How Do You Spend Your Last Day of Vacation?

Our daughter calls our last day of our visit

“Sad Blob Day” 😂

We started off the day with brunch

at Virginia Kitchen.

We then spent some time

on the deck enjoying the flowers

and the weather.

While I started on packing

and my daughter did some cleaning

the guys had naps.

We decided to stretch our legs a bit

and took a neighbourhood stroll.

I wish my neighbourhood stroll was this pretty.

We decided to order in from Carrabba’s for dinner

and finished the evening with some pretty toes.

We managed to keep busy so we weren’t too sad.

We will save that for tomorrow 

when we have to say good bye.

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~Finding the amazing in the simple~

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alana

Flowers for the Garden

After puttering in the garden

and getting it cleaned out

we decided to do some planting.

So we headed off to Lowe’s

to find the perfect flowers

for my daughter’s garden.

We found these beautiful Clematis plants.

My daughter loves the look of the tree stump

and wants the plants to grow up around it.

Hubby and daughter got some

father daughter time as they

transplanted the plants.

We also found this beautiful Begonia.

And a few Hydrangea pots.

Then we planted Sweet Peas to grow up the trellis.

I can’t wait to see them in bloom!

~*~

~Finding the amazing in the simple~

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alana

Shopping, Gardening & Plenty of Eats

We woke up to a rainy day so we headed to Red Robin for lunch

and then to the mall for some shopping.

We then headed over to River-Sea Chocolates

for a chocolate haul to take home.

The next couple of days were nicer weather.

 

Both kiddos had to work so we puttered around

the house and garden

and dog sat.

I baked a chocolate cake to go with afternoon coffee.

And then spent some time in the garden

and cleared out some old bushes

and the leaves.

There’s nothing quite like relaxing in the garden!

~*~

~Finding the amazing in the simple~

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alana

Frying Pan Park

 

We were up and out the door to try Bobby’s Bagels for breakfast.

The bagels were delicious!

We then headed to Lake Anne Plaza.

We just strolled around and enjoyed the scenery.

We always enjoy seeing the turtles

which is something we don’t have at home.

We did miss the cherry blossoms

but we did get a picture of the bridge.

We stopped and checked out the used book store

and a little coffee shop.

We then headed off to Frying Pan Park.

It was a lot warmer than we anticipated

but we enjoyed hanging out by the stream.

And we had to check out the little Country Store.

We headed back home for coffee

and Christmas!

My daughter saved a couple of gifts

that wouldn’t fit into the parcel.

Then it was time to eat once again!

We felt like Italian so we were off to Carrabba’s

for another delicious meal!

~*~

~Finding the amazing in the simple~

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alana