2 days after christmas

the sunday after christmas, we headed to virginia to meet my mom and jerry, my sister sherry and her family from michigan (sans mark-we missed you-because of his new job) and my brother billy and his family from tennessee. we met sherry and her 4 kids somewhere on 81 so i could help navigate since she wasn't feeling well.

we were meeting in virginia because my mom turned 70 on january 2nd, and she wanted to treat us to a mountain getaway vacation together, which meant renting a lodge that sleeps 22. it was beautiful and we had a GREAT time. we went to the masanutten water park and on walks looking for animal tracks (lots of deer, the kids think they saw bear, and lots of little birds, squirrel, etc.).

so glad we didn't have to drive from florida, and that we're close enough now to see my family more than once a year. thanks mom and jerry!