Virginia Trip Highlights

Tanner and I went to Virginia to visit the family and spend time with my Uncle Jim, who was diagnosed with advanced stage lung cancer in February. We had a good trip, visitng both Jim and my grandfather often. Tanner did his part and brought some smiles to everyone in VA, and also a bit of chaos...there is a lot of interesting things to get into in all those new places. I feel very fortunate to have been able to spend time with my uncle, especially since we received the news of his passing this morning (April 25, 2007). My sister is participating in the LiveStrong Challenge and riding 70 miles to raise money for cancer research in his honor. Check out her fundraising page ... she is getting closer and closer to her goal of $5000. Way to go Dharma. http://philly07.livestrong.org/dharmadill

In addition to family time, I reconnected with a friend who I haven't seen in many years. As it turns out, her second son and Tanner are only 9 days apart in age! Andrew, his older brother Lucas, and Tanner had a great time playing...and it was wonderful to see Loretta again.

Tanner discovered the joy of having his Oma and Opa live near Dulles Airport. There were lots of airplanes flying overhead, and Tanner made sure to point one out each time he heard the engines overhead.

While dining out, Tanner found the Olive Tapenade...and went crazy!

As luck would have it, our trip also coincided with the DC Rollergirls Innaugural Brawl. We got to see Sarah and the other Rollergirls do their thing, which was great fun. We also had a chance to catch up with friends and their kiddos, ending up with a mini baby born in December 2005 crew (Madeline, Jack and Tanner). The boys were quite enamored with Madeline, who was freely giving kisses. Tanner quickly became obsessed with having her kiss his hands.

The album below has many trip highlights.

VA Visit April 2007