Maddie's Birthday

Maddie had a Sofia the First themed birthday party.  We had a tea party and had lots of fun!  We had a total of 8 princess here and be have a very fancy time!

Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere!

We had a busy weekend!  The girls had a sleepover at a friends house on Friday night because I had a race early Saturday morning.  So they played hard Saturday morning.  I picked Maddie up after the race and went home and rested for a few hours.  Abby stayed at our friends house and helped set up for the Harvest Party we had with our Community Group.  Everyone had lots of fun with that!  Sunday we had an easy morning (everyone slept in, Abby until 8:45 and Maddie until 9:30!!!).  We then went to the pumpkin patch and got pumpkins to decorate with Daddy for when he gets back from Florida.  We had to stop at the store to grab a few things so we got some small pumpkins to decorate ASAP.  It was a busy but fun weekend!  Now the girls are getting ready for Halloween!!

Abby's Birthday!

Abby celebrated her 8th birthday last weekend!

We had a birthday party at the house with her friends and she had a great time!

Apple Picking 2013

It is Fall here in Virginia!!!  So, that means apple picking!  We went the last week of September.  The foliage wasn't as good as normal and our apple options were a little more limited (only 2 options to pick instead of 6).  We still did some damage....32 pounds of apples!  After apple picking we had lunch at Miche Tavern....very cute place.  The girls said it was like Gaston's tavern in Beauty and the Beast.  After lunch we went on to Monticello and toured there for about 3-4 hours.  Then headed home!  The girls had a great time and were exhausted by the time we got home.

Jamaican Vacation!

Eric and I got to go on vacation sans kids for more than a weekend for the first time since our honeymoon.  Eric's mom came out and watched the girls, they had a great time!  It was their last week of school so they were busy and Lisa got a little break 3 mornings while both girls were at school.

We went to Ochos Rios Jamaica to Couples Resort Sans Souci.  It was amazing!!!!  Small resort with great help!  There are only about 150 rooms so it never felt super full.  I think all the rooms had an ovean view.  We had plenty to do while we were there, they had water sports so we did some kayaking, glass bottom boat trip and went on a sailing trip.  Eric went scuba diving (twice!) and loved it!  We also went to Dunns River Falls, which is a waterfall, that we climbed!  I was a bit apprehensive about this but it ended up being a fun time.  

The food at the resort was very good!  We had a candlelit dinner on the beach on night which was lovely.  I tried some new foods; marlin, rack of lamb, shrimp bisque.  We made some new friends from Colorado.  All in all, we had a lovely vacation!  I'm going to try to make an album with our pictures, here is the link: https://plus.google.com/photos/106670437783444819907/albums/5891561984824615265?authkey=CMXe1e3qgp7hDw