Our Virginia Trip Part 1

Thursday the 4th was Claire's last day of school. Not much happened, but I picked Claire up early that day from school so we could get on the road for our trip to VA. I plan on detailing each and every day, however, I have NO idea how long this will take (there are lots of pics to filter through!). We stopped Thursday night just after midnight to refuel at a hotel in Tennessee before heading the rest of the way into Lynchburg Friday. We checked into our hotel before heading out to see the family.

Point 1: Our children thought staying in a hotel was really cool, at least the first few nights. Somebody made the bed every day while we were gone, we had our own little refrigerator, "for my milk, mama" (Landon), and there was, OMG!!!, a pool!!!!

We headed to Tommy & Phyllis' that evening for dinner with Tim, Ann and Tim's family. The kiddos got reacquainted with everyone, and even Landon cozied up to the relatives he'd never met after a few minutes. We shared a meal, good laughs and fun memories. (Not to mention some lemon chello!)

Saturday morning we got up and toured Lynchburg with Papa, after visiting with Doris. We walked along and over the James River on a neat river walk and had lunch together in the beautiful sunshine. Papa had lots of interesting stories about the town where him and his family have spent most of their years. You can still ask Landon today what river we saw and he'll tell you correctly!

Saturday afternoon we had a little down time before heading over to the anniversary party for Geoff's grandparents...Ann's parents. They were celebrating 60 years together, which I have to say is quite a feat! They were unaware of our family's presence in VA until that evening when Geoff opened the car door for Shir Shir. This was the event of the season: It was beautifully done with decor, yummy food, and lots of family to wish the couple well! It was nice that all of the Hill family was around for our children to meet...there were other kiddos their age to keep them busy!