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Family Portraits and Favorite Pictures - 2016

The new year began with basketball for Andy, playing on the Chantilly HS freshman team.

Then it was time for Andy's 15th birthday, which sure snuck up on us.

   

Time for more basketball.  Here are some pictures of Andy and the team from Phil Dolinger, the professional photographer who takes pictures at many Chantilly HS events.

   

   

       

We got a really big snow fall in the end of January, which Tank thought was just great.

       

       

Just because.

More basketball (and dressing for the game).

       

Steve and Andy enjoyed a day at Whitetail, followed shortly by a soccer game; guess spring is coming.

   

Lexi really enjoyed a trip to New York City with her art class.

   

We were fortunate and delighted to enjoy a trip to London for spring break.

       

   

Here we are on a boat tour up the Thames River.

   

   

   

   

We did a lot of walking around.

   

   

   

   

       

   

   

   

   

       

   

   

       

       

       

   

   

       

   

   

   

   

       

   

   

   

Here are some pictures from Andy's high school varsity soccer season.

   

Here is the team picture and Andy's soccer portrait.

   

We enjoyed a visit from grandparents.

   

We enjoyed a nice hike in Sky Meadows State Park.

   

And we had a great visit with David Feind and Shirley (and the Gnades)

   

Lexi sure enjoyed seeing Chloe.

Here are a couple of the best pictures from a hike on Little Devil's Staircase.

   

   

Pets are always fun.

   

Good to see the Feinds again as we passed through Raleigh on the way to dropping Lexi at Sea Turtle Camp.

   

Naturally, Lexi really, really enjoyed Sea Turtle Camp.

   

   

   

   

   

   

       

   

   

Here is Lexi at a forensics camp at Penn State

   

Lexi had oral surgery to have her wisdom teeth removed in mid-July.

We had fun at King's Dominion

   

Grandpa Bill came to DC for an honor flight

   

Nancy and Lexi had fun visiting Uncle Kenny at the bakery

   

Andy sure enjoyed two weeks at Camp Varsity

   

   

Lexi and Callie had a fun time at Kings Dominion

Lexi went to Colorado Springs in mid-August to stay with the Jester's where she took some horseback riding/therapy sessions.

   

   

   

   

Andy and Hunor did their summer science projects together.

Steve, Andy and his friends had fun tubing down the Potomac River near Harper's Ferry.

   

With Nancy and Andy injured and Lexi not feeling too well, our options to adventure to celebrate Steve's birthday were limited, not to mention wanted to avoid too much time in the heat.  So we opted for a round of miniature golf and a nice lunch.

   

Tank had a lot of fun at Dog Days at the pool.

Both Lexi and Andy went to the homecoming dance at school this year.  Here they are ready to head out.

   

Andy went with Sara, while Lexi went with her friend Annalise.

   

       

   

Here are the kids' fall 2016 portraits from school.

   

It was sad to say goodbye to Katy this fall, but we got to meet Mahina and Cosmo (and Mahina's sister who went to Aunt Cathy)

   

   

   

   

       

Andy is really enjoying sophomore year.

       

We enjoyed a nice hike in the fall at Sky Meadows State Park.

       

   

Lexi's birthday dinner at the Melting Pot was a lot of fun.

       

       

We were delighted to have a professional photographer take some family portraits in mid-November.  We essentially paid for her time with the session and received the digital images with both a color and black-and-white version of each image.

   

   

       

   

   

           

       

We tried to go ballooning in mid-November, but got weathered out again.

   

   

We enjoyed Zoo Lights at the National Zoo after Thanksgiving.

   

Andy enjoyed a field trip to New York City and other events with Sara.

       

We enjoyed a trip to North Carolina to compete in the national league again, even if Andy's new team didn't play as well as desired.

   

   

Meadowlark Gardens was beautiful again this year.  Glad we could share it with Grandma and Grandpa.

Sure enjoyed their visit.

   

Nancy and Alexa enjoyed Wicked at the Kennedy Center

   

While in North Carolina for the holidays, we enjoyed a trip to a traveling Chinese Lantern Festival being staged in Cary, NC.

   

   

   

   

       

After Christmas, Steve and Andy headed on to Florida for National League soccer games at Disney/ESPN Wide World of Sports.

       

   

   

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