Richmond Visit with Old Friends

In Richmond we met up with good friends/college buddies plus their kids. That's Faith with Cole and Julianna, Jessica with Ella (and baby #2 inside), and Melissa with Walker.

All 4 of us, plus Walker who snuck into the picture!

Ella enjoying her dinner.

Walker having some dessert.

The 4 big kids wanted their own table.

Richmond, VA

We stayed at my good friend Faith's house for a few nights in Richmond. We have known each other since we were 4, and this was the first time seeing each other in 4 years. All the kids had a great time together. Here they are after swimming at the neighborhood pool. Carson and Cole ready for dinner.

Avery and Julianna.

Carson and his new buddy, Rob (Faith's hubby). Here the two are playing Transformers.

Yorktown, VA part 1

We headed to Yorktown next to see the beach and the battlefields. Here are the kids outside the Watermen's Museum, where Tim and I had our wedding reception.

Checking out the water.

New statues and buildings have appeared in the years since I visited Yorktown Beach.

The kids LOVED Yorktown and thought it was great that I grew up there. That's them on the Yorktown Monument.

Yorktown, VA part 2

At the Yorktown Battlefield Visitors Center on the same cannons Paul and I climbed on when we were young.

The kids at Surrender Field

Sitting on the Monument

We drove past my old house. Avery didn't remember it at all from our previous trip 4 years before. There are a lot less trees and a lot more grass than I remember!

National Zoo

Uncle Paul and I took the kids to the National Zoo on a beautiful spring day in Washington, DC. We met my college friends Cathy and Bobby and their 2 kids, Cameron and Carly for the day. The kids had a great time checking out the Zoo with their new friends.

Jeez Mom, another picture?

The mighty Lion King....always named Simba at every Zoo!

Carly, Carson, Cameron & Avery

Cathy, Cam, Carly & Bobby

Uncle Paul and Aunt Lisa's House

We stayed at my brother's house for 2 nights in Northern VA. The kids thought his house was so cool because of all the toys and fun things to play with. Here's the kids with Uncle Paul and Aunt Lisa.

The kids and I were so excited to play Rock Band! Carson thought it was way too hard so only made it through one song.

Future American Idols!

All 4 of us getting into the act...

Natural History Museum

On a rainy Monday we headed into DC again, this time to the Natural History Museum and to see the Monuments. Faith & Rob and their kids came up from Richmond for the day to join us and Cathy & Bobby and their kids. The Museum was very crowded but the kids had a great time anyway.

The kids checking out the exhibits.

The boys loved the dinosaur bones.

That's Bobby pretending to feed Carly to the dinosaur.