We're back home after a great long weekend in Richmond celebrating my brother Matthew's graduation from MCV with his MD! We had so much fun and were happy to see so many family members there too! We're so incredibly proud of Matthew, and excited to see how the next 4 years go while he does his residency in orthopedic surgery at UNC! The picture above is one you will be familiar with by the end of the post- Gretta was having flash-backs to when Emma Kate was in the hospital- she got to take so many naps in arms and was just loving it! :)
Pre-graduation lunch at Tobacco Co in Richmond, it's been eons since I've eaten there- what a cool old place that is!!!
Dixie dog enjoying her last few weeks of pug-fun. She has stayed with Matt and Chelsea or Mimi and PopPop's since mid-December, I think, and will be coming home this summer, but she has definitely enjoyed having a fenced back yard and other dogs to play with! She's going to be so bored when she comes home, after all, there's no more chicken poop to eat in the yard. :/
Emma Kate had so much fun with one of my old dolls, "Squeak Baby." She loved having all the different stuffed animals at Mimi and PopPop's house, and especially had fun putting diapers on and taking them off of various dolls and animals... :)
Emma Kate playing in Mimi's shoes- she had so much fun on this little pathway through the back yard- she went back and forth on it countless times, often trying to avoid stepping on the spaces between stones. It was so fun to watch her entertaining herself!
Emma Kate, informing me that she, in fact, could *not* smile, because her face was (and I quote) "Very dirty, dirty."
On the way home today, we thought we would stop for a quick visit at Va Safari Park, near Natural Bridge. Little did we know we were in for hours of fun! They have a cute little gift shop that was fun to walk through, a wonderful zoo exhibit- including 2 tigers, some very horny warthogs, various monkeys, kangaroos, tortises, goats, llamas, and so much more! Then we were off to do the drive-through safari, which was miles and miles long! It was quite impressive! We saw tons of animals, and so many of them came right up to our car even though we didn't have any food for them! It was so cool! Emma Kate had a big goofy grin on her face the whole time, and would squeal out about the animals when she saw them! Even Gretta was quite entertained! We will definitely be stopping by in the future- it happens to be very close to the half-way point to Mimi and PopPop's house, which is a convenient place to take a break and wear out some girls!! :)
Safari Emma Kate, fully equipped with her safari hat that was officially (in her words) "a little bit too big"
This is how I feel some days... :) The kangaroo exhibit was so cool- you actually get to walk through with them! Unfortunately, all the many kangaroos were passed out in the shade in the area separate from where we could walk, but it was neat to look at them- we even got to see one of them hopping along to join all the others in their nap. Very cool!
This poor little pot-bellied pig actually had her belly dragging the ground! She was very friendly though and hung out at the fence with us for a little while!
Emma Kate and some Emus- what bizarre birds! They *really* wanted some grain! Emma Kate kept saying "hey, where's my grain, lady!" just like we do when we see Charlie in the barn...
The camels were incredibly friendly and brave! There was even a sign up saying that the camels are known for stealing grain buckets, and sure enough, as we rounded the corner, we saw a fourth GIANT camel, chewing and *swallowing* a grain bucket! It was crazy!!!
There are more pictures to come... We only had our camera with us for a small portion of the weekend, so we're waiting for more pictures to be posted! We had an amazing time after the hooding ceremony at the Agecroft house in Richmond, and got a lot of beautiful pictures in the gardens! Hope to post them soon!
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Looks like an awesome time was had by all! And tell Dixie she can come eat chicken poop out of my yard whenever she wants.
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