Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Our Grand Mountainous Adventure!

So if you're willing to hang in there, you'll be in for a real treat...I have posted pix from our West Virginia/Maryland trip--many many many!!! We had a great time, saw lots of family, scrunched into one room for 12 days, threw rocks into the Potomac, went "out around the mountain," and just spent lots of time together as a family. I would love to tell all the tales that go along with each photo, but I will just include a few blurbs. Enjoy! Isabella age 4 1/2 months...
James age 4 1/2 months...

Outside catching lightning bugs...so awesome to let Lily and Ty experience that!


We were next to a pig truck and I thought this was so funny...
could NOT get this photo to rotate for some reason!!! Isabella with Payton and Kecia...



Isabella with cousin Kelsey...
And with Uncle Jim, who played and played with the kids!!

Ty with cousin Ryne, who took over for the day--what a great helper!

Todd outside during the official raising of the ginormous tent!
Aunt Cathy feeding Bella...
Lily helping Mommy with the tent...
The official lightning bug jar...
The girl cousins playing with Lily...



GG, Lily, and Ty at Queen City Creamery in Cumberland...yummy!


Ty sampling the flavor of the day--caramel...
Aunt Linda feeding James...






Have a taste Gran...







GG, Ty and Lily in Curtis Coney Island, where we enjoyed weiners with chili and onions--yum!










Ty getting ready for throwing practice into the C & O canal...

The booming town of Little Orleans...
I would not want to break into a home in Orleans, would you??





















Daddy with the kids at Point Lookout--gorgeous view!!!

deer in the daytime!!!
Check out how thrilled Ty is to be photographed!



Lily down at the Potomac testing the water...
Daddy watching Ty select the right "biggie" to throw into the river...
What a great serendipitous photo of Lily, huh?













You can pump your own water if you want to...
"Boo Boo's" old house in Paw Paw...
see any trains coming?

Great Gran's mailbox...




we've invaded!
How big is Ty???
The walk to the Post Office...

Great Grandma's backyard...

a fun bath in Grandma's tub...
my budding pianist...
learning from the master...
Grandma is getting a "razor" cut from Lily...



Aunt Linda, Kayla, and Isabella...

My view for MANY days... :)

This little bridge means we're almost to Grandma's!!