Our first stop, we spent the night in a hotel in Fancy Gap, Virginia. We woke up the next morning and realized we had missed several calls from Brett's mom. She was calling to check on us. Apparently, we had missed a major storm in which thousands of people lost power. Our plan was to go to the Lovelace reunion on Saturday and we learned that no one in West Virginia had power. So we headed to a local Wal-mart and stocked up on water and gas! Then headed to Beckley, WV. The reunion was great despite the HOT HOT West Virginia weather. I think it was cooler in South Carolina than in West Virginia and YES there was NO POWER. Regardless, of the natural disaster, the reunion was amazing and we enjoyed spending time with the Lovelace family! After the reunion, we drove to Cleveland, Ohio where we spent time with our dear friends, The Clintons. We stayed with them for several days. We went to Cedar Point and an Indians game and then just spent time together catching up. The kids really enjoyed plaing with each other.
Back in the car! Our next adventure took us to visit Brett's Uncle Bobby and Aunt Becky, Ben and the wonderful Aubrei (the boys are in LOVE with her). We stayed there, had a campfire, s'mores, the boys rode the gator, caught fireflies, walked down to the river and had a great time. We also ventured over to Cheasapeake, Ohio to see the boys Great Grandparents, Mary and Melvin Corder. This was the first time they had met Sutton. They seemed to really enjoy the boys, especially Grandpa Corder. I really wished we lived closer to them. It would make me so happy to have them as a constant in our boys lives. The highlight for the boys was when Grandpa had Aunt Barb pull out all of his latch hook projects and the kids each picked one to bring home. We did a little touring around Huntington and ate at the Famous Hillbilly Hotdog "restaurant"?
We spent a little more time at Becky and Bobby's before we headed to Huntington, WV to visit the Vance family and attend the Morrison 4th of July celebration.
flowers for mimi. beckley, wv.
4th of July with the Clintons.
George Washington hats we made the kids.
They decorated cookies.
Did sparklers, snakes and smoke bombs before we went to the "real" fireworks.
Beautiful Anna.
Fireflies in Beckley, WV.
Hillbilly Hotdogs.
Driving the bus at Hillbilly Hotdogs.
The boys with Grandpa Corder.
More Hillbilly Hotdogs.
Cannon with his only living Great Grandmother.
Aunt Barb and Grandpa's latch hooks.
Which one will I choose?
Sweetest Pictures.
