Laynabayna: August 2005

An Awsome Day Trip

Yesterday we took a ride to North Carolina to vistit Bryan's brother Ron, his wife Libby and their daughter our niece Kyra. We had a great time, the girls played so well together and Bryan and Ron shared some interesting conversations. And Libby and I got to know each other a little better and we all shared a really great time. After hanging out at the house for a while, we decided to go to the mall for ice cream. The mall was a little like our Short Pump Town Center, but a little nicer! On what they refer to as the "Main Street" the outdoor part of the mall, there were diffrent people out performing diffrent things. Libby, myself and Athena sat and watched a juggler, while Bryan, Ophelia, Kyra and Ron went to the bathroom so Ophelia could change (she actually fell in a fountain and was soaked!) Yup she is a product of me and Bryan, she got all of our clumsiness that is for sure! But I have to say even with the fountain fall, I had such a good time that I just laughed! And for those of you that know me well I would have normally flipped out! Well Thanks again you guys we had a great time, and we can not wait to visit again!

Mini Vacation Outing...

Well we had Daimon, Heather, Alyssa and Celeste down for a visit this past week. We had a lot of fun, and on Wednesday we had a day at Paramount Kings Dominion! We had a blast, so much that we are very happy to now have season passes to the park! Everyone had a great time. I do believe we will be heading back very soon. Athena was a little disappointed that she wasn't able to do the roller coasters, but in time she will. Ophelia had a great time on the Anaconda, but she seemed to push herself a little too much to do the Drop Zone. She wanted to try it because her cousin Alyssa wanted to, but the massive high speed drop proved to be a little much for her! Other than that everyone was all smiles and giggles!

We finally had the kids birthday party

We had a great time, the girls birthday party went really well. The only misshap was that I forgot to hand out the treat bags! Maybe I will mail them with the thank yous. Enjoy the pictures, we sure enjoyed the day!

Deeply focusing on the the present opening process.

Of course the presents were a hit.

Celeste hang out at the party.

Michelle got spit at by the llama. It startled her a bit.

Athena hidding in the tree.

More of the petting zoo.

Just hanging out!

The baby chicks were a big hit!

We think everyone had a good time!

John, Pam and Palmer arriving at the party.

Birthday girl #2 on her pony ride!

The birthday girl on her pony ride!

Athena's horse head cookie cake!

Another awsome care bear cake from Aunt Lisa!

The whole gang at the birthday party!

Nanny Poppy and Uncle Matt came down...

for a visit this past week. We are so happy that they got to come. We really just kicked back and relaxed. It was nice. Of course when the time came for them to head back up to New York, the smiles turned sad, but we recovered after a little bit. We are now looking forward to our next visit!

Next weekend it is the girls birthdays' so Uncle Daimon, Aunt Heather, Alyssa and Celeste are coming. We are really looking forward to that. Hopefully we will get a Kings Dominion trip in. We have wanted to go there for a while and just never found the time. It would be a lot of fun I think. And it will be really nice to have some LeVau's visiting again. We always have such a good time with Uncle Daimon and Aunt Heather and the girls. Ophelia and Athena can not wait to hang with their cousins again!!!