Friday, May 31, 2013

May Mugs

Some cute May pics without a post to call home:
May 2nd
My two favorites being silly 
 May 3rd
We take lots of pictures of Jovie lookin' cute...
 May 5th

 May 5th
Exploring Fort Ward with Tyrese
 May 6th
 May 8th
Hiding from the vacuum cleaner
May 10th
Welcoming Daddy home from work


 May 13th
 May 19th
 May 22nd
 May 29th
Georgetown Water Park

Monday, May 27, 2013

Memorial Day in Shenandoah

For Memorial Day, we drove to Shenandoah National Park for my Mother's Day/birthday hike.  It was a chilly day, which is totally out of the ordinary for Memorial Day around here, and totally welcome!  It was a little drizzly, but made for a lovely day and lovely hike.

We started out in Big Meadows for a little bit, but it started to rain so we went inside, ate lunch and got some ponchos

Here she is, ready to hike!  In the backpack and poncho-ed up!
 

 So, Jovie didn't always enjoy being in the pack.  So, we would sing ABC's and Jesus Loves Me.  Suddenly, she broke out into "Jesus, All for Jesus".  I sing that to her every night, but didn't know that she knew it.  Brought tears to my eyes!
 At the top, we let her get out and stretch her legs.


 
At the top of Hazel Mtn
 





We let her walk a little more at the end, too.
At the end of the trail 
We went back to Big Meadows, where she had a blast running around!

 And rock climbing


 These are my favorite days - the three of us at Shenandoah!

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Dressed up

On Sunday, we went to the baptism of the Jordano's twin boys.  We got dressed up, so a perfect time to snap a couple pics.



Saturday, May 25, 2013

Strawberries & Wine Tasting

Memorial Day Weekend was packed full of fun!  On Saturday, we went to pick strawberries with our friends, and then went to a winery for a picnic.

Strawberry picking was windy!  But really fun, and I was so glad it wasn't hot.  Jovie ate as much as she picked, of course.  :)


 Jovie next to one of her favorite people




 Daddies and babies (not really babies anymore)

 Picnic at Fox winery

 Stacey getting clever

 The kids
The group



 My favorite family pic ever!
 Zonked out on the way home (2.5 minutes after we pulled away)
 For dinner, I made homemade strawberry shortcake with homemade whipped cream with fresh-picked strawberries.  YUM!

It was a SUPER fun day!