While they were here we went to the newly renovated Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (what else would a family of artists do?), had a girls night, game night, spent a day at Kings Dominion (best amusement park ever, and home to the new Intimidator 305), went to the Hanover Tomato Festival, and made the Lorel and Lenore's Greatest Hits cd. We always manage to have a hilariously fun time, and come out of each visit with a few good stories.
Here are some pics from the art museum. By the way, for those who live in Va, please visit this museum. It is pretty amazing and one of the best art museums in the nation. Sorry the pictures are not great quality... I had to copy them from my brothers facebook page.
Here is a pic of the fam (Craig couldn't make it because he had to work. He was seriously disappointed. My mom was also not able to go with us).
Dad, me, Orin, Cordell, Lenore... with kids Isaac, Lily, Ella. Only missing 2 of my siblings!
Dad, me, Orin, Cordell, Lenore... with kids Isaac, Lily, Ella. Only missing 2 of my siblings!
Orin saw this painting and couldn't believe how much the little girl looked like Lily. So he had to snap a picture.
Then we saw this painting... my oldest sister, Cora, always said I looked just like the women in the paintings from this time period. I guess I can see that a little. With the big forehead especially!
and this is where the similarities really started to take off!Cordell and the mustache man.
Orin and the fiddle boy.
and Lenore and the cutie pie. I mean... talk about spitting image!
and then this picture was just a fluke. My brothers and I were just enjoying looking at the beautiful art... and my sister just happened to snap this shot!
and again. HAHA! Hilarious.
Needless to say... the art museum was a lot of fun. Please look at those pictures again and just imagine what the other people in the room were thinking.
The next day was the Hanover Tomato Festival. Always a fun time, with livestock, cow milking, tomato eating, confederate flag shirts/flags/stickers/hats/etc (don't worry, we didnt sport any), random junk being sold, and fried everything.
Ella was a pro. She might get some real live practice in a few weeks when we take a trip up to New Hampshire to visit my relatives.
Fried Oreos. I'll tell you right now that they aren't all that they are cracked up to be. Not worth the calories! But I'm not going to lie and say I didn't eat them. All of them.
Kings Dominion. I wish we would have taken pictures, but carrying a camera around an amusement park is just a hassle. Here is the picture of my brothers on the Intimidator 305. That ride is INTENSE. It'll make you black out! Seriously... it really will make you black out. Both Lenore and I did. You really should have seen the picture from our ride. Orin said that was his very favorite part of the day.
Big thanks to my mom for watching Isaac, and my mother-in-law for watching Ella!
Cordell and Lily right before she left.
Me and my sister
We were sad that you had to leave too, Lily!
And my all-time FAVORITE part of my sisters' visit - making the Lorel and Lenores Greatest Hits cd. We had the briliant idea to make a cd for Dave (Lenore's husband) of us singing 3 great songs. Dave hates it more than anything when we sing together. Especially when we "harmonize." We are not good at all. We know we are not good at all... and do it to make him crazy. Craig thinks we are hilarious. Dave thinks we are horrible/funny. We think we are THE BEST! (Dave goes crazy because he actually has a wonderful singing voice).
My brother, Cordell, is big into music and has a little recording studio in his room. So he let us use his mics and we just sang our little hearts out. Lenore and I seriously could not stop laughing, and at some points were literally rolling on the floor. I think I even peed in my pants a little (come on, I just had a baby). Cordell was dying because he hated it. And Craig had to hide his face in the carpet.
The three tracts on our CD are:
1. Don't Stop Believing - Journey
2. OMG - Usher
3. Dreams - Cranberries (the song that started our love of singing together)
I posted the last song on my blog originally... but it is just too horrible and embarrassing to keep up. So all of you subscribers are lucky/not lucky because you still get to listen (I think that is how it works).
5 comments:
I wish I could hear the song! Those museum pictures... awesome. Lenore is so pretty.
That post made me miss VA! Fried oreos? That sounds pretty intense.
Fun stuff! I would have loved to have been watching you in the museum.
Hilarious museum trip! I didn't know y'all were going to the Hollow. I wish I could go. I'd have to have Cora tell me all the stories first. I can't wait to hear how your trip goes!
Those art museum pics are so funny. I didn't know you could have so much fun at an art museum! Wish I could hear the song too!
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