4 Doors!

It was time. We had to break down. We managed to keep our awesome Mini Cooper as our main "FAMILY CAR" for the first 16 months of Amelia's life. It was a great family car. It took us all over town; to the coast; it hauled tons of plants, trees, and fertilizer on our trips to Rainbow Gardens. It served us well and it will always be remembered as the car we brought Amelia home in. It was my first ever brand new car. I remember when I ordered and built it on line at mini.com. I tracked the building process and I checked on the shipping of the car from Oxford, England. I even was given a "Car Shower" at work by my sweet co-workers. They had car accessory gifts for me to open and they even made a brag book with pictures of me and my Mini. So cute! Yes, lots of great memories in that Mini Cooper.

Meet our new family car....

We got a 2011 Chevy Equinox LTZ. I just love having 4 doors....
By the way, we still have our Mini. I wasn't ready to give up our first family car. ha ha!

Colonial Williamsburg

A couple of months ago we took a trip to Williamsburg, VA. We're really getting the bang for our buck with "under two can fly for free" rule. Amelia has been on a plane many times and she loves to travel, just like Mom and Dad. We went with Granddad and Uncle Daniel and had a great time. 1985 was the last time all three of them had taken a trip there together. All of Dan's family is still in Virginia and it was exciting for me and Amelia to meet them all.

The landscape is absolutely breath-taking! This is near Lake Powell...

Here is Uncle Floyd's (Floyd is Amelia's great-great uncle and brother to Dan's daddy) cottage.
Amelia in Uncle Floyd's front porch.
Uncle Floyd and Amelia
A picture of a picture of Dan's grandparents...
Tree canopies surround their land. Right next door to Uncle Floyd's house is where Dan's cousin, Brian, lives. They had us over for dinner one night and we had a great time visiting with them.
Nice driveway, huh?

After visiting with family, we spent some time in Colonial Williamsburg. It's an old way of life. Very simple. Very peaceful. William & Mary college is tucked right in the middle of all the Colonial backdrop. It was neat to see horse drawn carriages with period costumes and college co-eds jogging on the same dirt road. It was still Fall when we were there. Check out this beautiful tree...
Amelia got into the festive attire...

Nathan and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary on this trip and we had dinner at Christiana Campbells Tavern. A place that George Washington frequented back in the day.

We attended a choir performance the night of our anniversary in this church. An evening of Requiems. Many of the pieces I sang in college.

The Governors Mansion.

Here's what happens when you have too much Colonial fun!

Daniel, can you remember why Nathan and I laughed so hard at this picture???
Great trip!