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Yesterday we all returned home from a trip to Virginia, where we spent the weekend visiting Dave's parents. There are four big reasons to love going to VA, besides the obvious one of getting to see family, and those reasons are (in no particular order):

1. All of the ethnic food we get to eat. Over the course of two and a half days, we had Indian, Thai, and Japanese. It was all amazing.

2. Not having to pick up the dog's poop. Dave's parents have a huge plot of land, part of which is referred to as the Meadow. Along one side of the meadow runs a fence, and on the other side of the fence, a nearby farmer's cows can often be seen grazing. Along this fence is Flash's favorite spot to "use the bathroom". She loves going for a crowd, even if the crowd is made up of cows.

3. The view. They have an amazing view of the Blue Ridge mountains. Amazing.

4. The pond. Dave's dad built a pond in their front yard. From scratch. It has a frog fountain. There's nothing more relaxing than sitting on the patio and listening to the water. When we were about halfway to VA, I told Dave I couldn't wait to settle down for the duration on the patio, which is basically what I did.

Besides all of the eating and relaxing, we did a lot of shopping. I picked up a couple of cute skirts and shirts, and Henry got lots of great summer clothes from Target. We bought fireworks which we set off Saturday night, plus some goodies for Flash. Dave got a shirt. That I picked out. I think he'd still be wearing his 1996 wardrobe if I hadn't come along. Henry had a very good time playing with his grandparents. He also had a good time terrorizing their cat. There was one good tail grabbing incident, and after that, Sophie smartly kept her distance.

The big excitement in the area is the giant ark that's being built down the road for the movie "Evan Almighty". We drove by it. It's truly giant. I was bemoaning the fact that I'd left our camera at home despite the fact I thought I'd packed it because the ark was definitely something worth documenting. In true Jenn fashion, I discovered it under the passenger seat three minutes after we got home. I guess you'll just have to see the movie.