With Nate's long term work schedule still up in the air, we had to take advantage of his recent weekend off! We had been wanting to visit my grandma in Maryland, so we made some last minute plans and headed out early Saturday morning to spend a few days with Grandma!
When Nate realized there was a Cabela's along the way, we had to set aside some time to check out this outdoors-hunting-fishing-bows & arrows-very manly store! We spent about two hours there checking out all the gear and taxidermy-stuffed animals - they even had a giant elephant!! It was a nice way to break up the trip down, and even though Nate could have stayed there all day, we continued on!
We arrived at Grandma's house in time for dinner, and then we went on an Easter Egg Hunt - an adult Easter egg hunt, at night, with flashlights! Together the three of us found six eggs, and none of them were winning prize numbers, but it was fun to search for the eggs...and they did all have candy inside!
We went to church on Sunday morning, and then headed to Downtown Annapolis with Grandma to browse and grab lunch. We also went over to the Naval Academy and saw their chapel and wandered their museum - neither of us had been there before, and it was pretty interesting!
Grandma kept us very active all weekend! We had been emailing ideas back and forth, and she asked if we had seen the movie October Baby. This sparked my interest as my boss had recommended the movie to our staff, but it is not playing in our area. I told Grandma we would like to see the movie while we were down, and my aunt and uncle joined us for it too. October Baby is about a 19-year-old girl who just found out she was adopted. She then finds out she was adopted because her birth mom had tried to abort her. The abortion failed and she went into labor and had the child, only to abandon her new baby. The movie follows this girl as she processes the emotions of finding all this out and trying to find her birth mom. Although a bit cheesy in parts, it was very good, and I highly recommend it. It was the first movie the has ever brought me to tears, so that says something!
After the movie my cousin joined the rest of us for a crab cake dinner! It was fun to spend time with family and for Nate to be able to meet some of them for the first time.
Nate and I did go rollerblading and running Monday morning before eating lunch with Grandma and heading home. It was a very full and very fun weekend!
Now Nate and I have visited all of our grandparents together. Grandma wins the prize for longest distance, and we were glad to find a weekend to make the trip down!
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