Monday, July 3, 2017

summer 2017 roadtrip, part three

Thursday, 7.6.17
a fun beach hike with Auntie Cheryl
Napatree Point off Watch Hill

quite possibly my favorite picture ever


the remains of an old military fort


We spent the afternoon/ evening in Mystic, CT
Mystic Knot Works!


delicious dinner at Red 36, with cousin Chris too

 and ice cream for dessert!

Chloe loved watching the drawbridge


Sunday, July 2, 2017

summer 2017 roadtrip, part two

Monday, 7.3.17
We made it to Westerly RI to see Uncle Rick and Auntie Cheryl and Aunt Betty!

Chloe and Brady
 getting her puppy fix, she said several times how much she missed Maya :)



★★Tuesday, 7.4.17★★
Happy 4th of July!!
after a great day at the beach, we're all cleaned up and ready for fireworks!


We brought Chloe's Doc McStuffins headphones, but Uncle Rick saved the day with these noise-cancelling ones!  And then plugged into music on Mommy's phone.  Even so, it was safe to say Chloe didn't enjoy the fireworks ;)

Ryan's picture!  love!
the whole family on Fenway beach in Weekapaug.  There were fireworks in every direction!



Wednesday, 7.5.17
a day on the pond!
I love us :)


A picnic on Ski Beach and then we took the walk-through to the ocean

not a bad way to spend an afternoon 






Auntie Cheryl's birthday dinner in Watch Hill followed by the carousel!




And then down to the lighthouse, it was such a beautiful evening 

one of Taylor Swift's houses - the huge, white one




Saturday, July 1, 2017

summer 2017 roadtrip, part one

Friday, 6.30.17 - headed North!
Welcome to Virginia


Saturday 7.1.17
Granddaddy's house!
Chloe and I had lots of fun with this solar powered hopping frog

pool and pizza dinner with the Choi family!
We had a fun evening with David, Kelley, and Hannah.  Their swimming pool had an old school diving board with an actual deep end.  The big two must have jumped a million times each!  I am also in awe every time we see them at how well Chloe and Hannah always hit it off - It's so cool to me that despite only seeing each other maybe once or twice a year, these two always play together so well.  It was a great visit!



I think we played Monopoly at every stop this trip!



★Sunday, 7.2.17 - Washington D.C★
The Zerings came to visit Granddaddy too and our two families spent the day exploring DC/ the National Mall together!
ready to ride the subway into DC
Not sure the subway saved any time or money, but it was all about the experience for these guys :)


cute cousins!


the WWII memorial

a rare photo of the adults!


sweet cousins with the duckies

Lincoln memorial







After our adventure, we're back at Granddaddy and Grandma Jo-Ann's for dinner at California Tortilla and then the playground ... and of course a few photo ops :) 



and more Monopoly!

Thanks to the Esterlings for watching Maya and keeping us updated on her wellbeing!



Monday, June 5, 2017

June 2017 - Braves camp!

6.29.17 - a baseball mini-camp at SunTrust Park!  
Ryan was soo excited!
and it was all free through the Chevy youth baseball program, awesome!
with Caden Stone

they rotated by age group through different stations


great seats!
parents and siblings were free to wander, the girls were cute unpacking their lunchboxes at each station, so glad I brought those and they kept them entertained




Dwight Smith, outfielder :: Ryan Chase, future Brave?!😉 :: Pete Smith, pitcher
Ryan's last station was in the dugout with Pete Smith and Dwight Smith, former Braves.  
They were great guys, I loved their stories, even though the kids seemed a little bored.

they're from the mid 90's and they told stories about Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson and of course the great Braves like Tom Glavine.  Dwight was there for the World Series win and showed off his ring.

what a fun experience!




as if a free baseball clinic weren't enough, they also fed us [all of us!  parents and siblings too!] lunch in the Chop House
it happened to be Sonia's birthday, look at me treating her to a fancy burger at the Chop House, what a good friend I am! 
Happy Birthday, Sonia!😄

we didn't get to see much of Dylan since he was in a younger age group, but he was there too.  Alyson, who knows everybody, was the one who got us our in :)