Couple Time and more summer

Matt and I have been lucky to be able to do a
lot of fun things lately.  Heather and Austin watched our kids so we could stay overnight in a cabin at the New River Gorge.  We saw the bridge, went on a seven mile hike, and ate at a couple of really cool local restaurants.

This was the view when you looked up from our hot tub.  It was amazing!

A few weeks later, Matt and I stayed overnight in DC and went to the temple.  On the way home, we stopped at the Hagerstown outlets for some serious retail therapy.

We've been doing a lot of early morning hiking lately.

And more dates.  We went to a cool greenhouse last weekend.

Aside from that, our summer has looked a lot like this:

Norah loves her swim lessons!

Poor Hazey had a late-night visit to the ER for an infection.  She and Matt mostly slept through it!

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Henry learned how to take selfies!

East Coast Reunion 2015

We had a great time at Heather's house for the East Coast Flake Family Reunion.  The highlight was definitely having Haley there!

The first day was spent at a local (Lake) beach.  The kids had a great time!

That night, we went on a sisters date.  So fun!

The next morning was the color run.  So fun!  Joel and Merrody ran along with me, Heather, Bethany and Haley.

We cleaned up and headed to White House Farms, a local farm market famous for their doughnuts.

Matt, Merrody, Henry and I had to leave the fun at that point to head to Ripley, WV for a special awards ceremony.  Merrody won 1st place in the WV Writers Competition in the middle school division.  It was a long drive, but so worth it!

Grandma Malone came too!

Here she is with one of the judges, who chose her story for its "freshness".  She won $100.  Congrats, Merrody!  We're so proud of you!

Strawberry Festival 2015 and Lots of Cousins

It's a little late, but I've got to get these pics posted before our various summer reunions.  

In May, Buckhannon celebrated with its annual Strawberry Festival.  The girls wore their strawberry dresses. Joel and Merrody ran the Strawberry Mile race and Matt was in charge of it.  He did a great job!  Joel, Jack and Merrody were in the parade carrying a banner for their friends' dance troop.

We had lots of different groups of cousins come for visits.
Carey's girls came and stayed with us when she had her baby, Luke Payne.  He's so sweet!

We had Heather's kids while she and Austin were on an overnight date.  They made good use of their time!

Bethany and Paul came twice for dental-related visits.  I guess we were having too much fun to take any pics.  Also, we had Justin's boys for about a week.  It was great!  I hear Merrody and Eden had a great time at Justins!