We had a wedding to go to Saturday night. It was nice to have my family all dressed up. Our church is fairly casual, so we don't get pretty too often. hehe. The Husband was even in a TUX. This had to be documented in pictures people!
It was great to see lots of out of town family we don't get to see very often.
The bride was The Husband's cousin. She looked beautiful and a good time was had by all.
Here is The Husband with his brother:
....... Thanks for the loaner KK ..........
Here we are with "Mamaw" and PaPaw". They were the sweetest hosts. They fed us WELL ..... I swear, we spent the whole weekend feeling like we were at a Bed and Breakfast. They spoiled us all rotten. My kids fell in LOVE with them. I was so happy to have my family get to know them. They were a great influence on me in high school. 
Me, The Husband, and "B" and "D" ..... we had such an awesome visit. It was so great to see them again after so many years.
Here we are with all the kiddos. "D" and I just couldn't get over how we would sit in this very same house together having junk food and watching "Dallas" after school and now here we were with our husbands and kids. Wow. Time flies .....
Here are a few pics of our little day trip to Yortown. The boys (big and small) really enjoyed all the old war memorabilia. Being somewhat of a history buff, I was quite happy as well. Fancy was less impressed but was sweet spirited throughout the day. 
Here is "B" explaining military terminology to the boys. They were FASCINATED with the cannons.
These two were SO excited to see a cannon aimed out over the water, especially after we had watched a film in the visitor center that included recreations of the battles on the ships. They RAN as fast as they could to get down there and have a look.
Here is Bubby excited to have his picture made with George Washington. This life size cut out had a lot of info about our first president including his height ..... 6'2.
My sweet girl .... who told me several times that she had enjoyed the day before much more (the day at the beach). I guess you can't win 'em all.
Back Story: I lived in Yorktown, Virginia with my parents throughout High School and a for a couple of years after graduation. My parents were stationed there in the Air Force. The Husband had grown up in the Dallas area and had joined the Navy after High School. He was stationed at Norfolk Naval Station about 45 minutes from where I lived.
My best friend "D" and I spent A LOT of time in Virginia Beach. It was the place to be for a couple of girls our age. One night when I was about 19, she and I drove to Virginia Beach as we so often did and met the two men we ended up marrying. "D" married "B", The Husband's good friend from the Navy, in July 1994 and The Husband and I were married in October of the same year. The four of us hadn't seen eachother since our wedding. FOURTEEN YEARS. What a shame.
We returned to Virginia this past weekend for a surprise trip for "D's" birthday on Sunday. I had schemed a plan to surprise her. I called her Mom several weeks ago and the plan was hatched. We looked into airfare, but decided to save A LOT of money by driving. Even with the crazy gas prices, we saved a ton thanks to my sweet little Jetta that gets 50mpg. As much as I loved the savings in fuel though, I admit was cursing that tiny car after 44 (round trip) hours in it with 4 people. We lived though and I don't regret the trip ONE BIT.
Just as we were getting close, we ended up stuck on a bridge for about an hour due to a wreck up ahead. We noticed people were all getting out of their cars and enjoying the view and fabulous weather. My children have only seen the ocean once and they were 4 years old and 6 months old .... they obviously do not remember it. This bridge was their very first view of the ocean. They were BEGGING to get out of the car and have a look. I fought the good fight for about 20 minutes. I was not at all on board with my kids standing outside the car on a bridge suspended over the Atlantic Ocean (for those of you who don't know - bridges and water are my biggest fear in life). I eventually gave in and just buried my head in my hands for most of the 10 minutes they spent looking at the ocean with Daddy. They were THRILLED to see the ocean .... it was love at first sight.
This is the only picture of the "reunion" I ended up with. I had given the camera to The Husband when "D" was about to come around the corner of her Mom's house to discover us sitting there .... he was instructed to "take pictureS" .... with an "S". He took this one:
She was SHOCKED. It was GREAT. Her Mom and I really pulled it off. She had NO idea we were coming. The moment was perfect. It was so great to see her and "B" and to finally meet their precious boys (ages 7 and 2) in person. Here are all the kiddos on her Mom's front porch:
Bubby and her oldest son hit it off IMMEDIATELY. We were so entertained by their instant friendship. Here they are in coincidentally matching pajamas (which they were pretty thrilled to discover) enjoying some legos and hot wheels together.
It was just warm enough to allow for some playing in the water. Too cold for the sane adults, but the kids were fine with it.
The boys (the 2 year old stayed at home with "MaMaw") really enjoyed the sand. Bubby has watched WAY too much "Shark Week" on TV to want to go too far into the water anyway.
Being Silly and "Playing Dead"
I just HAD to get a picture of just how COVERED with sand this boy was ... YUCK!
Fancy was much more brave with the water. She ended up really enjoying riding the waves in. She was scaring me to death, but I had to let her enjoy herself.
Notice the boys watching her safely from the shore.
"D" and I planted ourselves in beach chairs on the sand and enjoyed an afternoon of warm sun, cool breezes, the smell of the ocean, and watching our kids play together. Life was perfect. We just couldn't get over how much our lives had changed since we'd last been together on that same sand.
Here's the two Navy Buddies and their Brides. Those two enjoyed catching up and watching the boys play together.
After our day on the beach, we cleaned up and took a walk on the boardwalk. We wrapped up the evening with a FABULOUS seafood dinner in a gorgeous restaurant right on the water. It was great.
The funny part is: Just look at those smiling faces! As I was basking in the glory of this family moment, my kids were quite sad that they had been called in to eat .... they had been playing outside ALL day with their friends and they weren't quite ready for it to end.
We went to the park for a picnic with friends the day before Easter. The weather couldn't have been better.
We played Lasso Golf, Horseshoes, Soccer, Volleyball, and finished up with a cookout and an Easter Egg Hunt.
The Husband (in orange) playing Volleyball with the ladies. I played for a bit as well, but wanted to get back to my role of photgrapher. 
Bubby checking out his loot
