Monday, April 19, 2010

Williamsburg...weeks later

Sorry for the delay in posting, I'm sure you've all been desperately waiting to know how our trip to Williamsburg went...well here it is.

We arrived on Sunday afternoon with perfect timing to hit the town for dinner at the Green Leafe, a local place with a great beer selection. The kids had a great time crawling in the booth.

And Virginia demonstrated repeatedly just how much she loves James Coyne.

Stephanie and I kicked off the weekend with Snakebites, and celebrated that for once, we had a waiter that embraced our kids, despite the spilled water and random squeals.

Sadly, Monday was rainy and cold. Not exactly the Spring Break we had envisioned in Williamsburg. So instead, we went colonial bowling. The last time Tres & I bowled was with Steph & Brian, circa 2004. Pre-kids. Needless to say, we were out of practice.

Tres embraced the role of teacher, having taken an actual for-credit, bowling class in college.

Virginia embraced bowling fashion.

Wonder wehre she learned that from?

Virginia and James were completely engaged in the whole thing...

for 5 minutes. Then they were more interested in the video games and candy machines. Note: don't let your 3-year old play the stuffed animal grab game. The only sure thing you'll win in a face full of tears.

But weren't they a cute couple?



Later that afternoon we went to the indoor pool, played some games and cooked a delicious dinner. Too bad you won't see any of that, or the morning we did actually spend in historic Williamsburg, but you can see this:

I dropped the camera on the way to the pool, it fell directly on the lens and wouldn't close back up. Tres "helped" by then breaking the lens completely off the camera. We're a great pair. Happy Spring Break!


Thursday, April 1, 2010

Shower Weekend

T's younger brother Ash is finally getting married and this past weekend we went to Ashland for the wedding shower! Lucky Ash is marrying the lovely Amanda, and I think we love her almost as much as he does.

V's favorite part of the shower was playing with her cousin Ava, who is mellow and sweet and wonderfully cute at age 7 months.
When she couldn't take the shower any longer, she escaped outside to play with the neighborhood kids, who somehow all managed to get on Grandma and Paw Paw's hammock at one time!


Despite cool weather on Sunday, we managed to squeeze in an Easter egg hunt before heading out of Ashland. V loves every second of being the only kid hunting for 50 eggs with assistance from 4 different well-meaning adults. I am just hoping all that "guidance" isn't spoiling her for good.




We had a lovely visit with Grandma and Paw Paw on their new backyard patio!


And V was thrilled to learn that sometimes Easter egg hunts are followed by presents!

Thanks Grandma!