Year: 2008

  • thanksgiving in franklin

    the spences headed north for thanksgiving this year — to the great, white north, actually. as we got further from frederick and closer to franklin, pa., the snow got deeper and deeper. so, instead of thanksgiving, it was more like christmas! we arrived on wednesday afternoon at jan and bob’s house. jackson was so relieved.…

  • trick-or-treating, night one

    jackson is finally old enough this year to dress up and take out for some good, old-fashioned trick-or-treating! hurrah! night one of our quest for candy led us to hood college, in the heart of the city of frederick. the historic college has some famous alumnae in spence circles (hoodlums — you know who you…

  • dave’s birthday at the railroad

    when asked how he wanted to spend his 33rd birthday, dave responded with a big idea — let’s take a day trip to the strasburg railroad in pennsylvania! and so we did. the trip north took a bit longer than expected, but we arrived by noon to see a parking lot full of visitors and…

  • day at the zoo

    a few sundays ago, we decided to take advantage of our passes to the catoctin wildlife preserve and zoo and spend an hour or two with the animals. the best part of the visit was the animal encounter, during which we got to see several interesting animals up close — we even got to pet…

  • outer banks vacation

    it’s been a while since our return from our great outer banks vacation, and lots has happened since then. but we collected some great photos and some great memories on the trip, which we still wanted to share here! for the first time this year, we were able to stay the entire week for the…