Our New Place

We are settling in C'ville quite well!

Here are a couple pictures of our place. We arrived in C'ville a couple days earlier so we could paint our place and make it more cozy :)

Our Living Room

Our Master Bath

Our Deck

We have also enjoyed the downtown mall...people watching is great! What an eclectic mix of people...the hippies playing the on an African drum, the "church at the mall" - a number of people gathered in the middle of the mall singing praise songs, the homeless that sit inside the deserted old theatre, the UVA students and us :)

Here is a picture of the downtown mall:

We had a great weekend with Josh, a friend from VA Beach who stayed with us for the weekend. We finally experienced the "Fridays after Five" event at the downtown mall. It was a great scene...live music, drinks and people of all different walks. We also took the plunge and tried the South African restaurant, Shebeen. A colleague and friend who lives in our complex, Jackie suggested I order the steak pie. She lived in Africa for a year doing missions through a Mennonite university. I stayed away from the, "spicy voodoo sauce". It was a great weekend!

Mike and I are both busy being in-home therapists/clinicians. It has been a challenging, but growing experience. It gives us the opportunity to meet many people that we would not have met otherwise. I am learning more of the "advocate" side of therapy and what that role looks like.

Mike & Care's Updates....

Well....I had to follow my sister's lead and create a blog.
Mike and I are headed to our one year mark of marriage bliss :) We've been busy this past year not only learning a lot about each other, but we graduated with our masters, found jobs and left the beach of Virginia to hike in the mountains of Charlottesville, VA.

We have been in Charlottesville going on two weeks now. The culture and scenery here are great! I love the Saturday morning city market where I found a lot of herbs, organic produce and even a place to order organic cow meat.With UVA in the heart of C'ville we are meeting a lot of med students in the area...everyone is eager to get to know each other and open to getting together, which is great!I have yet to pick peaches & cherries on Carter Mountain, canoe on our lake & visit "Friday's After 5" event full of entertainment and live music at the downtown mall.

Since I don't have my own "little one's", I spend a great deal of time bragging about my nieces and nephew who I miss VERY much! Here are a couple pictures...Meghan with Jake at our wedding & Mattie and Morgan as our flower girls.




Currently my life consists of listening to anything people desire to tell me (I'm a counselor), reading (we don't have cable), talking on the phone to friends and family (again, we don't have cable), watching season episodes of The Office (we have a great video rental store right next door), & driving around C'ville exploring the great scenery, restaurants and shopping.