Ariel's Visit

Me, Ariel, and Kirstynn

I have been sooooo blessed to have family come and visit me since I've moved here to Virginia Beach. Last year my mom was able to visit me on my birthday, last month Jackie came to Williamsburg, and this month Ariel came. It was wonderful to have my family see where I live and to reassure them that I am happy and well here in Virginia Beach. Hopefully the rest of my family will be able to come soon. I would love to show them around.

Ariel stuffing her face at Five Guys

Ariel flew in on Thursday, May 13th at 5pm. We went straight from the airport to my favorite hamburger joint EVER, Five Guys. She loved it!!! Right away she says, "This is WAY better than In-N-Out!" Sorry In-N-Out lovers, I have converted another person to Five Guys. After dinner we went home and slept. We were both exhausted, Ariel form traveling all day, and me from working 3, 11 hour work days in a row. On Friday morning we made yummy egg and ham burritos and relaxed a bit. Later went to the mall and did a little shopping and saw "Letters to Juliet." Cute, typical, chick flick movie. I enjoyed it :) For dinner Ariel made yummy terriaki chicken (Jimma's recipe), steamed rice, and corn on the cob. We ate it at Kirsynn's house. Thanks Kirstynn!

Our day at the beach!

Ariel loved Five Guys soooooo much that she wanted to go one last time before she went home the next day. So, for lunch we went to Five Guys again. Yum! After, Joe and I took her to the beach and we walked awhile on the boardwalk. We treated her to Kohr Brothers Frozen Custard. A must have in Virginia Beach. For dinner Kirstynn invited us over for homemade Lasagna. Double yum!!! The girls then ditched the boys and went to Cheesecake Factory for some Cheececake. So, we pretty much stuffed our faces all weekend long. My kind of vacation :)

Girls night at Cheesecake Factory

Ariel left bright and early Sunday morning. We had such a great weekend with her. I only wish she stayed a little longer. My goal is to get all my siblings to visit me. 2 down, 4 to go! Who will be next?

Better late then never...

This post is a little late. I probably should have posted it last month. Oh well, better late than never!
My little sister Jackie had an awesome opportunity to visit Virginia last month. Her best friend Laurel works for a company that puts together festivals for high schools around the country. Laurel had emailed some friends to ask for volunteers to work festivals, all expense paid. Jackie saw that one festival was going to be in Williamsburg during her spring break. It was perfect!!! I was so excited when she told me. Because of her wired schedule for the festival, she wasn't able to come to Virginia Beach. So, I went to her, Joe and I actually went together on Thursday, April 8th and did some shopping with her and went to dinner. That night we took a ghost tour in Colonial Williamsburg. It was really neat, though not very scary. On Friday, Jackie had to work the festival all day. I drove up on Saturday morning (joe had to work) and spent the day with Jackie and Laurel. It was such a relaxing day. We hung out in their hotel room and talked, we put our feet in the hotel jacuzzi for awhile and talked, and we went to lunch together and talked. It was great catching up with both of them. The best part of the entire trip was when she told me she is PREGNANT!!! I know she is going to be a great mom. Thank you Jack for coming!!! I had an amazing time with you.