Mom and I still go to get our toes painted about every 5 weeks. I love it. And Vivian enjoys it, too...this last Thursday she squealed and squealed in Gramme's arms and made everyone laugh. Except after about 10 minutes of it their ears probably started to hurt. It's not time to teach her "inside voice" yet, is it?

I keep thinking that the warm days are gone, but not so! Today it was beautiful outside. We sat outside for a while this afternoon. View from our deck (you can sort of see the mountains between the trees, but they are really pretty in person...very colorful): These are the plants that Aaron put in a couple of weekends ago:

We tried ear candling today, too. I just heard about it recently and got some candles at some nature store. We're not really sure how to do it, though...we still have two candles left if anyone has a suggestion. If you don't know what it is, this picture of Aaron will be very strange-looking to you :)

We've had a great weekend together. Saturday I went to get my haircut and Aaron watched the baby. Every time he has her alone, I come back to find her in the buff. This is how I came home to her Saturday morning: I can't figure out why exactly, but he always thinks she would be more comfortable without clothes on. Anyone have ideas about that?And then in the afternoon Joey and Sierra came over to show us their new bike. Ahhh! It's really nice and they're excited about it.

Stephen came home from DC this weekend and brought a friend, Ashley. They hung out at our house for a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon, and then we went to an early dinner with them and mom and dad. It was great to get to know Ashley. Stephen has known her since his first year at UVa and now she lives in northern Va too. They came down to see the leaves (and to spend time with his niece!). They also came to church with us this morning.
Last night I invited some of the 9th and 10th grade girls from the youth group over for a dessert night. Unfortunately we didn't take the picture until after Allison had left, but left to right are Haley, Megan, and Corey. It was fun to get to know them better. Since Aaron is teaching the H.S. youth S.S. class, I've taken a small leadership role also in encouraging this age group of girls. They are sweet.