John at Jazzercise!

Tonight I had a special surprise guest at my Jazzercise class: a good friend from college, John Canery!* :) He did a wonderful job (of course)! The women loved him and urged him to return (again, of course). After class I overheard this dialogue between John and another (older) woman in my class:

J: "I can't believe you all do this more than once a week. That wore me out."
Older Woman: "I'm twice your age and I do it twice a week!"
J: "Well, I'm half your age, so I should do it half as much."
Older Woman: "Come on!"

And out in the parking lot, John and I had a serious discussion about kick-ball-changes and how to do a jazz-square.

Thanks again for coming, John. You made my night! :)

*Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me, so I couldn't get a picture of John in his awesome outfit. He defintely looked Jazzerlicious, complete with a sweatband on his head and bright yellow socks pulled up to his knees.

Sunday's trip to Great Falls

This afternoon, Megan, Bethany and I went to one of Northern Virginia's hidden treasures: Great Falls National Park.

On the drive out there, we pulled up behind this car at a red light...Can you read the license plate? :)
JAZZERCISE!!! :)

yeah...i'm inside a hollow tree stump. :)

Turkey Day

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

My brother, Dan, was in town from West Point.


We had a great time hanging out with family at my grandparents' house. Guesstures and Balderdash are great games. :)

Stacie turns 26!

Happy 26th Birthday to Stacie, our nextdoor neighbor and friend!!! :)

David Thorne's church on the news.

A couple of my good friends from college is now living in Cleveland, Ohio, where they are part of a new church called Momentum. Remember the guy who did that video "Baby got Book"? Well, he's the head pastor, and David's an intern. A couple of days ago, they were featured on the local evening news. Check out the video clip. It's really interesting!

bollywood party

Last night we hosted a Bollywood party...good times were had by all (i do believe).

An extra special treat was that Liz and Blake came all the way from Va Beach and Williamsburg. It was SO AWESOME to hang out and laugh with them again!


liz, blake, me, larissa, and becca


John and Vin, the Bouncers. :)
we LOVE to hula hoop.
liz and me with "the perfect bride."

Regent's Modular Week

I spent last week in Virginia Beach, attending class at Regent University's main campus. What a beautiful place! It was a great week, and I felt like a real grad student. :)


I got to stay with Bart and Erin Irwin in their lovely Norfolk home; it was so wonderful to see and visit with them again!


Another perk was seeing Chris Tomlin live in concert...for FREE!