Labor Day in VA

We we finally able to travel back to Virginia for the long weekend-'the working man's holiday' according to J-and it was so very wonderful to be back home. There really is nothing like drinking coffee with your mom early in the morning in the mountains after you haven't seen each other in a long time; especially when she has it ready for you when you stumble out of you old bedroom trying not to wake your hubby-it's funny how life changes but so many things stay the same.

Our short trip seemed way too short because there were so many hours spent driving from here to there, but it was so great getting to spend time with all of our families! We were even able to go and see a few members of our family baptised in the Cedar Creek, what a wonderful experience.

I feel like wherever we go we end up telling the same stories and I have to wonder how boring that gets to those who have heard it once before...'Marriage is wonderful, but Pittsburgh is just a city,' 'I love my job-here's a sweet anecdote about cute baby #1-but J is not crazy about his job,' 'We love our apartment, but the traffic is horrible,'...So sorry to those of you who heard those stories way too many times, I have to say I am guilty of rehearsing a good tale to memory for times like these!

It was such a busy weekend but it was filled with wonderful people and we really enjoyed being back in the mountains of Va. I was terribly sad to leave which made the absolute down-pour of rain on our last morning and our entire drive back to Pittsburgh quite appropriate. Back to the 'State of Independence,' back to drinking my own coffee.