Thursday, May 05, 2011

Virginia & more



Being silly at Gramma & Grampa Shinabery's

Wow! Hadn't realized it has been almost a year since I've updated this blog!  Well, a lot has been happening over the last year so I will bring you up to speed!   The biggest news would be that we have moved from sunny Arizona to Appalachain Trail Virginia!  The move has been bitter sweet in many ways, but we are adjusting to our new surroundings and getting settled into our new house!

Two weeks ago, the kids & I drove to Ohio to celebrate Easter with family.  We had such a great time playing with all our cousins at Granny & Grampy's house. We also had a great time at Gramma & Grampa's house even though it rained almost every day!  There was one day of sunshine & the kids helped Grampa outside all day planting strawberries & mending to other plants!



Sidney, Nick, Jeremiah, Zac, Avery, Bella & Isaiah sitting outside waiting to hunt Easter eggs!


On your mark, get set, GO!!!!!


Checking out all the candy inside the eggs!!  Aunt Mel & Great Gramma holding down the fort!


Jeremiah, Isaiah & Zac.  Zac loved playing with "The Cousins" as he would put it!



Decorating Easter eggs at home before we went to Ohio.  I told Zac to hold up an egg so I could get a picture of him with it and he held it a little too close to his face!!!!



Sidney, Zac & Avery


Hunting eggs in the backyard!


Aunt Sarah, Aidan & Nora came to Virginia to visit with us for a couple days!  We had so much fun!  It rained the first days so we played inside, but we did get to go outside eventually and play in the mud!!!  We also had a beautiful day of sunshine that allowed us to walk down the road & check out the horses!!!   It was so great having them here & we look forward to more frequent visits!!


Sidney, Aidan & Zac in the tent!


Eating ice cream while riding behind the mower!




Even Nora got to play in the mud!



Then of course, we had to take a bath!
 

Before we left Arizona we ran in our team relay race!!!!  Here is Van 2 decked out for our team name Royal with Cheeze (Pulp Fiction).  This is our 202 mile race from Wickenburg, AZ to Tempe, AZ.  We had great weather this year & loads of fun!!!


We also got a visit from Aunt Pat & Uncle Warren!  They came & stayed with us for two nights.  Here is a great picture of the kids with them in Sedona!!!




And here is Virginia!!! This is our back yard.  Behind the black fence are the cows!
  



Looking at our house from the backyard!
  



The cows!
  



Another shot of the backyard!!!  The mountians in the back ground are the Appalachian Trail