Weekend away

This past weekend we got away and met our friends Pete and Ashleigh and their kids in Williamsburg. They have a timeshare and we were their invited guests to come for a free weekend if we listened to their whole timeshare talk.  We love Pete and Ashleigh and a free weekend away is always nice so we were excited to go.  And we didn't get the whole talk at all. Showed up for our meeting and somehow they thought it was an account update for Pete and Ash so we got off the hook :) A free weekend for nothing!

 It was so relaxing to get away and hang out with great friends. Colin and Susanna were joined at the hip for most of it and spent one day entirely in the pool.  Colin got braver with putting his face in the water and Susanna learned how to swim in a matter of two days. 

It was almost too hot to do anything but swim in the pool.  But we did get a round of putt putt in one day.

Giving 4 small children a putter and a ball and telling them to hit it in the hole is very comical.  Susanna was the oldest and did the best.  Colin just shoved the ball in however he could as fast as he could.  Sammy just kept using his putter as an axe and then dropping the ball in the hole and then Joel loved finding everyone's balls and picking them up and dropping it in the hole.  I wish I had video taped it. It still makes me laugh just thinking about it.

We ate dinner at Captain Georges and then discovered the Yankee Candle Factory store.  Amazing.  And huge.  We did go to Colonial Williamsburg but with the heat everyone was ready to leave.  The kids played some colonial game and then we ate lunch and went back to the hotel.

 Why does Colin look so old here?   I'm ready for his curls to grow back :) 

Joel really wanted to play too and kept pointing.

And finally got his turn with the hoop.

 Joel has started sleeping better since we put him in the stocks... shouldve taken him here months ago :)

Colin's favorite part was going "hiking" on the earthworks at the hotel.  We didnt know for a few days they were earth works but he would pick up sticks and pretend to cannon the bad guys.  He and susanna even took their leis they got at the luau we went to and made sure they 'crossed' (a very important part) so they could be soldiers and would go hiking.  haha so cute but the funniest part was one morning Colin was on the bed and brent looked over and Colin's hand were folded together like he was praying. When Brent asked what he was doing Colin replied that he prayed "Lord please let me grow up to be a cannon guy so I can shoot bad guys." 

There were lots of hugs and kisses given. Isn't Sammy just too cute? 

Our favorite part was hanging out in the hallway talking for hours late in the night after the kids went to bed.  Thanks Pete and Ashleigh for a great weekend. Can't wait to see you in August!