Quick Update!

Hi there!

Today is Christine's last day of freedom before she resumes work at her firm indefinitely.  So here's some of what's happened since Mardi Gras:

1. Christine's life continued in Philadelphia until we moved her back at the end of August.  The clerkship ended as well as it began and it was a great experience.

2. Curtis is still at Airbus, and is still in school.  He continues to get good grades and plans to be done in June 2015. Until then he's planning to travel to San Francisco and London as part of his business school program.

3.  Kenny is now approximately 5 years old, and has calmed down a bit.  He split his time earlier this year between Philly and Alabama and loved both equally.  He just came back from CA with Christine, where he had a great time hanging out with his grandparents. Once Christine is back at work he'll be at daycare 3-4 days/week.

4. We celebrated our 5th Anniversary in Philly in May.  We had dinner at a Starr Restaurant, Butcher & Singer, saw the Phillies play the Dodgers in great home plate seats, and went for a long walk to the Art Museum (and Rocky Steps) and had a picnic in Washington Square.  It was busy and fun, and hard believe that it's been 5 years.

5.  Our road trip back to AL over Labor Day Weekend was eventful.  We woke up early Saturday to drive to Charlottesville, VA to see UCLA play Virginia.   Then we drove to Chapel Hill and walked around the campus on Sunday morning before driving to Atlanta, where we ate at Cheesecake Factory and then made our way home.   Since then we went to Dallas for UCLA-Texas, and Christine and Kenny did a long trip to Ca/Az to see family and friends.

I'll post pictures at some point, but most of this is documented on Facebook and on Instagram (www.instagram.com/hardinghart)

Happy Fall!

Kenny's First Snow

Kenny got to see and walk in his first snow this last Sunday in Virginia, and LOVED it!

What is this white stuff?

No really, what is it?

Whatever it is, I want to eat it! 

No really, Dad, put me down so I can eat it! 

Play play play! 

Do I have snow on my face? 

This is awesome! 

Really, Dad, I don't care about taking cute pictures...

And look for other dogs, and critters! 

And more snow!! I want to play in the snow!!

And play he did: 

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Washington D.C.

Curtis' Mom came to visit us to see Washington D.C., and we had a great time! 

First Ride on the DC Metro! 

Honest Abe, always a highlight

The new Martin Luther King memorial - I was happy to finally see it 

One of the series of quotes at the memorial, one of my favorites

First Lady Michelle Obama's First Inaugural Ball Gown, it was beautiful to see in person at the Smithsonian Museum of American History

Something from the death of my distant relative, President Harding, back in 1923.

In front of the Washington Memorial, while it still had the scaffolding

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum (the annex near Dulles) - seeing Discovery up close was a true highlight of the weekend. 

And of course, some Kenny time :-) 

Dog Park in Herndon

Kenny is living with Curtis in Herndon, and spends most of his days at Healthy Hound Playground, a doggy daycare.  But we made it to the local dog park and someone had a great time!  It was definitely one of the prettier dog parks we've been to.






Looking for squirrels!