We are the Arzaga's: September 2007

A Day Out with Thomas

While Daddy had to work the graveyard shifts over the weekend, Trina and Kappa took the boys to Cumberland, MD for the weekend. There, they spent the day out with Thomas the Train. Before Jake and Joey got to ride on Thomas, the town of Cumberland was holding their annual fall festival. The boys ran, and yelled, and screamed through a maze made of hay stacks; darting in and out of the maze, and finally finding the finish line. Once it was time to board the train, Jake and Joey rode through the countryside of western MD. Daddy was glad to see Mommy and the kids back home. Click on the thumbnail picture and see how they spent the day with Thomas.

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"Have [bike] will travel reads the card of a man..."

"...a [boy] without armor in a savage land."

Once a month, Jake and Kappa do some grand-Kappie and grand-kid stuff together and explore the beauty and wonder that is Mother Nature. On Labor Day, Jake and Kappa invited Joey, mommy and daddy to the Tow Path on the C&O, along the Maryland side of Great Falls Park.

From Jacob 2007

Jakey dressed up in his "Go, Diego, Go!" Animal Rescue Pack and rode his new John Deere bicycle. Jake showed us the many creepy-crawler creatures, towering trees, and rugged rocks that can be found along the mighty Potomac River.

From Best of the R...

"Jakey, Jakey, where do you roam? Jakey, Jakey, far, far from home. "

OBX in August

We came back to the Outer Banks in Corolla, NC in August, the week before Labor Day. This time around, we stayed at a beach house called 'Aloha' and were joined by my brother's family, Doug, Haewon, Nick, Sean, and Chaze. Also joining us in the fun and sun were my friends from my high school days at Fairfax High, Eric "Color Me Betsy" and Marcus Mickney alongside his family, Andrea and Sam.

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We had plenty of splashes in the pool and in the ocean, beach sand encrusted in our trunks, surf and turf eats at the beach house and around town, and souvenirs galore from Wings. How can I forget all the Dairy Queen faceoffs in foosball, XBox, and hoops. Thanks for all the DQ Blizzards Eric ;-]

We're all glad you all came. Let's do it again. Do I hear a ski trip in the near future?

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We are the Arzaga's

A Day Out with Thomas

"Have [bike] will travel reads the card of a man..."

OBX in August

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