My mom came for a fun Thus-Sun Weekend Visit! Wahooo!! I took work off and we had a blast :) We started the weekend off with a visit to the Peeps Store, National Harbor, and shopping at my new fav accessory store Charming Charlies.
National Harbor
Friday we were off exploring the coast as we ventured down to Virginia Beach. We layed out and enjoyed the sun. The water was frigid.. so even our toes refused to get in. We had a great time having a full girls day!
Love my mama!
Yes... had to think of my sweet hubby while we were off playing, he was studying hard. Don't worry he was well fed :)
Can you see the tiny crab? Yep I almost stepped on him but my mom's eagle eyes preserved his life and we got to watch him run around. Super cute!
Ahhh Virginia Beach!
Saturday we used our womanly powers and persuaded Danny to take a break from the books and have a fun outing to Shenandoah. This is a beautiful valley close to West Virginia. It was the Fall Festival weekend so each town was having a different festivity. Since the towns were spread out across a 100 mile distance I picked a couple that I thought would be fun. However, we actually ended up spending the whole day in the Marker-Miller Apple Orchard!!
My little mom is the Happy Apple of Our eye!!
Apple Orchards!! There were about 15 different types of apples.. so we got our "apple map" and went wandering around to find the very best!
Someone couldn't wait and had to sneak a bite in the orchard! Caught ya!
All the trees had a million apples in them as well as on the ground.. Apples as far as the eye can seeeeeee....
My perfect Granny Smith apple. YUM!
I always wanted the one at the very top of the branch. And that's why I brought Danny.. :)
Give him an apple and he will conquer
Thanks Honey!
He couldn't seem to find any apples?! hehehee
The scene was complete with a tractor carting people to and from the pumpkin patch.
Gorgeous!
Teamwork! Watch your head mama!
Happy Couple
Happy Bug attacked my mom's leg
Don't worry she saved it. haha
My apple lovin hot hubby!
Mommy & Me
My mom thought it was funny that randomly there would be a pile of ants sitting very still on the apple sucking up all it's delicious goodness... so this pic is for you mom... ahhh to be an ant on an apple :)
Is it an angel? Why yes it is.. come down to pick me an apple!
Bag holder.. by the end it was over flowing. Thanks Honey.. You're so super duper strong xoxox
Of all the pumpkins I decided I wanted a small warty pumpkin this year. What do you think?
My mom wanted the big one but we couldn't fit it in the car.
Gourds..
They even had a cow kart pull for the kiddos..
Pumpkinsssss
We then ended the night by stopping for a yummy dinner at Chili's and then we were off to more exploring! At another location in a State Park they had advertised that NASA was bringing some extra cool telescopes for people try out so we decided to be adventurous and check it out. When we got there it was kinda weird.. they somewhat directed us to park in a field in the pitch black then they told us to walk up the road to where we heard some people. So we started walking with no flashlights into the darkness.. luckily after a while our eyes adjusted and we somehow found the group. This group actually consisted of a bunch of amateur telescope groupies that had also brought out there cool HUGE scopes. They were letting the public look through them. It was soooo cool!! I'm not sure how many people were there but we got to see through 5 different telescopes which was a pretty fun experience. Also it was Danny's first time looking through a telescope which made it even more fun!
This telescope was HUGE. The guy grabbed Danny as an anchor man to hold it down and adjust it. To even seen through the scope you had to climb a ladder it was so tall!
Next huge scope! I didn't dare take too many pictures and blind all the spectators.. but just believe me that we had a fun time looking at Jupiter, Star Clusters, and learning a little more about the beautiful night sky.
To finish off the festivities on Sunday I decided to have some friends over for lunch. Danny made a killer Teriakyi Chicken and my mom made Peach Cobbler. Hi Everyone!!
Oh and yes.. that is our coffee table.. we were eating Danny & Morgan style.
All in all I had a great time with my mom. She really is like a best friend to me and I'm so grateful to have her in my life. Love ya Mama! xoxox
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