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only three weeks into the new year, and it was time to make our first trip north to pennsylvania! we had lots on our agenda, and managed to do pretty much everything in one weekend! the trip started out a bit bumpy when we left later than expected and had to turn around 30 minutes…

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.…

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…

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…

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…