Sunday, September 7, 2008

A Big Thank You to Joe and Evy

...for having us over to your lovely home in Staunton, Virginia. Staunton is a town I had never been to before but it is only about a 2 hour drive from Washington DC in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. The drive from where we were staying (near Washington DC's Dulles Airport) was a very scenic drive making us wish were doing it in mid-October to see all the trees in their autumn foliage.

Jon and Evy Harman are the parents of our good friend (and Director of our Relo Division), Jon Harman. They have really done a lot for the town of Staunton and have settled into this area (where Joe is originally from) years ago.

The kids enjoyed spending our first day out at the Frontier Cultural Museum even though it was a very hot day. We followed it with a walk through the very quaint Staunton where Evy and Joe's b&b is as well as a restaurant they now lease out. They have many other properties and treasures (including their sold jewelry shop) throughout the downtown area.

The highlight for us all was their massive, beautiful, old home and their wonderful hospitality. The kids had the best hide-and-seek game ever and really enjoyed making dinner and dessert with Evy.

Thank you both for having us. Looking forward to seeing you again in the near future.







The kids loved the giant staircase. This was the main staircase. They also had another back staircase down to the kitchen plus a huge attic (with proper stairs going up into it).



Downtown Staunton shots. Believe it or not that is Mia squeezed into Ali's buggy napping with her thumb in her mouth. She managed to sleep through our entire lunch!


Their fish pond.


All of us.