Home Sweet Home! Just got home from a vacation in Virginia to visit family, and it was fantastic!
We stayed with Matt's Brother Seth and his wife Melissa for a few days and then with Matt's sister Sarah and her Husband Matt.
This was really our first vacation together ever! Can you believe that?? We don't vacation well, we even came home early from our honeymoon because we missed our family that came into town for our wedding.
But, it was the perfect vacation.
It was an awful over night plane ride out from California, and within hours of arriving at Seth and Melissa's, Seth (and his son Carter) took us flying, which was a BLAST by the way. You see my brother-in-law is a PILOT and has a little 4 seater plane, which I'm sure I'll get flack for for not knowing the name :-p, but it was so fun, if only i didn't feel so queasy from our red eye flight and two hour drive earlier that day!
(Carter)
That night Seth and Melissa took us to a fancy shmancy sushi place at an outdoor mall and the kids probably ate more then me, they loved it! It was pretty darn good. And we had tempura avocado!
Melissa made the BEST apple pie while we were out flying. The best I think I've ever had.
It was so yummy that I'm going to try to steal her recipe.
Then Sunday we went to church, and then Outback Steak house, so yummy! Best raspberry cheesecake ever. They have a waitress that they use whenever they go, and she was super awesome too.
Being at Seth and Melissa's was such a blast, we stayed up hanging out and talking and didnt get to bed until about 2 am. We were all so tired that next day...
(Seth and super cuddly Hallie)
Melissa's house is super neat, everything looks like it just belongs. She also had all these neat decorative pumpkins strategically placed all over.
There was also a gorgeous couch that she had recently reupholstered with the help of her mom, which has really inspired me to do the same, so stay tuned!
Soon our time with Seth, Melissa, Carter, and Hallie was over and we went on to Matt and Sarah's.
(Ester, Matt (wearing Bethlin's hat), and Sarah)
Tuesday I spent all day with Sarah waiting for kids, and spending time with Bethlin and Ester when they had gaps in their classes. They go to a Co-Op school with home-schooled kids.
(Bethlin)
Wednesday the kids did their school work in the morning and then we walked all around their property, and the kids climbed the trees like little monkeys. They basically live in the WOODS, and they've made little trails all around. The weather was so perfect, and just so incredibly pretty.
(Here is the oldest of Matt and Sarah's kids: Juliet)
These are Ester's goats. They love her and follow her all around and come when she calls.
Later that evening when my brother-in-law Matt got home from work, Sarah and I got ready and the four of us went on a double date to Olive Garden. Can you believe that Matt and Sarah had NEVER been on a double date before?! Isn't that just criminal??
We had such a blast just talking and being silly.
The next day was Thursday, and Matt took the day off work, and the kids took the day off from school. Matt, Matt, and Levi went around to some gun stores, while us girls went to Goodwill and Ross.
When we came home we began preparing for dinner. We made sushi rolls and had a yummy salad with goat cheese, raisins, candied pecans, and lettuce of course.
Then sadly it was time to come home.
