the masseys: June 2011

Monday, June 27, 2011

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Natural Bridge...such a special place to B's fam and the place we meet for his family reunion each year. I love it there and love all of the memories it holds for B and the memories we are making there for our kids.

This was our first trip with three kids in a hotel. We couldn't have asked for better sleeping. Thank You, Lord! Had to wake Garner Saturday for the day's activities!

That morning, we enjoy Breakfast with the Old & Rare...there's a story to that, and to most everything involved in the weekend. It's part of what makes it so special. :) B and the kids headed there...

Always afterwards, there's a family pic at the big bear and fun playing with all the novelty items in the gift shop. We let the kids pick something as long as it's under $5. This year we enjoyed Greer bringing countless items to us, asking each time, "How much dollars is this?" She settled on a purple sparkly butterfly ring and a purple butterfly note pad with a purple furry pen. Perfect choice. (I thought it was a pretty impressive combination for her to put together for $4.98 actually.)

On to Cave Mountain Lake...hanging out in the grass, looking for tadpoles, playing a little baseball, swimming etc. All in one :)

In the pavilion, we hear from Uncle Bill, eat, enjoy the story-telling contest, eat, sing, eat, enjoy a variety show, eat, do some silly dancing (as seen below), eat, dance the Virginia reel and eat. :)

The crew this year...missing a few :(

The matriarch and patriarch, Aunt Ginny & Uncle Bill. Love them SO much. One of my and B's favorite memories is of a weekend we spent with them at their beautiful place in PA. I so wish we could have more time like that with them.

Heading back to the hotel...oh Greer!

Can't be there without making a quick visit next door to the dinosaur forest!

Sunday morning at Granny Tolley's. Feels like home.

A baseball glove in hand and a barbie in his back pocket...the Dad life :)

And it happens every year...less than an hour on the road after a busy and fun weekend.

Love this time every year...it's what family is all about.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Atlanta

We rounded out May with an Atlanta visit to Slade and Jessica's...great to see them and Bebe and a few friends too! Wish we would've done a better job of grabbing the camera :(

Getting ready for bed...oh, the Garner love :)

We met up with the Johnsons for dinner...super cute kids and 2 boys who are gonna be great big brothers to their soon-to-be baby sis!

Love these boys...twin friends :). They always have the best (and silliest) time!

Some pool time! I am so sad that I didn't get pics of Aunt Gretch or our sweet friends, the Summers who joined us. Briana is one of my oldest and greatest friends...so love her and her family! Garner was great about going with the flow and caught a nap out there with Bebe. Love that good snuggling...

A cute shot of the crew...hard to get Gehr to pause for a pic. He loves the pool this year! It's nice to be past the learning how to swim stage and on to the game playing etc that I remember as a kid. :)