Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Home Sweet Home (part 1)

June 9th, my wonderful hubby, my sweet lil' munchkin, and i headed home for a much anticipated time w/ our families. Dave stayed down for 1 week, and Bump and i stayed down for 2.
We enjoyed every minute!

We spent time w/ my family, w/ his family, and spent a lovely extended weekend in Tennessee camping w/ my mom's extended family (pictures to come in 'part 2')

Bump got in some very much needed time w/ her grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and cousins of varying degrees

The dirt road that leads to the house i grew up in...i'm not sure there is anything more welcoming or beautiful to me! 
How i miss the beautiful hardwoods of Virginia, the mountains surrounding the valley i lived in, the rivers running here and there, and the full lush green grass!



i wasn't the only one who enjoyed the soft lush grass! 

A lazy sunday afternoon...





we attempted a family photo...
 not the best...and autumn is missing...we'll try again next time ;)
left to right: Abe (Bec's bf), Bec, Dave, Me, Christian, Jacki (Christian's gf), Melissa, and Ben

time w/ Dave's wonderful family...


One afternoon they took us up to the cabin where we had a lovely little hotdog lunch, and then we drove back to the fresh water spring just a mile away

Brighton was pretty eager to get her hands on some of that fresh mountain water ;)
(it only looks yellow because Dave mixed it w/ his tea!)




 mmmmmmm :)



while Grandpa and Grandma Sonifrank kept Brighton at the cabin, Dave and i were able to 'escape' for a bit on a little 4-wheeler drive through the woods to do some exploring...we found a few treasures :)




happy wednesday everyone!!!!

8 comments:

  1. You are one blessed girl! I love seeing you in this new role of mothering. Brighton sure does brighten up a whole lot of peoples lives. Love the picture of your mom and baby sittin there on the grass! Family, Summer Days!

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  2. Great post! You take really good pics. love ya, Jillian

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  3. Parla, no matter where you live, you will always love coming back home! I feel sorry for people who don't have that privilege. I love seeing the big rock, the woods and the smell of the river and remembering how it was when I was a girl. Good memories of a wonderful childhood! When you get older, that feeling never goes away! Love your blog!

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  4. It was fun to see Brighton with Dave and Janet. So sweet. Glad you are home safely but I sure did enjoy the 2 extra days you were here.

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  5. It's a small world! When you commented on my I Heart Faces photo entry, I looked at your blog. The Red Lake thing caught my eye (I've actually been there!) so I looked some more. I noticed a familiar face on the family photo and realized Christian was in the wedding party at Andrew and Amanda's wedding where I was the photographer. I when random connections like that happen!:)

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  6. It's a small world! When you commented on my I Heart Faces photo entry, I looked at your blog. The Red Lake thing caught my eye (I've actually been there!) so I looked some more. I noticed a familiar face on the family photo and realized Christian was in the wedding party at Andrew and Amanda's wedding where I was the photographer. I when random connections like that happen!:)

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    1. o wow! it is a small world!! it's so much fun when random connections like that happen :) you did such a good job on Andrew and Mandi's wedding pics...i so wish i would have been able to be there, but canada is just a bit too far away :(

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    2. Yes, as I reacall it is pretty far. Mandie's wedding was a lot of fun - they had so many neat details! I mean, riding down the aisle on horseback and leaving in a plane?! Awesome! God bless your life in the North. It's probably a better place to be this week than Virginia! Been crazy hot and lots of power outages, but I'm sure you've heard all that. =)

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