What a fun and travel-y June :)). With B home all summer now (yay!), we planned a couple of lengthy road trips and started out the first one with our normal trip to the Bourne Reunion in Virginia...
Mammaw, Pots, Aunt Gretchen and cousin Charlie were on the road too and we met up for a yummy Cracker Barrel lunch on the way :)
Gehr brought a page of license plates to check off...he ended up getting almost all of them before it was all said and done :)
Natural Bridge! Oh, how we love it there :)
Cousin visitin' in and around the cottages. So lovely these days now that we don't have to worry so much about bedtimes :)
Breakfast with the Old & Rare...we take up half the dining hall!
And gift shop time afterwards. What a sad discovery to see all the toys gone this year! Thankfully they still had the bear there or there may have been a Bourne family revolt ;)
More playtime before heading to the lake...
Virginia. So lovely :)
Afternoon festivities at Cave Mountain Lake...cousin ultimate frisbee, lake swimming and adult visiting :)
Back at the pavilion...we toasted B's granddaddy with his favorite tastykakes. Can't describe the legacy and sweetness and tradition these share. I'm so grateful to be a part of it all
B's granddaddy's brother, Uncle Bill, turns 90 this September. He is the patriarch and really grandfather to his many offspring and his brother's too. I could never describe how amazing and cute he is using just words, but here's a quick peek from this year's talent show:
Northerns and Southerns honoring and celebrating family and this annual time together...love
No lack of fun there, for sure :)
Only a few missing this year...love this crew!
We stopped by one of our favorite spots...the Shenandoah is beautiful!
And so sweet ;))
Finishing out Saturday at the cottages...
And wrapping it all up with sweet worship at Granny Tolley's Sunday morning...
We are blessed beyond words to be part of such an incredible family and so thankful for all who put such effort into getting us all together every year. It feels like going home and all five of us love it :))
