Worth the Miles!

Last weekend, we had the super special treat of visiting Steve & Mava Miles down by Williamsburg.  Steve is my mom's cousin and they are truly some of the sweetest, most gracious, sincere, and fun people we know.  It was such a great time.

We got on the road much later than planned on a Friday afternoon, after spending much longer than planned at the DMV (but praise the Lord we are now very proud and happy owners of a car!!!), so the miles and miles we traveled took hours and hours longer than planned due to crazy I-95 traffic...  But, it was all worth it!  Both the having a car part, and seeing these awesome folks. :)

We got in late Friday evening to a delicious crab casserole and roasted vegetable dinner, complete with a yummy lemon frozen pie. 

Happy to see "Uncle Steve" and excited to dig into her frozen treat!

Loved finding Maelee in this beautiful sun room "reading" both mornings 

And playing!

Their house is on acres and acres of beautiful land and Maelee loved getting a little time each morning with the horses, pony, and dogs.  She especially loved that Steve & Mava's daughter, Madie, had also come home from college for the weekend.  Whenever Madie was around, Maelee was with her- the entire weekend, she was her "best friend."  It was a riot!  Madie was so sweet and patient with her and really made an impression.  It is crazy that she was in our wedding as a little girl not too much older than Maelee is now!!!  So special to watch the two of them together.

Maelee loved her braids from Madie!

As my Aunt Mae, my Nana's sister who reminds me so much of Nana, doesn't live too much farther away, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see her and have her meet our girls.  It was a quick visit but so sweet and so wonderful to see her.

This time, poor planning and lack of cell phone service (as Steve's aptly named "T-not-so-Mobile" joke implies!), resulted in many more miles and hours to get to our next destination, but we eventually made it to Colonial Williamsburg for the rest of the afternoon.  It was a beautiful day, if not quite nippy (!), and Maelee loved talking to the live characters.

Maelee had the longest, funniest conversation with these two men and the best comment she made was that she liked the man in the foreground's "Elsa braid!"

Lilee was a trooper the whole trip and let both Steve & Mava hold her!  Yay!  

She's getting much better with that :)

The morning we left, Mava & Madie gave Maelee the awesome surprise of her very own private pony ride on Bell, complete with braids and pink bows!   Needless to say, she was tickled.  Loved every minute of it! 

BFFs

Such a wonderful family!

Both of these little ladies loved the visit and we already can't wait to see them again.

A slideshow of more pics from the weekend:

And, on the topic of miles and these little ladies, we took out the little truck Maelee got from Too-Dad at her first Christmas and Lilee LOVES it!  These two spent the longest time taking turns being pushed around.  It was so cute.  Lilee can not wait to walk and this gives her the most adorable practice.  Enjoy the videos of the action!