Spring is finally here

Quintin and the girls came up to visit me this week and we had a lot of fun. The weather has gotten a little warmer, for the most part, so we were able to spend a lot of time outside. We saw this field of daffodils on the side of the road and had to stop to take some pictures. I know Adrianna's face is blocked by a flower in this first one, but he said he liked the way I was looking at her, so he wanted to put it in anyway. The only bad part was the sun was really bright and we are all pretty squinty!!






The girls had a lot of fun at the playground. Abby really liked the zip-line and Adri had fun on the swings. She has the bubble wand in her hand and was trying to blow the bubbles herself, and apparently was mad that it wasn't working. She can make some pretty serious faces, just like Abby did when she was little.




Isn't this tree huge? We had a special "behind the scenes tour" for one of the mansions (The Elms), so we went on Saturday morning. It was pretty foggy and a little chilly that morning, but we still had a great time. I love the picture with Abby and the tree because she looks so little next to it. Adrianna fell asleep about 15 minutes into the tour, so I carried her for the rest of it.



You can see our wonderful tourguide in the background of this one. He did a great job, and it was our own private tour where we got to see how all of the employees kept the mansion running when it someone's summer-home. Can you imagine having a house like that as your summer-home? So extravagant!!


Here are the girls on the plane. Q said they liked looking out the window and were on their best behavior!! They are so sweet!!

Happy Easter!

This was our first holiday in the new house and it was great. The girls had a great time finding eggs in the backyard. Last year Adrianna was a little too small to find them, but this year she was ready to go. Abby said she would find the ones that were "far away" so her sister could find some that were easier. She is such a sweetheart. The weather was a little cooler today, but luckily they were pretty quick hunters!

Getting organized

Abby said, "I look mad in this picture but I wasn't- the sun was just in my face."




It has been a little bit since we have posted- sorry. We are all moved into our house in Virginia and are trying to get settled. The weather has been just great and this weekend Abby and I worked on her garden. This is the first garden we have ever had, so hopefully it turns out well. She picked out watermelon, peas, carrots, and green beans to plant. Quintin has been having a great time working in the yard. Adrianna liked smelling the dandelions before the grass got cut. He even shaped up the bushed in the front with some sort of electric tool!! We met all of our neighbors in the cul-de-sac and there are lots of kids for the girls to play with. During the week Q and the girls go to the YMCA down the street and they get to play while he works out. Abby started Tae-kwon-do there last Thursday (that is the closest martial arts class to us) and she had a great time. They were even sparring, which she didn't get to do in her other class in Newport. The teacher even said she could still wear her yellow belt, so she was super happy about that! Here's a couple of pictures Q took with his iPhone.



I have to go back to Newport later tonight but will be back again next weekend for some Easter fun!

The Marble House & Newport train

This past weekend we went on another mansion tour, this time to the Marble House. It was smaller than the Breakers, but still very nice. It was very beautiful, but hard to believe that the Vanderbilt family used to use it only as a summer house for about 6-8 weeks during the summer. I can only imagine what their main house looked like!

After the tour we went on a train ride around Narragansett Bay. The ride lasted a little over an hour and the girls had a great time. We saw an oyster farm....didn't even know there was such a thing.














This last picture is Adrianna's new favorite thing to do. She loves to go into Abby's room and climb in her bed. If Abby isn't there, she likes to sit there and play with her stuffed animals. If she knows Abby is taking a nap, she tells us, "Shhh" and puts her finger up to her mouth as if to say, "I'll be quiet!" She does just that and climbs in the bed and sits right by her, sometimes playing with her hair or just being close to her. It is really cute! This time she had just woken up from her nap, and was ready to play with her sister!

Spring-like weekend!

We finally had some nice, warm weather this weekend! It got up to 60-65 both days, which was a major change from the 8-10 inches of snow we had on Monday. We started off Friday night with "Girls Night" because Q went to the movies. We painted nails and had so much fun!




Saturday we went to the Breakers, which is one of the mansions in Newport. They only have a couple open in the winter, and this was beautiful. Quintin and I had been there before, but the girls hadn't. Abby loved it- the kitchen was her favorite part. She also really liked the backyard, which is right on the Atlantic Ocean!!






One of Adrianna's top teeth finally broke through, so now the count is 4. This is the cute face you get whenever you say, "Let me see your teeth." She loves to show anyone else around, and strangers get a big kick out of it!