Danny's birthday weekend

Here are a bunch of pictures of Danny's birthday without Danny. He went off to his friend, Duane's cabin, for the weekend for some guy time- hiking, shooting at things, cooking, eating, and just hanging out. He hada a great time with his friends, but forgot the camera. 

But... I didn't. So, here are some pics of the kids and Bob and Susan instead. We went to their house for the weekend. I went out with Whitney on Friday night while the kids played with Bob and Susan and Teagan, Orion, and T.J. for a little bit too. Whitney and I went to the outlets and to Friendly's and had fun. 

The next day we went to a festival at a park in Newport News. It was one that Danny loved to go to for his birthday as a kid and even when they moved to Chesterfield they had to go back sometimes. There were lots of vendors selling arts and crafts, some entertainers, food vendors, demonstrations, and a few free kids crafts too. The kids particularly enjoyed, listening to a singer who held a monkey on his shoulder, etching pumpkins, making bracelets, and having their faces/ hands painted. They also liked the playground, the water, and popping bubbles.

 Grant has a great smile in this pic with "Bapa"

Christian is really good with Teagan.

 I love that with all of the stimulation around a festival, they were still equally excited to go look at the water.

 

They thought that this talking bird guy, from the coast guard was pretty cool.

 A rope making demonstation

 

My two little divers

Thanks for the snow cones, Bob and Susan! Also, they almost got funnel cake, but Susan had the idea to make it at home instead. That was a fun idea. Yum!

 And "Chinish"(that's what Victoria called Christian when he was a baby and she was nearly 2) looking very "chinish". If it isn't a mustache, it's a goatee.

Oh, and the bubbles. These people sold really cool, bubble wands and bubble blowers. Papa could see how cool these were so bought one for each of the grandkids there. They had fun playing with them at their house and at our house since. Pretty neat. V's is a butterfly, Christian's is a peace sign, and Grant's is a ball. Pretty fitting, eh? They picked them out. Thanks Papa.

It was a fun weekend, we missed Danny on his birthday, but called and sang to him. We are glad that he had a fun time with his friends though. Time with friends is a good thing too.