So cute. Carly fell asleep on the couch.
Cayson's first day of preschool
Inside his classroom
We were lucky enough to spend the last part of our summer in Virginia for just over a week. We had such a great time sight seeing in D.C. and visiting Thad's family in Barhamsville, Virginia. Here is a brief run-down of our trip.Day 1- up at 2:30am to catch a 6:15am flight to Washington D.C. (who's idea was that?) On a bright note, we stayed at the JW Marriott on Pennsylvania Ave. NICE!
Day 2- International Spy Museum, US Capitol and White House
Day 3- visit Burke (where Thad grew up), Arlington Cemetery, Iwo Jima monument and The Pentagon
Day 4- WWII Memorial, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial and train ride to Richmond (funny Cayson story)
Thad- Cayson, do you know who that is?
Cayson- No
Thad- That is Abraham Lincoln, he was our 16th president.
Cayson- Oh, I thought it was Jesus
Days 5 and 6- spent time with family and visited the cemetery where Thad's dad is buried
Day 7- Busch Gardens- Yay roller coasters and Thad screams like a girl on scary rides!!!
Day 8- Virginia Beach and unexpected trip to the ER with Carly
Day 9- We were supposed to go home but due to the hospital trip and the possibility of infection in Carly's shunt the Dr didn't want us to travel. No problem, we didn't want to leave anyways!
Days 10-12- Relaxed and spent time with family
Day 13- Flew out at 6:45pm and arrived at 10:50pm (1:50am VA time...just imagine how much fun that was!) When we were at the airport in Dallas for our layover, Cayson had his 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th winds of energy. He was running through the airport yelling "Oh my gosh my belly freaking hurts, I need a donut!" Then when he saw Krispy Kreme he opened the door and starting putting donuts in a bad before we could stop him. Crazy child!
The trip was SOOOO much fun. Thad loved seeing his family and I thought they were great. We got to see the land that Pepaw gave us and it was beautiful. We would love to build there someday! Cayson loved playing with his cousins and got to be best friends with his cousin Gabby who is the same age. They had so much fun playing together. We were sad when it was time to go and can't wait to go back and visit. Because I had so many pictures and couldn't pick which ones to put on the blog I made a slide show of most of the pics. Enjoy!
3 comments:
Wow, no kidding you had TONS of photos! But I loved seeing them all--all the DC ones had me so homesick...you guys look like you had such a great time! (Well, aside from the flights and the ER trip of course.) I laughed out loud at that Obama pic. Crazy you bumped into Dole! On a sidenote, Benno has that same Mickey shirt that Cayson has. Carly just keeps getting cuter and cuter. Your land is absolutely gorgeous! (All except for that deer...we don't like those anymore.) So is Pepaw Thad's dad's dad?
Glad you had such a great visit out there and that you're home now safe and healthy! And Cayson looks so proud going back to preschool!
I wonder who doesn't like who more-the humans that hit the deer with their car or the deer that get hit with the car or narrowly escape death while watching their friend get hit. Its a toss up. There was a dead deer on someone's front lawn there, they are all over! Yes, Pepaw is Thad's grandfather. DC was awesome, it had me wanting to live there. Why did you guys live there?
What a fun, patriotic trip. What a scare with Carly, I hope everything is alright. she is such a cutie and getting so big. You have such beautiful land in Virginia, so green and lush. Loved all the pics. glad you had a fun time.
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