Our super duper trip of the summer - or - our longest post. ever.

We had a grand trip these past two weeks. We decided since the west coast was a little out of our price range to head up to Vermont to visit Chelle and her fam instead. Well it ended up being a much bigger trip then we thought, Mom and dad Vial flew out the day before us, it was great to see them, Zuri loves them. And then we swung in a Maine and DC visit too. Vermont is super pretty, Maine was a great re-visit after a long absence and touring around DC is way fun with some siblings, two kids and a dog. we had a blast.

Zuri with cousin Maddie, Anders, and their cousin, Whyatt. Anders had his eyes squinted shut, so this is his response to our "Anders, open your eyes!"

Chris took me shopping up in Burlington, VT. aren't they cute?

For some reason, Zur would mimic my squinty face. it only lasted about a week, but it was so awesome. fearce little baby



Anders drinkin his squirt gun

Maddie, dressed up. Apparently she's going through a headband phase.

Eddie, his outfit was too cute to miss.And what's Vermont without a little Lars?Kelso in all his glory

We ventured up to Maine to visit my Aunt Sylvia and Uncle Fred. It was sooo great to see them, I hadn't been up for seven years. They fed us fresh lobster, ice cream and other tastey food I can't spell.

Uncle Fred and Zur bonded very quickly. But really, who doesn't bond with this guy? Look at that stash!

She was nice and snuggly

They took us to Augusta to see none other then 'my' river. Well, I'm pretty much famous there. This sign was my favorite....

and this one was Chris' favorite.

Kennebec River in the background. Awesome!

Uncle Fred and Aunt Sylvia. Zur loved them

We went to pay our respects to Nana and Grandad. We became fans of the name Roscoe, it's an ongoing Hardy name, maybe we'll carry it on.

They took us to a fabulous diner, 'Moody's' I had excellent blueberry pancakes..yum.

My river....some of these are a little out of order. someone guess how long it took us to get all these pictures on? I'll give you a hint : forever.

Once again, out of order. We got to see Anders' last t-ball game. He was a rockstar.

Chelle is a miracle-mama worker, and got Zuri to sleep. It was pretty dang cute.

Chris: "have you guys heard of 'dog jaw?"

followed by barking at the kiddies. it was pretty awesome.

We stopped in DC to see Nic and Hailey while they were out on a visit. Chelle and Anders drove down with us, which was fantastic, Zuri loved having someone to look at and my favorite line was from Anders every hour when he took a pause from his DS to say, "How much longer tell we get to Washington DC?"

There were these great fountains by this appartment Chelle scored for us, Zuri cried when Chris took her in, but Anders obviously had the time of his life.

Playing some starwars with Hailey. His new hat that I'm pretty sure he wore 90% of the time.

This was the other 10%
In the Metro, the only picture we seemed to get of Nic, oops

from the Post Office tower, nifty!
Right before a mass cry and blow out. (from Zuri, not Chris. haha, I'm so funny) Washington monument behind them

She got a little worn out towards the end and refused to move. little miss 'tude.

uhh....back to fountain.

An Ethiopian kid, his mom was so nice to let Chris take a picture, I mean, come on, look how cute he is!

Aunt Hailey givin some love. She bought Zuri this dress and the pink one in the past few of her. I love them, they're kind of my recent faves. Thanks Hailey

Hailey had a blast hanging out with her, and she did too. She's also a miracle-mama got her ready for bed for me.

The End.

(not pictured: Brig and Dad Vial...Sorry guys, our bad on that one.)

ps. I would like some comments on this one peeps, please? let me feel loved for my bloggin commitment? just kidding...with a little seriousness...it's late.