MomMom's Visit

Last Sunday, MomMom, Grandma and Grandpa visited. We were going to visit them until Min got on her antibiotic regimen.

They're cat people, so they understood.

They're also car people who don't mind long car rides and love Wegman's (which we have around here and they don't!). We all met up for lunch and Shane-anigans and came back to our place to visit.

It was nice getting a chance for MomMom to see Shane. I want that relationship for both of them. She's 92 years old, lives in Montana, and insists (each time) that she may not make the trip out here ever again.

I told her "That means we'll have to visit you!" I have family from Nebraska, so I know the Great Plains rock. I've never been to the Rocky Mountains, but I like exploring and it's nice to have an excuse reason!

It'd be nice to do a 'summer tour' and hit multiple time zones to visit family when Shane's older. He's not that far from the age where memories stick!

I was waiting on pictures from Grandpa before I was going to post this, but they're very busy in his 'retirement.' They spent this weekend at an Italian festival running a booth and advertising for their start-up travel business.

It was a fun visit. Carrie, Shane, and I are looking forward to the next time we can drive down to visit them for a weekend. I got to fly a plane last time!

Mother's Day 2013

I thought Carrie was going to be gone for Mother's Day weekend. She surprised Shane and I at church.

One moment, I'm singing a song and the next a beautiful woman throws herself at me and gives me a kiss. I was so surprised, I pulled back to double-check that it was my wife! Carrie's excitability and passion are two of the things I love about her!

We got to surprise her, too!

Shane and I spent the whole weekend cleaning the house from top to bottom (he wasn't much help). Before church, we went to Wegman's and grabbed Mommy a fruit tart treat!

There's a lot of history (and flavor) behind those tarts. Carrie and I used to visit the same Wegman's when we were dating. I'd never discovered a grocery store I could call awesome before and Carrie wanted to fill me in. It became a tradition that Carrie got a fruit tart whenever we went to buy groceries.

After we got hitched and moved to Centreville, there was still a Wegman's within a reasonable distance. Sometimes I would try to surprise Carrie with a fruit tart or something else from the bakery. That all stopped when we moved to Chantilly and Carrie wanted to eat healtheir, but Mother's Day is a good excuse for something sweet.

Shane and I love you, Carrie! You're a great mother and great mothers deserve the best fruit tart your boys can find!