Back in July Part 2: Grandparents Galore!

I'm so glad I'm having time to catch up on blogging today, because it has been so wonderful to revisit photos from this past summer. We had a very eventful and fun summer this year. It was unusually hot but we were blessed by the visits of Granny Heather, Vozinha e Vovo Stephen all at the same time for about a month. And we did a lot during that time! The photos below show the diversity of activities and the quality time we had together. Thanks again for visiting us dear grandparents!

Matching Olympics t-shirts from Vozinha and Vovo Stephen

Lots of yummy meals together.

Jonny and I got to have a date night!



Visit to Georgetown... there was an amazing fountain and Daniel just played in his underwear!



River cruise down the Potomac with beautiful views of the Washington monuments.

Metro ride to DC to visit the National Museum of Natural History

Daniel was thrilled to see the dinosaur skeletons!



But the highlight was getting to see a 3-D dinosaur movie called "The flying monsters!"



Daniel held the grandmothers' hands because they were "scared!"

Daniel was intrigued by the paleontologist in action!

A highlight: Visit to NIH to see papai's office!

Jonny's building is the one at the back.

Daniel was so excited and proud to "work" at papai's office!

Hot weather = Ice cream!

Dinner with old friends

Lots of rock throwing...

More meals...

Grandparents got to see Daniel's Karate class and belt test in action!

Daniel fell asleep on Vozinha one afternoon!

And Buffy continued to pursue Vovo Stephen...



More friends!



Son and mother go out for dinner!

Fun visiting the National Harbor!

Nena joined us too!

Daniel loved playing hide and seek with Granny!

View from Gaylord Hotel, National Harbor

We love and miss you, dear grandparents!

 

Back in July Part 1: Honeymoon Again!

Since I'm having time to catch up on blog posts today (yes, we still have power!), I wanted to make sure I published some photos of the trip that Jonny and I had back in July to a B&B farm in Virginia, to celebrate our 12 years of marriage. This was the first time that we had been away for two nights from Daniel (I guess that's one benefit of him being older) and it was only possible due to the love and care from Granny Heather, Vozinha and Vovo Stephen who were visiting at the time -- thank you again for giving us that opportunity!

We had a fabulous time. It's amazing how time alone is so precious when you have a small child. Just two nights away was perfect to spend lots of quality time together. And the setting was perfect; a remote farm, far away from any hustle and bustle and just us -- and the animals! Though it rained most of our time there, the weather was cozy and cool. We spent most of our time sitting and talking on the porch... It was the perfect way to celebrate our 12 years of marriage and the time we spent together that weekend, will last in our memories forever.

A lovely cozy, light-blue room

Jonny enjoying some hors d'oeuvres

Beautiful modern farm kitchen.

Freshly laid eggs from the farm for our breakfast





View from the porch... it was so nice cuddling up in the arm chair and not have to rush anywhere!

We wrapped ourselves up in cozy blankets



And had a lovely picnic lunch

 

Dinner at a special French restaurant

Yummy and beautiful breakfast!

I just loved the peaceful surroundings, despite the light rain.

 

Can you spot the Alpaca?