ABC Wednesday - I is for Identical Twins

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DC & Mount Vernon

Ok, don't hate me for taking the easy road! I was looking through my many picture libraries, and I DO mean MANY and came across this trip to DC back in 2011. I love these pics of the boys and miss them being so little! Gosh time flies in an INSTANT! INSANE ISN'T IT? Ohhh lookie there, a hat trick! For more on the letter "I" visit ABC Wednesday :)

ABC Wednesday - G is for Mini GRACELAND

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Created by Don Epperly back in the 80's as a gift to his wife....For more info and location CLICK HERE

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ABC Wednesday - F is for The Greenbrier's FAB FACADE & FOOTBALL

Today I'm going to show you around the outside:
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"The Greenbrier is an award-winning resort located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. As a National Historic landmark, The Greenbrier's classic architecture, exquisite interior design, carefully sculpted landscape, impeccable service and outstanding amenities have hosted distinguished guests from around the world since 1778." For more on The Greenbrier CLICK HERE

And now some football:

New Orleans Saints Ben Watson, Mark Ingram & Lawrence Virgil ...Training Camp @ The Greenbrier

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ABC Wednesday - D is for Drew Brees

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So remember when I told you we had to return to the Saints training camp so the boys could get Drew Brees's autograph? Welp we went back on Thursday and SCORE! They got it! In the above photo is Braden getting the sought after autograph...
Then Dalton:

That's Ashlyn's yellow phone getting a picture, if you look closely, very, very closely into her phone, you can see Drew! He signed her shirt but for some reason I missed the photo. Bad mom. When Drew signed Dalton's jersey he said "There's a couple of D. Breese's around here"...meaning Drew and Dalton. We told Drew he spells his last name wrong...actually we do. Nick's grandpa is the one who added the E on the end when he was a big time boxer back in the day. Thought it looked better with the E when he was written up in the newspapers. Funny huh?!

Christian had Drew sign his phone case. Now he's stealing a selfie:

Obviously Drew is a popular guy. People yelling questions at him left and right, handing stuff over for him to sign but he answered and signed away always being polite. That's a Brees(e) for ya ;) Honestly though, they were all so gracious!

And here's what the boys' jerseys look like now with all their autographs:

These are their pride and joy!

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ABC Wednesday - B is for Big Shot

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Well, Nick rides his bike down this road on his lunch break. The road is a very rural setting with modest country homes. Then BAM...out of nowhere, Pegasus! Nick's been telling me about this house since he found it and insisted on taking us over to see it. First we stopped for some lunch nearby. The waitress knew the house with Pegasus and didn't understand why either. She even knew the man, he had been her dentist at one point.

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These men were building fancy fencing and explaining to us that there have already been several cars come by just to look at this place. It's pretty, I'll give him that, but I just don't understand why anyone would want a palace in the country with Pegasus keeping watch. To each his own.

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*I don't want it to sound like I'm making fun of this person and their home, I don't roll that way...but when you live in a place like this, you are wanting to be noticed and talked about so I feel like it is free game to share with all of you, right?!*

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ABC Wednesday - A is for American Stonehenge

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Foamhenge, Hwy 11, Natural Bridge

Yes, it is constructed out of styrofoam! The mastermind/creator is Mark Cline, from yesterday's post. Read more about Foamhenge HERE

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ABC Wednesday - Z is for Ice Cream ZONE

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On a warm summer night there's nothing like hitting the local ice cream spot! This is Bella Old Time Ice Cream in Daleville...

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And you're never too old to get a little zany!

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ABC Wednesday - Y is for Yellow....

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....and orange, and green, and blue, and red, and purple...wildflowers at the Beliveau Estate Winery in Blacksburg.

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ABC Wednesday - W is for WILLIAMSBURG - Colonial that is

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This is the Capitol Building built in 1934, based on the 1705 original which was destroyed by fire. For a complete history on the capitol CLICK HERE

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This neat old tree grows out behind the capitol. It split in half but is still growing! For an interesting story about trees in Colonial Williamsburg during the 18th century CLICK HERE and to visit ABC Wednesday CLICK HERE!

ABC Wednesday - U is for: Undeniably the Best Seat in the Hizzle

This place, The Seafood Market in Hampton steams crabs to go. So....

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We picked out our crabs and ordered some steamed shrimp and some sides like hushpuppies, cole slaw and mac n cheese....

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Drove on over to Grandview Nature Preserve in Hampton and had a nice dinner on the beach...

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Now to walk off some of those calories! Ahhhh bliss!

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*This is the day before, and on the same beach as the poor turtle from last weeks ABC post.

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ABC Wednesday - S is for Stunning Sidekicks

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My oldest SON Christian and his SERIOUS girlfriend Alyssa. One of my favorite pictures from the Prom Photo SHOOT last SATURDAY! We met at Hollins University for pictures. Apparently it is a photo hot SPOT for prom pictures! After pictures, we SAID our goodbyes and wished them well as they drove off into the SUNSET headed for the Hotel Roanoke to make many prom memories!

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ABC Wednesday - M is for Morris Apartments

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Morris Apartments. 1401 Grandin Road SW. Roanoke. 24015

When I snapped this photo I didn't know it was an apartment building until now, getting ready to post it. I just liked the architecture. So, upon my Googling research I found out that it was built in 1929 on this really neat website called Emporis. It has tons of buildings and stats, to see Click Here. For more info on the Grandin Village area Click Here and for more photos with the letter M, Click Here! ...Happy ABC Wednesday :)

ABC Wednesday - School is CLOSED

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3:30 p.m. We weren't supposed to see any snow from this storm. This was the big southern storm that was just going to bring snow to the south and east of us. It started to snow about the time I had to go pick Christian up from school and take to work....Here I am waiting in the school pick up line....little snowflakes are falling...

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8:30 p.m. Here I am picking Christian up from Kroger. What a scary drive. We only live about 10 minutes away but the roads were all covered in snow. I white knuckled it all the way there, driving very slow. Yes, I'm one of those drivers ;)

Got the text "Botetourt County Schools are CLOSED on Wednesday". Yay! That made a bunch of kids happy!

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8:30 a.m. this morning. I think we must have ended up with a couple of inches in the end! So much for forecasting the weather!

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