Road trip to Virginia and the golf tournament

We headed up to Northern Virginia last Thursday for the 9th Annual Allan E. Bergere Memorial Golf Tournament. The tournament is in memory of my cousin who passed away of colon cancer (and raises money for the cause)...and we play every year. Or I should say Chris plays every year and I've had a newborn (literally) attached to me the past two years, so I haven't played for a while. But I was back this year, and boy was it UGLY....it was very clear I hadn't played golf in a few years! Thank goodness I had a great team that were not only a lot of fun, but were awesome golfers! I played with two friends of the family (Jeff and Lou) and my step-mother Mary..... I believe our team ended up 4th in our flight, so we didn't do so bad.

Now also teeing off at the tournament was Chris, who played with a friend of ours from high school (Jon), his boss (Don) and his dad. The men had a lot of fun, but didn't fare too well....they ended up being the team "farthest from first"....or as they like to say the team that was "the most honest". They did walk away with a nice Tiger Woods book on how to play golf though...so all was not lost.

Chris's mom watched the kids while we played golf, and brought the kids to the golf course when we were done so everyone could see them. We don't see my dad's side of the family very often...but when we do, it's always great to spend time with them.

The night of the tournament we headed back to Chris's parents house and the Engelbrecht's came over for dinner. We had a nice dinner and fun catching up. That night Keira took a bath with her cousins Tyler and Nicole (Liam was in bed by this point), and the three of them ran around the basement naked jumping from couch to couch afterwards. It was hysterical, however posting any photos/videos may be mistaken as child porn, so I'll refrain from sharing.

The next day we headed home for the weekend. We picked up sandwiches along the way, and stopped at a rest area for dinner so the kids and dogs could run around half way through the trip. Liam and Keira thought it was fun to have a picnic in the woods, and of course the dogs enjoyed barking at all of the people walking by.

Saturday Chris volunteered at the World Beer Festival in Durham. He had a great time pouring beer, but unfortunately couldn't taste much out while he was there. They are going to have a party for the volunteers at a later date...so I'm sure he'll get to enjoy more than his fair share then. He just bought two kits to finally start brewing homebrew again. A pumpkin ale just in time for Fall...I can't wait.