun. We went to Corolla, NC which if you have never been there is a must visit for a beach vacation. We spent our time kayaking in the sound and also driving up into the 4×4 beaches which are litteraly at the end of the road in Corolla. They are some of the most beautiful beaches on the east coast. Looking at these pics again really makes me want to up and move to the beach now!!

Corolla, NC Trip – May 2009

Things were pretty quiet for us the rest of the summer. We enjoyed relaxing at the pool and a few weekend trips to see the parents. Once summer was over it was time for Marcus to start kindergarten! He was very excited as you can see in the pictures. He really loves school and does very well.

Marcus First Day of School

In September I commenced Phase 2 of our backyard landscaping project. This includes building a paver patio beside the deck we built. We were going to wait and do this later in 2010 but we came across some used pavers on Craigslist and couldn’t pass them up. These pictures show what we did but I accidentally deleted the photos of the current state of the project. Basically all of the grass has been removed from the patio area and there is a huge mud pit in our backyard. I worked on this for a few weeks and then every day that I had off it rained and rained and then it snowed. We might never get this project done! More updates to follow on this one.

Patio Day 1

On the work side of the house we had the official launch of McLean Bible Church – Prince William Campus. This was a really exciting time for us as a church. This was our first Community Campus that we built from scratch and it turned out amazingly well. Attendance has been good and this weekend Frontline Prince William will start services on Sunday night. We are excited to see what God is going to do in Prince William County!

Prince William Campus Launch

During the fall we met up with some old friends at Cox Farms in C’ville. It was a great time catching up and the kids had a blast. The day we went was pumpkin smashing day. You could bring your pumpkin and have it smashed. It was fun to watch!

Cox Farms

Well here is the blizzard of 2009! What a crazy time this was. Out of the blue we got hammered with 2 feet of snow. Yes that is correct 24 inches! I had not seen this much snow in a long time and it came very quickly. It was beautiful to see but created a huge mess all over the area.  Is all I can say is thank goodness for 4-wheel drive! The kids and I had fun sledding and Michelle also made a huge batch of cookies that we delivered to all of our friends who were stranded in their house. It is our family tradition to go driving in the snow if and when it does snow in the DC area.

Blizzard December 2009

Finally the year ended with an amazing Christmas celebration hosted at our house this year. My parents moved to Houston, TX last fall and since everyone was traveling in we decided to host. Unfortunately Michelle’s dad got really sick right before Christmas and had to join us via Skype on our home theatre PC. It was a good time though.

Christmas 2009

Well that is about it friends. We did go to Houston at the end of the year to check out my parents new house and the city down in Texas. It was my first time in Texas and it was a fun trip. I haven’t had time to upload the pictures from that trip but will try to do that soon.

Stay tuned for our big 2010 projects at MBC this year. Some really exciting stuff that I can’t wait to tell you about! Till next time…hopefully sooner than 8 months!