Saturday, March 9, 2019

This is Home - Fall 2018 visit

We were so pumped for our annual trip to Blacksburg to hang out with our favorites (the MacInnis's), spend time with Uncle Mop, and of course - cheer on the Hokies!

We left late on Thursday night, and decided to stop at Sal's on the way - Maria's family owns it, and I can't believe we haven't been before.  The food was delicious and Maria's mom treated us like royalty.  She loaded us up with appetizers and desserts, and even took the girls into the kitchen to pick out their own popsicles.  Seriously, such a fun night, and a much needed break in our trip.
The MacInnis's recently moved from Christiansburg to Radford, and their new house is gorgeous, and has the most amazing view of the mountains (and a peek at the New River).  Pictures don't do it justice - the leaves were changing,  and it was nice to be back "home".

their backyard, complete with orange and maroon trees!

hanging out with their buds!
We've reached a new level with our little Hokies... I've taught them to shout "HOKIES!"  The other thing they'll do is Ella will say "Let's go!" and Sydney will reply "Hokies!"  I mean - all of my Hokie momma dreams have been made.  The other day, we were trying to rush out of the house, and I said "come on ya'll, let's go!" and they both replied "HOKIES!"  Yaaassssss!
they just LOVE that Hokie bird!!!

a little campus walk with Uncle Mop and Daddy


my kind of view

happy Momma


Syd

Ella

look at that pretty girl!

our favorite Hokie!  hard to believe he's a senior already


filling up Kim's lap!
Always a highlight - leaving the girls with Kim + Brian to get spoiled, so we can tailgate and cheer on the Hokies!
jello shots




our FAVORITE Hokie neighbors!


Kim + Jeff told me to come to the window and wave... this is where we sit!  #ballers

someone decided to spend the morning sick... :(

I spy Ella

The next time we are headed to Blacksburg... Uncle Mop is GRADUATING!

This is Us - Fall 2018

When Ella & Sydney turned one, we did cake smash pictures + family pictures, and it was springtime.
A year later in the summertime, we went on vacation and met up with our photographer extraordinaire, and had family pictures done on the beach.
And here we are, another year later, and we've continued the trend and had Caiti do fall photos.  I really like the idea of seasonal pictures, instead of birthday pictures with the same Spring background.  I bet you couldn't guess that next year we are going to wait for a snowstorm to do pictures.

The only snafu was halfway to Caiti's house (far, far into Disputana), I realized we had forgotten the girls' dresses.  Ugh!!  The main problem with that is we were planning to do sunset pictures at her house, and we had timed it to arrive just in time for the sunset.  But we rushed, and we had just enough time to snap a few pictures, and they were gorgeous :)  Oh, and their Aunt Kelly made their dresses - they turned out perfect!












"Wook at my dress!"

always making each other giggle







someone was cold, typical skinny Syd



the real twins of the family








love this handsome man of mine