Noni recently had some business to tend to up in our neck of the woods for the {amazing} work she does for Historic Tyler. On her way back to Texas, she made a little detour to Roanoke, and we packed in the fun until we were just plain worn out at the end of her visit.
We had a picnic in the park. We had porch swing photoshoots. We visited Lexington for the day (which if you're ever in this area, I HIGHLY recommend - it's a great historical town). And we attempted the pumpkin patch, although it was bitter cold so we left within 10 minutes of our arrival. Lots of great fun (although, Pop Pop, we missed you), and we are already looking forward to our next visit in the days ahead.
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| McDonald's in the park. A favorite treat of Alex's. (And mine, if I'm being totally honest here.) |
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| Each year Noni buys our little crew Halloween gear, and we wear it almost every day. We washed and wore these the majority of the week she was here. We are proud of our Griswold tendencies. =) |
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| Freezing our tails off at the pumpkin patch. The pumpkin patch was only open on weekends, and would you believe that we had beautiful weather every single day Noni was here except for the two days the patch was open? Oh well, the boys sure did look cute in their pumpkin hats. |
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| Hurry up and let's get these pictures done. Too cold to stay put! |
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| Bundled up for the patch. Roo is modeling Noni's handiwork with the first sweater she ever knit for Alex and the cute hat. |
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| Lexington - the cemetery where Stonewall Jackson was buried. |
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More from the cemetery in Lexington. Noni has more pictures from our excursion here -
hopefully she'll share on her blog soon. =) |
7 comments:
Oh, the good, great, wonderful, special, full-of-love memories!! They make me smile! Make my heart full! Make me happy... and, if I'm honest, a bit sad, too... I love you guys to the moon and back... bigger than the sky... Mom/Noni
ps I think you might have missed the cemetery photos (on my Halloween post). ;) you'll want to check those out.
Sounds like a very special visit! I hope it will hold you over until you see them at the holidays. I know you must have loved having your mom's help with the boys. I'm sorry it was too cold for the pumpkin patch. That's definitely a bummer. I would love to visit Lexington. I love historical stuff like that. Maybe one day...
Our chat the other day was really nice. Sure wish you were closer!!
Dana
What great pictures, all of them!! The Halloween shirts are perfect, and you're so smart to wash and rewear them often to get more use out of them. And I love your family pictures at the pumpkin patch. Your hair is getting so long and pretty -- you look so great!! I'm so glad you had such a nice visit with your Mom. I can't wait to see you this fall. It won't come soon enough!
I love these pictures. I have been trying to comment for days but computer locks up on me!!!
I switched to Firefox and it is working (at the moment) I can't copy the code from flickr anymore....well I can but it doesn't open the pic on blog....there is a share button on flickr that I have used a couple of times. It creates a new post and places the picture on it! Are you having the same experience? I hate changes....lol....I want everything to just keep working the way it was! (trait of May babies/ha)
Can't wait! Can't wait! Can't wait!! =D
What a fun time you all had together. I just love all the things Noni has knitted for the boys. Such treasures and keepsakes! So glad you guys were able to enjoy some nice, fun, quality time together! Counting down the days until we see you guys...Katherine
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