OMG - Where do I begin?!! The kids and I went to Virginia for almost 4 weeks this summer while Jason was traveling for work and it was HEAVEN!! My parents live on 65 acres in the beautiful green Virginia mountains - 15 miles from the closest grocery store. It's the perfect escape from the cares of life. We hardly had a day of rest because we played so hard every day. My kids practically fell into bed every night because they were so tired from the fun all day.
Here is a SHORT list of the things we did along with just a few photos.
A visit from my dear college friend, Jessica and her 3 kids. She also has a set of twins so between the two of us, we have 6 kids, 3 years & younger.
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| We went to the Floyd Country Store for some good bluegrass music! |
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| The 3 babies |
We took a few days to chill at my parents' timeshare near Charlottesville. The place is called Shenandoah Crossing and we stayed in cabins and played from sun-up to sun-down. Cousins always have the BEST time together! Some of the things we did there....
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| Mini-golf |
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| Horse back riding |
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| Pontoon Ride |
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| Another pic on the pontoon ride |
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| Courtney Doolittle & I |
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| We went swimming every day! |
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| Golf Carting all over the place! |
Other things we did while visiting my parents' house...
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| Sandbox-ing |
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| Body painting with watercolors |
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| Visiting Uncle Joel's sugar cane field |
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| and feeding Uncle Joel's goats (potato chips!!) |
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| Fishing at Kenny & Dixie's house. The boys and I also took a wild inner-tube ride on the lake, 60MPH, SO FUN! |
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| We visited several family cemeteries and were able to clean some very important tombstones |
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| Baby Miles with the tombstone of his Civil War Soldier ancestor (the Confederacy, of course!) |
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| Playing in the creek at Camp Alta Mons |
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| LOTS & LOTS of go-karting, all day, every day... |
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| and more go-karting... |
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| We went the Floyd Country Store again for more bluegrass |
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| A visit to Krispy Kreme after a big day at the waterpark |
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| Miles was along for the ride the whole time....next year he will be running wild with the rest of the cousins |
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| Tractor rides |
More activities we did that were not documented with photos...
A visit from Cherish Davis & her 2 adorable children
Riding bikes with cousins in the basement & back porch
Playing in the toy room for hours
Swimming at the pool & the waterpark
Birthday party for cousin Addie
Hot dog & smores roasting over an open fire
Picnics
Milkshakes at McDonalds
Shopping with the women
Ice Cream cones EVERY night before bed
Popcorn parties
Zumba classes with my sister
Wow, what a great visit. I should come play at your parents' house.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great trip, filled with amazing people!!!! I loved every photo. You look like a rockstar super model, btw. Just sayin'. :) Miss you, but love you even more!!!
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