We're Back--New and Improved

After nearly a year off, the Osborns in NOrthern VirginiA is back online, fresh with a new look and new features.  I hope that I can do a better job of keeping this updated for all the friends and family that have followed it since we started our first blog in 2005.  Since then, these blogs have really become our family photo albums and I have enjoyed putting them together for our family, friends, and us as well.  If you go back to the first DC blog and browse through the years, you can see our little people literally growing up before your eyes. 

We have had a lot happen in the last year.  We sadly lost two of my very dearest family members--my uncle Craig and my cousin Claude.  Both are sorely missed but I am thankful to have had them in my life and for the many things each of them taught me along the way.  I will be posting more on each of them in the coming months.

I have had quite the busy year at work adjusting to life in the Pentagon (as if the one year break in between blog posts was not enough evidence of that) and am getting geared up for another year in the building.  Kerrie has completed essentially all of her coursework for getting her Masters in Special Education and now only has a few more classes to get her certification in Autism and as a Reading Specialist.  Mo is finishing up her junior year and looking at colleges while K is very busy with second grade, Brownie Scouts, and climbing as many trees as possible.  As for C, well . . . he is all boy.  We will just leave it at that.

And now onto the next project--getting this blog up to date.  I have a hard drive full of pictures and videos from the last year that I plan to post every few days until I get caught up, so be sure to check back early and often.  For those that have followed us throughout the years, you will notice a few changes on the blog.  The main change is that, because of Bloggers no rules on the length of posts, some of my longer posts will not appear fully on the main page.  Instead, they will have a "Continue Reading" link that will take you to the full post so be sure to click on that so you don't miss out on any pictures or videos.  If you are a friend on Facebook, I will also be updating some pictures on there but the blog will have many more pictures as well as videos so remember to check out both. 

Until then . . .