Our main reason for holding off on our trip until August was to wait for the Stampfers to move down to Virginia. The girls did great on the 8 hr flight over...the flight showed two kid movies, Rio and Robin Hood, so the girls each enjoyed their own tv screen and I didn't even have to open my bag of tricks ONCE (Kailee must have unplugged and replugged her headphones and changed her channels 1000 times but it kept her busy!) They napped for about 2-3 hrs and only took one potty break. It was ridiculous! I could have read a book but didn't even think to bring one for myself. I watched two movies myself, one good and one pretty bad, but I couldn't fall asleep...boo! We were up pretty early for the next few mornings but then adjusted pretty easily. We stayed with the Stampfers for the first 5 days of our trip and then drove down to Virginia Beach for a week and then back up to Fairfax for Colin's birthday and a few more days. It was really hard to fit everyone's schedules into the trip and we did lots of driving between DC, Richmond, and Virginia Beach but it was well worth it to see everyone!!! Hailey's famous quote of the trip was, "Are we here but we're not there yet?" Hahaha....implying were we close when we finally got off the highway?! :)
The kids got along great and seemed just to pick up where they left off over a year ago in Hawaii!
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| At Chuck E Chesse for Colin's 6th birthday |
The girls tormented the two cats and drove them into hiding! Miracle is extremely tolerant and allowed them to play baby, doctor and who knows what else! By the end of our trip she had found a great hiding place and we didn't see her again! :)
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| Poor Miracle |
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| Swimming at Fort Belvior |
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| Playing their Leapsters |
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| "Sole"mates....apparently there is Leapster foot placement protocol |
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Playdoh and Doctor
Jim watched all FIVE kids one day and Tiffany and I drove to Leesburg to go shopping at the outlets!
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| Backyard BBQ |
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| Trying to get a decent group picture |
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| An oldie but goodie....Colin 3, Rylee 18 months, Hailey 2 1/2, and Mason and Kailee 3 weeks |
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| According to Hailey, they are still getting married one day! :) |
1 comment:
I just read all of your blogs to catch up!!! Such great documentation of a wonderful visit! It made me tired just reading all that you were able to get in! Instead of commenting everywhere...
-love the pyramid pic!!!
-falling asleep while eating icecream seems soooo fun!
-I didn't know you didn't like sand!
-your girls are absolutely precious!!
-Thanks for squeezing us in!!!!
Hope you are doing well!!
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