Random 5 Friday - Battle of Buchanan IV

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Another blending of old and new.

Now randoms:

1) Tonight my oldest, Ashlyn, graduates from Virginia Western, our little community college with her Associate Degree. Those 2 years flew by. Click Here to see my post about her graduation from high school. After the ceremony we're taking her to Ichiban. Her favorite. An identical night as her high school grad night. Then she'll be heading to JMU in the fall. Sigh....

2) We bought Christian (well went halfsies with him) a new car yesterday. It's a white Buick Regal. Used of course, but new to him. He loves it. I hope he gets a lot of safe, happy driving in it!

3) The boys have a doubleheader in the morning then I think we're going to the grand opening of Explore Park. You can read about it HERE. I love that place and happy to see them get it going again. I've done a few posts there over the years HERE

4) 23 days of school left!

5) And a little video of the dance at the reenactment (sorry for the poor quality, I suck!)


Have a super weekend!!

ABC Wednesday - Q is for Quartet - Battle of Buchanan II

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These pretty little antebellum ladies got tired of all the warring going on across the street and made their way over to the Copper Top for an adult libation, or 2! I thought it was kind of neat seeing them all dressed up like that and drinking a beer!

Linking with ABC Wednesday

Random 5 Friday - Bierer's Deli

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Bierer's Deli, Buchanan

I like those windows that run across the top above the awnings.

Random 5:

1) We moved here to Botetourt County in 2008. Just like all our previous moves, schools were always our first concern when researching an area. We loved Botetourt for their school ratings and the fact that it was a little rural, not too far out, but not in the city of Roanoke. We still absolutely love it here. I found this video clip featuring Botetourt so you can see why we love where we live! Let me know if you recognize anything in the video!



2) We went to watch our minor league Red Sox play last night. That's always a good time!

3) I worked on some genealogy yesterday and found out that a great grandfather of mine was a Hessian Soldier. His name was Jean Baptiste Schneider. More research to do!

4) Tonight starts the 3 day Civil War reenactment in Buchanan. Yep, we're going!

5) Another blogger, I can't remember who so I apologize if it was YOU and I am not giving you proper credit but anyways, mentioned this show on their blog and I've gotten a bit hooked! It is called The Returned. It is in French but has subtitles. It's on Netflix. Here's a trailer:



Have a great weekend! Be safe!