summer 2017 roadtrip, part four

Friday, 7.7.17

State College PA with Aunt Barb!

they loved this climbing spider web thingy at her neighborhood playground

perfect little bike💜

Krista, Katelyn, and Julie stopped by!

PSU campus - the Nittany Lion

Saturday, 7.8.17

Belleville PA

a wonderful lunch at Taste of the Valley and shopping at Peight's

Pennsylvania is soo pretty!!

Sunday, 7.9.17

we spent Saturday night/ Sunday morning at a hotel along 81 in VA.  These guys love a good continental breakfast and indoor pool!

Sunday afternoon at Uncle Tyler & Auntie Nichole's 

awesome cousins, six super cool kiddos!

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

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

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!