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Jolie's 1st Swim Meet

Jolie's First Swim Meet with the Reston Lake Newport Lightning Swim Team on 6/26/10. Jolie swam in 3 races, the 25 meter backstroke, 25 meter freestyle and the 25 meter breast stroke. She had never raced before. We are all very proud of her! Go Jolie!

Mark's New Custom Carpet Blog

Our cousin, Mark Nelson, has been working with some of the top Carpet companies for over 15 years, and now has his own new york city custom carpet firm, Mark Nelson Designs.  Recently, I spent some time with Mark and have convinced him that it would be a good idea to start a blog as well.

Please join me in welcoming Mark to the Blogoshpere with his new Custom Carpet Blog @ CustomCarpetBlog.com

I'm looking forward to watching to see how the site grows!

Sue & George Viener's Outsider Folk Art Gallery team up with The African American Coalition of Reading

As part of its annual city-wide Black History Month program "Believe, Achieve, Succeed", The African American Coalition of Reading and The Outsider Folk Art Galleries have collaborated on an art exhibit in the 4300sq.ft. gallery space at 645 Penn St. in downtown Reading (courtyard side- formerly the Albright Community Cultural Center)

The opening will be held on Friday Feb 19th, from 5pm - 8pm at 645 Penn St. (Courtyard Side) Reading, PA 19601

Here is a video walk through:

You can find more information about the exhibit on facebook

Sleds Sold Out in Reston

The kids Sleds were fairly old and beat up, so we decided to look around for some new ones.  We went to Target, Kmart and Home Depot.  ALL SOLD OUT!  Apparently we weren't the only ones with that idea.  So I went online to Amazon and ordered 3 of these Wham-O Snow Boogie Boards:

These hard plastic boogie boards are just what they need in this snow storm, and they will hold up for a long time.  They are also big enough for double riders!  The only complaint so far, is that walking back up the hill is a little difficult because they are a little more heavy than their old ones, but they also haven't really built up a return track up the hill yet, so I think that will become easier.

Here is a link to Amazon where I bought them:
WHAM-O SNOW BOOGIE Skeleton

Blizzard 2.0 from Reston Virginia

On Feb 6th, I posted a video looking out over our deck at our bending tree in the back yard.  We are now in the process of getting hit with a second blizzard just 4 days later.  Ugh!  I thought I would post a 2nd video showing the progress of the snow on the tree and our deck.  Enjoy!