Crazy weather, a wedding and a birthday surprise

Here are some pictures from our trip to Virginia last weekend. The pictures are a bit out of order but if I try to rearrange them I'll never get this post done. 

The weather in Virginia was beautiful!! What a tease... just days before in Maryland we had a good 6 inches of snow and this week it's back to winter temperatures. Even though the spring like weather came and went all our allergies are in full swing. 

It was a busy weekend with two birthday parties, a wedding, hanging with friends till late and sleep overs. One of the best parts is staying with Augie & Heather and the kids. We miss them so much!

Elise, Claire and Sarah at the Wallis' home for Taylor's party.

The girls and I with Taylor - the birthday girl.

Laura and me at the wedding. I'm so sad she's moving away.

Matthew with his best friend Thomas. We'll miss him so much!

  It was a perfect morning having coffee with Augie and Heather while the kids played baseball in the yard.
Rachel and I made ice cream out of the "clean" snow with condensed milk and vanilla. It was really good and obviously very easy. The boys with Hudson.

Ryan got to spend the night with his good friend Benjamin. Can you guess what they did?

Snow

This morning we woke up to the snow falling and a scenic view outside our window.  This wasn't our first snow but it was a surprise.  The first time it snowed back in January was really fun. It had snowed a lot all morning and it was on a Monday so Eric and all the other PC dads were home.The kids have loved playing in the snow, sledding down the hill across the street, snowball fights and making snowmen. It has been somewhat of a shock to them just how wet and cold the snow actually is. They come in after playing outside all red faced and shivering. Today the snow melted pretty quickly this afternoon but not before the kids could make a snow fort. I thought they did a pretty good job. Hopefully it will still be there in the morning and they can continue to work on it. We're supposed to have 7-8 more inches by tomorrow afternoon. Though I am eager for springtime weather the snow has been a real treat for the kids.





Oh yeah, I almost forgot that while the kids were out working on the fort Matthew came in crying and gushing blood everywhere. He had stepped on the shovel and it flung up and hit him in the mouth. He survived with just a fat lip.