Our trip through New Hampshire . . .

. . . New Hampshire, Ohio, that is. That being said, I shall continue with our tale.

Once upon a time, there was a little family, just starting out. Like most families, this family used a bank to process their money. The new little family loved their Bank very much and were very happy that when they moved, there was still a branch of their Bank close by. And then one day something strange happened. The little family (which was a little bigger then) moved far, far away to a place without a branch of their beloved Bank. The little family was heartbroken, until they realized they could set up direct deposit for many things and thereby still stay with their beloved Bank.

This continued for the next few years, until one day the Mom of the family (which family was a little bigger still) decided that she really, Really, REALLY wanted to go to their Bank. Dad was busy that fateful Saturday, but Mom loaded up the kids anyway and off they went in search of the Bank. Thanks to a little help from the internet, Mom knew where to find the Bank, and so after a couple of hours Mom and the kids arrived at the Bank. Mom did her banking, and then they got some gas and headed back home. And they stopped at a traffic light in New Hampshire on their way. And the nice person at the bank gave Amanda a lollipop, which was especially good because it was Halloween in the rest of the world but not in the little family's town. And the kids were really good on the trip. And they all lived happily ever after and returned to online banking.

Potomac Mills Mall (Lego Store) and West Virginia

After our trip into DC on 10 Oct 2009, we stopped by the Potomac Mills Mall. We'd heard tales of the Lego Store there and decided to investigate. The Muffins approved of the place, to say the least.





The other place we looked around (besides the Disney Store, where we didn't take any pictures) was Claire's, where Amanda experimented with a new look:


The next day after church we headed straight for home, which enabled us to take a slightly different route. For the most part, it was nice, since there was plenty of pretty countryside. However, West Virginia did get a little old as we passed through a tiny town holding its annual apple butter festival; took about half an hour (or more) to get through a little town with one traffic light, crawling along at a speed that barely registered on the speedometer. It did allow Mom to finally try taking some less-blurry fall color pictures, though.



Suffice it to say, though, we were happy when we got back to the interstate. For my Western friends, here's what mountains look like on this side of the country.



Also for my Western friends, we do have sunsets out here, too; it's just a little harder to see them with all the trees in the way.


The funnest part of the trip home was listening to Jared chime in when Amanda started singing John Denver's West Virginia song.

D.C. Adventure October 2009

Ah, the perils of perfectionism; here we have a post being published about a year after the fact, despite the blog having been alive and kicking at the time the events occurred. The plan was to create a perfect post about our trip to the Natural History Museum . . . all I can say is that I'm glad I got a few photos uploaded before the rest of them got lost with the old laptop. We went to the museum with family, and most of the pictures are fairly self-explanatory. The top, one though, deserves a caption. As one of the Muffins put it, "Look, there's a dinosaur deer!"