The week prior to Hilton Head the kids and I headed down to my Mom's in Annapolis to spend a few days. It broke up the 15 hour drive to Hilton Head, and allowed us to visit with family and friends. On the way to MD we stopped to visit my Grandpa Don in NJ. We had a great visit and I think Grandpa was entertained by the performance Connor did of an assortment of songs from his week of Vacation Bible School (mixed in with his awesome break dancing moves of course). As usual Leyla was happy to serve as backup. It was cute. And I LOVE this picture of the kids with their Great Grandpa, what a great shot!
Next we drove to the eastern shore to visit with my Dad (and Oliver), another nice visit. We took a walk to the playground and it was great for the kids to be able to run around after being in the car for so long.
I love being back on the eastern shore. Blasting country music, just fields and corn as far as the eye can see. Beautiful!
At my Mom's. Here's Leyla with her Great Grandma Alice. How neat that the kids got to see their two great grandparents in the same day!
The crew. My Grandma loved having them there!
A hobby of Gerry's is building these really neat bird houses out of recycled wine boxes. He then sells them in wine and gift stores throughout Annapolis. Connor's always so excited to get in his workshop with him to help measure, hammer, glue, etc.
Measuring and sketching away.
Flowers Connor insisted on buying for my Mom and Grandma Alice. He told me "we have to get these for them- all girls like flowers!" He's going to do well with the ladies someday ;)
Not the greatest pic but super fun girls night out at Yellow Fin with my high school besties. 28+ years of friendship right there!
At night Leyla slept in a packnplay in my room. Had to take this sweet picture of her sleeping ;) She is the sweetest little thing!
Apparently the Annapolis Mall has become an awesome kid destination?? They've got a bounce house place, crafting kiosks, story times, train rides, play places, etc. The kids and I entertained ourselves for hours there one morning!
Taking a ride on the train.
On Friday morning we met up with Shannon (who lives in NJ but was also home visiting her parents that week) at her parents' house. We walked down to the Severn River beach in her neighborhood where the kids could play. So pretty.
After leaving Shann's we picked Andrew up from the train station at BWI. That night we had a crab feast in our backyard. Yuuuummmmmmm. I had heard that the crabs were pretty awesome this year and they did not disappoint!!
After 10+ years, Andrew has become quite the crab picker. So proud ;)
We packed the car up that night and left at 5:15am the next morning (this was our first time attempting something like that and it was a huge success- definitely the way to go for long car rides like that, at least for ours!) Next stop: Hilton Head!!
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