Sunday, January 4, 2015

Goodbye Christmas Break!


It was a great 16 days and as I sit here thinking about returning to school tomorrow, I'll share the past 2 weeks in photos!

We started with a girls day trip to NYC with friends!



































Aeropostale Instagram Ad
Carleigh and Savannah trying to recreate this pic...










up to the top of Rockefeller Center - 67 floors




























Then we enjoyed our Elf on the Shelf - Needlenose...but came down one morning and he was enjoying his time on the computer....



The girls enjoyed entangling themselves in our Christmas lights...


Photo shoot time - with dresses that turned into cute tops...







We had a great Christmas Eve dinner with my mom, dad and Aunt and Uncle from New York...










We ended the evening with the annual reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas, and then to bed to wait for Santa...





The girls shared their creativity with us by giving us original poems as gifts!


We then headed to Pennsylvania for extended Christmas fun - Carleigh had a great time participating in the Cupcake Eating Contest with her cousins Ryan and Abbie and Aunt Chrissy...

The break ended with an Ice Skating adventure in Reston...




Christmas has been put away for another year, homework is almost done, new clothes are ready, and the house is sort of cleaned....yet we wonder, where did the time go?


Stay tuned for the craziness of January 2015....Beauty and the Beast rehearsals in full swing for Katie, Volleyball tournaments for Carleigh in Pennsylvania, the shenanigans of Junior and Lily and back to the grind for Laura and Don

...it's always Seldom a Dull Moment in the Rahn house!

Friday, October 17, 2014

Rahn Autumn!

Our Rahn Autumn has been a busy one! Here are the highlights as we feel like we are racing through the weeks...hard to believe it is already the middle of October! Wow!!


First Days of School

Katie - 7th Grade

Carleigh - 9th Grade

Don - first day at Middle School


  
Rina's Birthday - our autumn wouldn't be complete without celebrating my mother's birthday. And a Rahn birthday party wouldn't be complete without party favors for everyone to cause trouble with!


This year it was little plastic Ninjas
and Kazoos!




Volleyball 
Carleigh made the Freshman team for Loudoun Valley High School - she is so excited and loving every minute of it!





Being introduced on Freshman Night

The Display for Freshman Night


Katie is having a great time with her 7th grade Volleyball team! She is getting better every day!





Dig Pink Game

The Annual Dig Pink volleyball game was held between Woodgrove and Loudoun Valley. Mom and Patty came to the game and were given special presents as Breast Cancer Survivors. It was a fun time for everyone!!





I got attacked by these two!




The Dogs and Leaf day
Junior and Don enjoying the peace and quiet

Junior having a very serious conversation with Katie and me!
We also had our annual leaf raking/photo shoot!







Homecoming Preparations

Dress shopping with the girls!


 Stay tuned for a full chronicle of all of the Homecoming Festivities!

 And then we start the countdown to Thanksgiving, Snow Days and Holiday Fun!!  We can't wait!!