Our fast trip to VA

I know last weekend I mentioned that I had some things rolling around in my head that I wanted to post on...well, time has gotten away from me once again. There is so much stuff going on with 3 months down until our country departure! And 3 more weeks until I am finished with my school year! I am sad to say goodbye to my students and to teaching, however, my to-do list gets longer by the day and our calendar is pretty much packed out so I am grateful for this school year to soon be behind me. I hope to have a little more time in the coming weeks to post on deeper things rather than just pictures of our weekends.

What a FAST weekend we had in VA. We left Charlotte Friday afternoon and just got home a few hours ago (Sunday night). We haven't been to VA since Christmas and it was so great to see everyone...especially my 3 little nieces! The main reason for our quick trip was Anna's 4 year old birthday party...I can't believe it has been 4 years. She has grown up so fast...and the two other nieces have grown up just as fast especially since we saw them at Christmas.

I'm going to miss my family like crazy when we are gone for the year! Good thing I took all these pictures this weekend to look at when I start missing them...ok, so I took a lot of pictures...196 for the record. I think that's a new PR. :) My brother bought a horse this past year and stables it at their friend's farm/ranch. Anna has been into horses too since she is into whatever her dad is into, hence the horse birthday party that you will see below. What a fun time...it was a perfect day!
The Cowgirl...aka birthday girl. She wanted a horse birthday party...horses are her latest thing.
Anna and her best friend, Charlie. I think this will be a great picture for their wedding reception one day! :) They are so cute.
I love this picture of her blowing the petals off the flower.
Cousins, Chloe and Bella.
My brother, Jeremy, and his family."Miss Melody"
"Miss Melody" and the blonde horse is Justin's horse "Mr. Z"..."Mr. Z" has sent my brother to the ER several times now.