A Visit from Gram

My mom came to visit us last week. It was great to see her and get to spend an entire week with her. We kept her busy with shopping and showing her our new city. 

Mom and I went for a girl's night out one evening. We went to eat Sushi (our favorite--and it was delicious!) and then to see Magic Mike...which was entertaining...

We went downtown to Cary Street, which is a street that has a ton of local boutiques. We were planning to walk around and do a little shopping, but once we got there, we discovered the Watermelon Festival was going on, so there were vendors in all of the streets. 

We walked around and looked in many of the booths and had some delicious street food. It got pretty hot though, so we only made it for a couple of hours. 

Kale enjoyed riding the fair rides while at the Festival. 

We spent some time at the pool. Kale got to show off his swimming skills for Gram. 

We took Gram to the children's museum. Kale showed Gram his favorite exhibit--the real fire truck! 

Liam people-watched, as usual!

My mom and I also did a ton of shopping while she was here. My boys are growing like weeds and I am having a very hard time keeping them in clothes. The picture above and below is one of the new outfits I bought Liam--adorable, right??

On Thursday, we went to our favorite outdoor mall at Short Pump. They have concerts in the center of the mall each Thursday. We listened to some music and ate dinner at a restaurant that had an outside seating area. 

I fixed Liam's hair for the concert. He had a faux hawk like Kale. He actually has a ton of hair. It is very difficult to see from the pictures because it's so blond, but his hair is quite long. 

Kale decided to eat a lemon while we were at dinner. The next several pictures document his reaction...

We spent a ton of time playing outside with Gram.

We love you, Gram! Thanks for coming to visit us! Can't wait to see you again.

My mom and I snuck away for a night in Charlottesville, VA, which is about an hour from our house. Charlottesville has a ton of vineyards and wineries. We didn't take too many pictures, but got to walk around the downtown mall area, which was a lot of fun. We then hit up as many wineries as we could...only got through 5. Those tastings catch up to you! We then had dinner at an Italian restaurant. We spent the night in Charlottesville, had breakfast the next morning, and headed to the airport to drop mom off. 

We went to Jefferson Vineyard (which was originally owned by Thomas Jefferson), then we headed to Trump Vineyards (owned by Eric Trump), and also hit up Blenheim Vineyards (owned by Dave Matthews). I got lots of wine for my collection. My wine rack is currently full. We had lots of fun tasting and looking at the beautiful vineyards.