Every Fall we make the lovely trip to Virigina to visit Drew's family. It is a beautiful time of the year to visit there. The leaves were starting to turn and the weather was great. The boys made the 5 1/2 hour trip great...minimal tears and screaming. :) Like a great mother in law, Stacy had everything just perfect for us when we arrived. A play area for John Brady food, snacks and drinks galore to pick from and lots of plans for the weekend.
Thursday night we sat outside on the patio and watched John Brady play. Later we enjoyed cocktails outside and we cooked homemade lasagna. It was a perfect evening with the windows open and the cool breeze filling the house.
Friday we spent the morning going to a school meeting for Dora and then a fabulous lunch at Blue Door Cafe at Draper Mercantile. The atmosphere and food were amazing. Such a cute little building!!! They have local fruits, veggies and meats for sale and also daily homemade desserts.
We spent the rest of the day around their house playing and enjoying the outside and their great
backyard. We decided to make dinner easy on everyone and order Mexican to go. John Brady was of course a fan of that decision...I didn't complain either ;)
Saturday we drove to Roanoke to take JB to the train museum. He loved seeing all the trains and getting to go inside of them. They had a lot of different displays from small train sets to real trains people could tour. It was a fun afternoon and we love downtown Roanoke. It is a very cute area with neat shops and restaurants.
As always the weekend went by too fast but we will look forward to seeing each other again and visiting Virginia. Once we move it will be an 8 hour drive :/ so that will be no fun!!
