Virginia

As I mentioned before, it was a very lovely trip to Virgina this past May. It was so great to get out of Texas and head to the cool, lush and verdant, mountainside town of Charlottesville for some rest and relaxation with family. My aunt and uncle are blessed to have their four children and grandchildren living close, so we in turn were able to visit with everyone. Granny was there, my aunt Sonja from San Diego, two new babies in the family.... yes, quite wonderful.

Ruby had a fantastic time meeting and playing with her cousins, my uncle's new golden retriever, and of the course roaming around children's paradise, aka my uncle's backyard. I didn't have a shabby time myself, waking up and drinking coffee on the back porch, watching the budding Virginia spring backdropped by the Blue Ridge Mountains. Simply gorgeous.

We went shopping, we visited Granny's new place, we ate, we went for walks, we had a party for my aunt's 60th birthday!, we ate, we had Mother's Day, we ate, and ate, and ate. Oh it was wonderful. It was sad having to leave, but I was ready to get back to home life. And, oh! It was Ruby's first plane trip, and she did grrrrrreat! I was sorta worried, since she was just getting over her first ear infection, but thankfully it wasn't an issue. People commented they didn't even know there was a baby on the plane! The way back was a slightly different story. There had been bad weather the last couple days of our stay, and we had a two-hour bad weather delay, while on the plane! I had to let Ruby run up and down the aisles to get the wiggles out, but luckily she was having a great time, and charming all of the other passengers, flight attendants, and pilots. She fell asleep after a little while in the air, and stayed asleep. Ahhh, success!

We stayed in Dallas for another day to decompress from traveling and relax a bit more. Ruby, as always, had a great time and bonded with Charlie dog and Papa Jim.

You can view the whole album of pictures here.

And some of the highlights:

Already comfy in the play room

Smelling the pretty flowers

Wandering through Paradise

A stroll in the gardens

Nature's Perfection

Mud Play

On an adventure with Uncle Mike

Earth Mama and Garden Girl

Four Generations