More Fun Things!

Whenever I download photos on my blog I seem to put them from last to first rather than first to last so these pictures of the girls sleeping were taken after the last activity we did this week on the drive home. They were so exhausted! We all are, so these next couple weeks we won't be going and doing as much. We need to rest and settle into a normal routine!

Tim's cousin Jenny and her family took us to Maymont Park in Richmond. It has gardens, horse and buggies, bears, a petting zoo, and a James River fish museum. Gracie loves spending time with Michael and Joseph! Michael is 5 and he is the sweetest thing to both girls! Joseph is a little cutie too and he and Gracie are only a few days apart. We look forward to doing even more things with them or swapping turns babysitting :)

Notice the girl on the opposite side of Gracie and the boys? They are wearing the same shirt!

Looking down at some fish.

There is a snake in that log and they were so cute looking down at it together! By the time I took the photo though they were moving on.

Tim watched the girls while Kirsten and I went to Mt. Vernon, home of George Washington. It was so nice! His gardens were huge and his views were beautiful!

The Richmond Zoo safari train ride. My favorite part was feeding and petting the giraffes! I never thought I would do that! They felt just like a cow or horse. I guess they do a Nativity show with some of the zoo animals at Christmas time so we'll have to go to that as well.

Virginia Beach

It was a bit chilly at the beach but I think we all still had fun. Lindsey ate a lot of sand and Gracie got brave enough to stand in the water up to her waist! Sand got stuck in our camera button though so we no longer have a camera. If you don't see any posts for awhile that is why. That gives me time to clean the apartment before taking pictures and posting them.

I am too cold with the air conditioning on so it feels really good when I first go outside, but then I get hot pretty fast. Tim and I have been struggling with this because he wants the air conditioning on and I get cold too fast and want it off.

The ward is small but seems really nice. One family already had us over for lunch. The Wilhelm family lives on base so it was fun to see inside Fort Lee. It was so kind of them to have us over! They have three girls and then a boy and the mom is expecting a boy! Just like my family, plus the dad graduated from BYU-Idaho with the same degree as Tim! He is in the army so they won't be here long but it's fun to make new friends.

Virginia Driving

This is what you see on a typical Virginia drive. All the trees are so pretty and I can't wait to see them in the fall. The downfall is there are a lot of curvy roads and I get a little motion sickness. Also, when you are trying to find a place, you can't see anything. I still love the trees though! You'll have to excuse the Disney music in the background!

Canal Tour

We went on a canal tour in Richmond. It was a historical guided tour and we saw turtles and the girls seemed to enjoy it. It was really interesting, just a lot shorter than we all expected. The roads downtown in Richmond are some sort of cobblestone. It was really neat and there is a lot more of Richmond yet to explore.

Williamsburg

Yesterday we went to Williamsburg. It's an old colonial town where workers are dressed up according to the times and you get to see old buildings, stores, churches, etc. There is so much history out here and I am not good with history. I better start reading and educating myself. We got to cross the James River on a ferry! It was so weird to drive our van onto the ferry and cross. It's interesting that some people do this every day to get to work.

Tim and Kirsten in the stocks in Williamsburg. I didn't take many pictures. It was pretty hot so if anyone is planning on visiting us I would suggest coming in the spring or fall. There is so much to do out here but a lot of it involves walking and if it's too hot for me you know it's too hot for everyone else. Luckily a lot of the paths were shaded. On the way back from Williamsburg we went a different route and we got to cross a drawbridge. It was really neat but I didn't have my camera handy. I'll have to take pictures another time when we cross it.