Family visit

Last weekend, Keith's family - his mom, aunt and uncle - came to visit us from PA. It's a 4 1/2 hour drive from their house to ours. Keith took Friday off and they arrived mid-afternoon. I have to give props to Keith for all of the cleaning and straightening up that he did before their arrival. He is definitely not one of those husbands that doesn't do housework! He cleaned the kitchen floor and both bathrooms plus he vaccumed all the bedrooms and made sure the yardwork was all done!! I am very lucky to have such a helpful husband.

We decided to have a big dinner at our house on Friday night. Since Marge, Barry & Kay were going to be here, we invited my parents and Katie, Shaun and Pierce to come over also. I was very excited to finally use our dining room table and even pulled out the good china (we only have 8 of our everyday plates so using the good china just made sense). I made baked ziti and had salad and garlic bread. It was a very fun night having everyone over. The food was good and the company was even better! Pierce certainly provided a lot of comic relief! I am sad that I didn't get any pictures. I thought about it after we were all finished. Oh well.

On Saturday, we headed to the University grounds with our guests. We went by my office first to show them the Football office and then we went over to the Library where Keith works. They got to see his office and he gave us a tour of a few parts of the library. We left the library and walked a little bit down to "The Corner", which is a popular student area near the UVA grounds. We had lunch at a local restaurant and went into a few little shops. We then walked up to the Rotunda and the Lawn area. This is the oldest part of the UVA campus and it's a beautiful area. We were very lucky that it was a beautiful day - sunny but not too hot. Even so, by the time we got back to the car, we were all pretty worn out from our walking tour. We headed back to our house and ended up going out to dinner at a local restaurant here at the Lake.

On Sunday, we slept in and then had a wonderful morning sitting on our back deck. I made some cinnamon rolls and coffee and we all sat on the deck and enjoyed the beautiful sights and sounds of nature. We didn't see any deer, but we saw a lot of birds, woodpeckers and squirrels. Our back deck faces the wooded lot next to us. It was really peaceful sitting out there just enjoying each other's company and chatting. Before we knew it, it was almost noon and they needed to get ready to head back home. We all got showered and they said goodbye.

It was a really nice visit and Keith and I both enjoyed hosting them at our new house. It's really nice to have the space for people to stay and also to have a house that you are proud to show off. We hope that they are able to come visit us again soon.