on the plane
Nada helping put the groceries away
We planned to all drive to the D.C. temple to do some work there, but it started snowing... and snowing... and snowing! It snowed over 24 inches in 2 days. So instead of going to the temple (which was closed) that Saturday, we played in the snow.
the evening it first began snowing
"Catch the snowflakes on your tongue!"
watching snow falling
winter wonderland
snow-covered vehicles
snow angel
Daddy & Joshua
Kara being pulled on a sled
Daddy & Joshua on a sled
I'm about to sled down the hill!
Kara sledding (she only went down once; it was a little scary)
Brian's OK!
Don't you love our snow attire?
snowman-building
Look what we made! (Kara made the head by herself.)
brothers: Trevor, Dustin, Brian, Thomas
traditional Chinese Auction
Thomas and Kymry puzzling
the grandkids playing with Grandma & Papa
Joshua loved LazyBoy!
Kara with Uncle Thomas
mischievous-looking Joshua playing with cars
The guys did a lot of this:
Nada in the kitchen
Christmas tree shopping
...and decorating
Nada playing
Christmas Eve: Grandma & Papa
Joshua & Nada
Christmas Day
We all got matching "Vance Coat-of-Arms" T-shirts from Dustin & Kymry
playing cut-throat ping-pong... really fun!
bubble bath!
sight-seeing Michie (pronounced "Mickey") Tavern
water from a tin cup
Monticello
at the hotel
Nada loved the heater vent blowing in her face.
downtown Charlottesville
Luray Caverns
Dream Lake: a pool reflecting the stalactites on the ceiling
The Great Stalactite Organ (the largest instrument in the world): It sounds hauntingly beautiful.
rubber mallet that taps the stalactite, creating the tone (this is just one of them, of course)
Can you see the shaggy dog?
"Fried Eggs"
tired
Uncle Robbie and Aunt Gail came to visit. Nada loved Robbie and kept giving him hugs; it was soooooo cute!
Nada checking out the cat
Brian's youngest brother Thomas plays the piano well, so it was really fun having my own personal accompanist.
Joshua helping Grandma open one of her birthday presents
Chuck E. Cheese's
on the flight back home
canned water
Unfortunately, we came home to a house with no power and had to throw out the contents of our fridge and freezer. BUT we had a WONDERFUL 3-week vacation in Virginia! Thanks, Mom and Dad; it was great to see y'all!
5 comments:
What a fun vacation!! And look at all that snow!! I wish we had gotten so much, but it looks like it all went to Virginia :) It looks like you guys had a GREAT time and got to see some cool stuff while you were there! I'm glad you guys traveled safe and hada good time! :)
WOW! That's incredible!! I'm still stuck at "You flew with three children!!!!!!!!" I'm impressed. I thought Elena and I were going to die on the way back from Utah.
Looks like you had a great trip and saw some cool things! That is pretty fun you were there during the big snow storm. Looks like you had fun playing in it! Glad you had a great trip. That is too bad about your food when you got home. It seems I heard there was a big wind storm around Christmas time or something, did that knock it our for ya?
Wow-what a fun trip! I'm so jealous you had a white Christmas! We were wearing short sleeve shirts here. Brian's family looks like a lot of fun!
Looks like you had an awesome trip. Thanks for sharing so many pics.
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