Massenutten and Maryland

I am exhausted!  I need a vacation from my vacation!  We got home from Maryland on Monday night, and I have been unpacking, doing laundry and organizing ever since.  Forget blogging! Sorry folks, you’ve kind of taken a backseat this week as we get our lives back in order! We spent ten days up in Maryland visiting my parents, Mom Mom and GP.  During the course of our vacation, we also went to the Massenutten Mountains in Virginia, where my parents have a timeshare.  So, needless to say, we have lots of new pictures and memories to share!

The week started off with Jayna’s actual birthday.  Yes, she got to celebrate.  Again.  So, of course there was balloons and presents and dress up.  Lots of dress up.

We also helped Jay throw Bets a surprise birthday party.  Although she suspected our visit, the surprise was a complete hit!  And it didn’t take long for Lulabelle to warm back up to Jayna and Millie!During the week, we decorated for Valentine’s Day, and the girls made some new friends out at the barn.  Jayna got to ride a new horse, Red….but he was scared of cameras so I didn’t get any shots!  But good ‘ole Star was happy to pose!On Thursday we packed everyone up and headed to Massenutten.  We’ve had a timeshare there for years, so I’m so glad the girls are able to share in some of our memories!  Remember when we went there for our week-long vacation last January?There wasn’t much {natural} snow on the mountain, so we let the girls play in the ski-school snow.  Just enough for some wet pants and a bitty snowman!And then of course we took advantage of the indoor swimming pool!Amelia wasn’t so sure about the idea of swimming at first, but she changed her mind quickly!On the way back from Virginia, we stopped at Shenandoah Heritage Market….my favorite place up there!  Last year when we were up I got a bunch of cake pop supplies and pantry items.  So I stocked up again this year, and we browsed the antique stores and tried out the antique shoe shine.Then we headed back to DC to join my aunt and uncle for dinner.  Jayna practiced writing Chinese, while Millie was thoroughly entertained by her goofy uncle!

Another successful trip up North!