Let's Go Fly a Kite

Yesterday was a marvelous day. We had 80 degree weather, sunshine and a light breeze all day. Josh had the brilliant idea to take our family out for a picnic, so we spread the word, packed some sandwiches and macaroni salad, and headed out to Lakeview Park. It was a great afternoon.

We started (of course!) with the food. You can never go wrong with a turkey and swiss sandwich on wheat bread with some spicy brown mustard. To me, it's gourmet! Without fail, Savanna drank her Apple Juice, sitting next to Bama (that's Savanna's shorthand for Grandma).


Pretty much as soon as we finished eating, the girls were up and playing. They blew bubbles for a few minutes, but it didn't take long for their interest to shift to the swing set.



While Granddaddy pushed them on the swings, Josh and I went for a walk to enjoy the view.


The crazy thing is that this beautiful, warm and sunny day was preceded with 4 inches of snow just 4 days earlier! Schools and business closed for two or more days, and then those same students, teachers and business people packed picnic baskets that very weekend to enjoy part of what makes Virginia Virginia! Like everyone has said to me since I got here, "If you don't like the weather, just wait until tomorrow because it will change!" So I thought I'd include some of the pictures from the snow ...