our 4th of july in Virginia Beach

I love living so close to the beach!! It is literally a 10 minute walk from our place (less if I didn't have this very pregnant waddle going on). So where else would we spend Independence Day but at the beach!   Come along with us and enjoy the VB we've come to love!  

   

LA zoo

 

Ella led the way for us

this silly girl!

Lincoln saw this group of kids lining up on the wall and he ran up to join them

Ella was so scared on the marry-go-round..

...so she jumped onto my lap

  long, hot day at the zoo calls for a yummy treat!  

 

a day at the cove

sand crabs, sea urchins, climbing rocks, tide pools, chasing seagulls, eating sand...lots of adventures at crystal cove

 

 

 

...and of course the shake shack

 

life lately

this week we...

 

Exploring the Easter Market

...and admiring DC one last time.

 

I'm so excited about my find!
They're old windows turned mirrors that match my room perfectly.
I can't wait to hang these up next to my bed!

 For dinner we accidentally went to this fancy French restaurant when we thought we were going into a pizza parlor. After squeezing the double stroller in and settling down our three hungry and tired kids, we looked at the menu and didn't understand a thing. Nicole ended up ordering raw salmon on eggs and I don't know exactly what I got but it wasn't too bad.  

a birthday cupcake

This Saturday was my cute little nephew, Brody's, first birthday!

What better way to celebrate than digging

into chocolate frosting at Georgetown Cupcakes in DC.

 happy birthday Brod!

so glad we got to celebrate it with you!