Willis Family Reunion

Every two years we have a family reunion with Andrew's family. In years past we have gone to a resort in Wheeling, West Virginia (The "WV" part should dispel any notions that this is an upscale resort), but this year my bother-in-law and his wife decided to mix it up for us. So instead of heading to the hills of West Virginia, we retreated to the hills of Pennsylvania.

The place we stayed was a B&B farmhouse located right on a lake. There were actually two lodging houses, but with our large crowd we overtook the place. And let me just say, it was heaven. Aside from a lake stocked with row boats, there was a pool, a barn full of animals, a game house, a few cool off site attractions, and wonderful staff who cooked 3 delicious meals daily. You wanna see excitement? Ring a dinner bell around this crowd. And possibly the best attraction for me...no Wi-Fy. It was so nice to be able to unplug for a week!

It was a fantastic reunion at a venue that we would gladly go to again in 2 years!

Heading down to the coal mines.

What family does a service project during their family reunion? Our family!

Dinner Bell!!

Annapolis and Philly

I'm not sure if I have mentioned this before, but I have a father who HATES cities. HATES them. We live in the suburbs, a good half away away from the DC border, but every time my dad comes to visit he bemoans our "city, yuppy lifestyle". In the 7+ years we have lived here I think he has been to DC once. Once! He frequently scratches his head, because all of my siblings and I love visiting cities. It must be something about forbidden fruit.

ANYWAY. We love em, and we make a point to visit them every so often. We recently visited Annapolis (not sure you could really call it a city) and Philadelphia via our Willis family reunion. Good times were to be had at both.

Annapolis

     

On the way home from Annapolis we stopped at Sandy Point State Park where everyone took a swim in the Chesapeake Bay. Well everyone except for me. As a native Jersey girl, I will always maintain that swimming in the bay is gross. I will boat on it, I will dine on it, but I will never swim in it.

Philadelphia