My Most Favorite Things: sneak peak: Maryland 2010

I am dying to get this post up, since it's been a month since we left for our fabulous trip to Maryland to visit the Aznars. WE LOVE MARYLAND! We had such a wonderful trip and here are some of our highlights: (in random order since blogger is not being kind to me today... :o/

This is Wye Grist Mill. Such a charming little place with SO MUCH HISTORY! We loved that we just kind of happened upon this little gem. So, this mill was dubbed "the breadbasket of the American Revolution". General George Washington sent gold coins to this mill to order flour for his troops at Valley Forge throughout the war. The mill is still in use today. Here are pics of the kids grinding flour and corn in various ways...

Nobody throws a party like the Aznars! DJ, port-a-potty, lights, fog and more lights and lots of food, family and dancing!!!

Mahlia was in HEAVEN!!! She LOVES her Latin blood!

Handsome Aznar men!

John with his Dad, brothers and sons. 3 generations. love it!

This is probably my favorite picture of the whole trip! Mahlia and Jackson sacked out on the hammock. The sun, sand and humidity really wore them out!!!

Random..... back at the mill. Me.

Oh how we LOVED the beach house. The sunsets were amazing! We loved sitting out there every morning and evening and watching the ships come and go. Everything from shipping barges, military ships going in and out of Annapolis and even cruise ships!

John and I in St Michaels, "the town that fooled the British". Another super fun "beachy" kind of town. When the people found out that the British were about to attach their town they hoisted lanterns up on the masts of their ships and up in the tops of the trees so the British over shot the town thinking it was further away then it really was. Only one home was damaged in the raid.

Another sunset picture. I love this one.... I love Mahlia's bun on her head, the tree, the fishing pole out on the pier... so pretty.

This is the whole family in St Michaels. We are SO HOT and SWEATY! The kids had just finished eating giant cherry snowballs! (thus the red lips, cheeks and chins)

again, did I tell you about the sunsets? This was our last night at the beachhouse.

Back at the house in the country with Grandma Aznar. This was Joseph's 8th birthday!!! The kids were out catching frogs ( I think around 30, I didn't want to know....) and took a break for this cute pic!