Virginia Trip

Today we got back from a cross country trip to Virginia. Our trip started out like this, with three little girls very excited to ride on the airplane. 

We were able to celebrate Charlotte's 1st birthday (a few days late). This was the first time my family has ever been able to celebrate one of my children's birthdays with us. It was a fun day!

And Charlotte must have realized what she was missing last time with the chocolate cake. This time she dove right in and really enjoyed her cake! We were able to share the special day with my Aunt Becky and her family at their home in Bridgewater, VA. 

The McIntyre's have a really fun yard for kids to play in. They have a big play structure to climb all over with swings and a slide, a giant sand box and this really cool tree house and rope swing. Here Peyton, Lane and Carmen play with my cousins son. I don't know what that makes him....I don't think it's a second cousin. Whatever he is to them, they had a great time playing together. 

My mom had just gotten back from a Mexican vacation a few days before we got there. She got the girls these beautiful Mexican dresses and some maracas. After waking up at 1am and flying all morning, the first thing they wanted to do when we got home was to put these dresses on and for me to take a picture of them. So I did! They sure are cute!!! And I think it's really amazing and ironic that after a whole year of trying to get a decent picture of all three of them together, I finally got one of them all looking and smiling at the camera. Now if only you didn't see the dirty clothes on the floor and our suit cases in the background....

And for those of you wondering - the point of our trip was to house hunt for a future move back to Virginia. I spent several days looking at houses and trying to find the perfect one. Well, I didn't find the one, but we still have a couple of nice options.  More updates to come on the house hunt/big move.