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We wrapped up the summer with Parker and Ansel going to Camp Kanata<\/a>. The kids had a fun time as always. The rest of the summer was consumed by trips to the U.S. National Whitewater Center where Parker enjoyed racing in their slalom racing series. When he wasn’t racing, he was ripping it up in every play hole and wave on the “river.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The summer drew to a close and it was time to start fifth, seventh, and ninth grades. Kristie made a transition as well and started a new job at Radiology Partners<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always looking to explore, we made a day trip up to Galax, VA to take in the award winning movie Fiddlin’<\/a><\/em>. Old time music would’t stop there as we also journeyed to Knoxville, TN a few weeks later to see the king of err old time music Garth Brooks<\/a> at Neyland Stadium<\/a>. We enjoyed the concert with 84,000 of our friends in low places. We enjoyed seeing our friends Ben and Ginger on the trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also enjoyed hosting G-Daddy and Martha when they came up for a visit. We had a great time showing them around Winston-Salem. Ansel was kind enough to cook us dinner one night and Parker stoked the fire for us to make s’mores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks later, we drove up to Roan Mountain and took in the fall foliage. We enjoyed a nice hike on the Appalachian Trail and braved the high winds as we hiked to Jane Bald. A few days later was Halloween, and Ansel designed her own jack-o-lantern costume. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We wrapped up November with a trip to Delaware for Thanksgiving. We had a great time seeing Mom-Mom, Paul, Kyle, Dana, Landon, and the newest addition to the family, Stella. Parker enjoyed hanging out with Uncle Paul. In addition to celebrating Thanksgiving, we also celebrated Stella’s first birthday. Ansel made the cakes for the party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ansel has started taking gymnastic lessons at Salem Gymnastics and Swim<\/a>. She also participated in the Girls on the Run<\/a> program at her school. The program culminated with the Mistletoe 5K Run<\/a> where Parker and Ansel both ran and Ansel set a personal best of 27:04!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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