Winter ONE-derland

  Last weekend we got to celebrate our nephew's first birthday! It's been fun to watch Ronan grow this year and it's hard to believe that a whole year has passed since we met him. 

With it being Ronan's first birthday, I guess it was appropriate for us to have a couple firsts on this trip. This was our first family day trip to West Virginia. It was also the first time the bridge was closed making us go up and around the Chesapeake Bay. There was a horrible accident on the bridge that morning, closing the bridge for 8 hours. Adding an hour to our trip wouldn't usually be the end of the world, but on a day trip, that hour felt very long. 

We made it--a little late--and walked in to a wonderful winter ONE-derland.

Ronan has the family selfie smile perfected.

The party was in a church activity building complete with a pool table, air hockey, foosball, and couches. Our children thought they would be sitting, instead they got to move around and have a lot of fun.

Ronan wasn't feeling very good.

But he perked up enough to enjoy some cake...

And open his gifts.

Ronan has now received THREE of these dump trucks. His Grandma Karen and I both gave him one for Christmas and he got another one for his birthday. What are the chances? He does enjoy playing with that little truck. He was ready to open it up and play with it right away.

And then we drove back home. I'm so glad we were able to be there. As much as my heart feels it that my children are all growing up, it is so nice to be able to make a 5 hour drive to stay for 2 hours to drive 3hrs 45 min home again with young people who are pleasant to be around the whole time.

 

It was a family day that we will remember with fond memories and a "that was a little crazy but I'm sure glad we did it."