Fantastic weekend with friends in Virginia

This last weekend we were fortunate to spend the weekend in Virginia with our beach friends at one of their normal homes.  Karen, John and Katie hosted us all weekend and boy did we ever have fun.  We were also joined by Sam, Chloe, Don and Holly too.  One big party. 

Lily and Katie hit a sock hop dance at Katie's school on Friday night.  Then we had pizza and cheese tray for dinner.  On Saturday we went to Trump National for lunch and boy was that an experience.  Saturday afternoon we headed to the Air & Space Museum at Dulles airport and boy, did it knock my socks off.  Completely amazing and one of the last few Smithsonian Museums I hadn't seen.  Then there was a bonfire for hot dog grilling and smore making for dinner.  Followed by movies in their in house cinema (yes this house was over the top huge and awesome).  It was so fun spending the weekend with such great friends.

Kids hanging out at John & Karens (Lily, Chloe, Katie and Sam)

Goofing off at Trump National (Chloe, Lily, Sam, Katie, John, Karen, Holly, Don & Chris)

Air & Space Museum

The next Kids Baking Champion

Lily and I love watching Kids Baking Championship each season on TV.  And each episodes seems to inspire some new creativity in Lily.  Here is a bundt cake covered in fresh strawberry puree from the next Kids Baking Champion!

What goes up, must go down... unfortunately - Lily's first bike fall

Unfortunately upon returning to Delaware, Lily suffered a pretty good fall on her bike while she was out biking with all her friends.  Unfortunately she had a mild concussion, but luckily no stitches.  It was close, but she escaped any needles.  We've had to watch her for several days now but hopefully she is on the mend and will heal fast.

Wrapping up Spring Break - with more fun in the sun!

Of course no Spring Break is complete for us without some time at the beach in the sun.  A little time in the pool.  Some fun parks at Isle of Palms.  Some amazing house viewing on Sullivan's Island and finally a quick stop in Myrtle Beach on our way home.

Spring Break - Charleston

Wow!  The Food!  And More Food! And More Amazing Food!  We had a truly wonderful experience trying all kinds of restaurants in Charleston, hitting an amazing sushi restaurant in Mt. Pleasant and wrapping up the week with a food tour in the Charleston historic quarter that included 10 courses across four restaurants.  And we finally got into the amazing restaurant Husk (albeeit, we could only get lunch reservations).  It was well worth the wait.  Oh, and there was some super great shopping on King Street mixed in there.

Spring Break - up next - Folly Beach

Our next stop included five nights in the Charleston area where we had a great house exchange complete with pool and four bedrooms to spread out.  Plus we were super close to downtown Charleston and Folly Beach.  So of course, we hit the beach first!

Spring Break - Easter Day in Hilton Head

To celebrate Easter we decided to head to Hilton Head, SC.  We enjoyed some beautiful sunny weather while we were searching for shells on the beach and had a great Easter Brunch.