Lou, Hannah and I left on the 10th and headed to Mom's house. We met up with my brother and his family as well and headed out for the beach saturday afternoon. Lou and I ended up in the ghetto of Richmond somehow and made the 3 hour trip into 4 and a half. Mathews, VA is small but very nice.
We were in a house right in our own private area of beach along the bay. Lou and Paul did a lot of fishing together while the kids played in the sand making castles and forts.
Hannah seemed to really enjoy the beach and loved floating on the ripples of tiny waves that came in. Mom and I had a nice time in town on sunday morning. We took Hannah and went shopping and had a really, really good lunch. Then it was off to find where we could buy a bushel of blue crabs. The guys set crab pots out in the water and did catch a few but I think they were mostly females. So the next day Mom and I went and got the crabs and we all feisted for several days. YUUUUMMMMMMM. I've been waiting to chow down on those suckers for several years now.
One of the nights we had a fun game of pictionary and the girls won. Monday night Paul hooked a rather large "fish" as we had thought until closer observations showed it was a stingray! The guys got a real kick out of that catch and even the neighbors came down to check it out.
It was a good time! One tuesday Paul and his family went to Colonial Williamsburg while, Mom, Lou, Hannah and I went to a park in Gloucester and rented a John boat to go out on the lake. Hannah got really upset because she wanted to go IN the water....not ON the water.
Tuesday night we headed back to Mom's house for an overnight stay and back to Ohio wednesday morning.
I also got to visit with my friend Laura and her hubby while we were in Mathews. They came out to the house and stayed for dinner. It has been about 4 years since I've seen her so it was nice to catch up.
I needed a vacation to recover from my vacation by the time we got home. I'm sure my brother and his family are far more tired though after traveling to and from Colorado.
It was nice to have the whole family together. This was the first time Hannah had met her Cousins, Aunt and Uncle.
Thanks again to Mom for making this visit possible. We had a great time!
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