Adventures in: Road Trip #5

Dan, Doug, Eric
Me, Carmen, Anne
Ceci, Michael, Doug
Supe, Heather, Megan

Yay for Richmond!!! After leaving Garden City, we stopped in Richmond to visit with good friends. Greg and Melissa and their boys were so kind, hospitable and welcoming in allowing us to stay with them for 2 nights, feed us so well and allow us to just relax! It was soooooo good to see them and talk to them and enjoy being with them!

We got in Saturday late afternoon and had fun just catching up while they grilled hot dogs and hamburgers and kept saying maybe a surprise person would be coming that night! It was Heather!!! She had stayed home in Richmond while her family attended a very important 90th birthday and we got to hang out for hours with her that night, too! Greg and Dan went to see Captain America while the kids watched a kids show and we got to talk!

Sunday we all attended church at Greg and Melissa's church and met up after church for lunch at Chipotle with even more friends! Then we met up at their pool for some great time of kids playing and adults talking! Supe and Ceci and their 3 girls drove in from Harrisonburg, Doug and Megan and their 3 boys from a couple miles away, Doug and Carmen and their sweet new baby girl from a couple miles away, Michael and Heather and their 4 kids, Greg and Melissa and their 2 boys and us! That afternoon at Michael and Heather's we were joined by Anne and Eric and their sweet baby boy - bringing the grand total of adults to kids ratio at 14:17!!!

We had good pockets of conversation and good times to catch up some and pray for each other - these are all friends from Virginia Tech - Doug, Doug, Michael and Dan roomed together at college - Supe was their close friend and honorary roommate and Greg led them in Young Life leadership training! Anne was a friend from college and some of the wives went to college there, too, and have been friends for years (while others married in!)! It was so fun to see the kids have fun swimming together, playing mostly nicely together and having fun!

I loved our weekend there. It was sooooo good to talk to these friends and have known them now for almost 15 years (clearly Dan has known his friends longer, as he's 2 years older than me)! We love them so much, are so thankful for the relationships in Christ we have with them and are so thankful that they are so willing to (a) allow us to stay with them, (b) make such an effort to see us and (c) be willing to bring others or travel to spend time with us there! Thank you so much guys!!!!

The Dad's and kids racing on Cars 2 - a highlight :)

Lunch at Chipotle!

Greg, Michael, Dan, Supe and Meredith enjoying lunch

The kiddos in height order
Jacob (holding Mia), Megan, Eliza, Jack, Sydney, Nathan, Matthew, Kylie, Nathan, Liam, Meredith and Charlotte

The kids in age order
Jacob, Megan, Eliza, Sydney, Jack, Matthew, Meredith, Kylie, Nathan, Liam, Nathan, Charlotte, Benjamin (with Mommy Anne) and Mia (with Daddy Doug)

Incidentally, this is what Doug looked like holding Mia up :)

A time of worship with Doug on the guitar

Then Supe and Dan decided to climb a tree in Michael and Heather's front yard!

Dan and Supe

Supe, Michael, Dan, Doug and Doug

Ceci, Anne, Me, Heather, Megan, Carmen (and Mia)

We had forgotten that both Michael and Heather and Supe and Ceci owned Toyota Sienna's in light blue...so we had the guys take pictures with them :) It's a good car :)

And jumping for joy!

Dan wrestling kiddos...Jacob and Megan loved wrestling him and gave him a run for his money - they outweighed him if they teamed up on him! Liam had fun attacking Mr. Dan, too!