12.29.2023

Mount Vernon Christmas Illuminations!!

We were SO BLESSED to visit our dear friends at the Mount Vernon Christmas Illuminations Celebration where they were re-enacting George Washington's 1776 Regiment...how cool is that?! 

The estate is very grand and beautiful, Steve and I haven't been there in 15 years!
Aren't our friends the cutest?!  
We hauled out to Virginia and were super excited for an evening of adventure!! 
Bundled up for an evening outside!!  
We had to visit the gift shop first πŸ˜‚
πŸ‘‡Us+George=πŸ‘Œ
Waiting in line under the moonlight...
Entering the Welcome Center! 

Posing with George and his fam!
Shaking hands...
The mansion! All Christmas-y! 
The tents for the tradesmen...
It was so beautiful!! 
The greenhouseπŸ‘‡...where they had English Country Dancing!! 
(You'd better believe our people jumped right into that πŸ’₯)
Touring the mansion...

We loved the bedroom decor!  
George's office...
Touring the home was amazing! 
Giggling at our kids as they went through the haybale maze...
Dancing in the greenhouse!! 
Steve + Lil boys = CUTENESS!!! 
πŸ‘‡ Daddy+ James + Andrew πŸ‘‡

We finally found our friends all camped out in their tents...

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚Steve was...well, you know...πŸ’₯πŸ’₯
We enjoyed watching our friends march around in their formations!  
Father and son awesomeness!! 

THE encampment!! 
πŸ‘‡Visiting the wares tents!πŸ‘‡ 
We really liked the jewelry ladies πŸ˜„
James enjoyed visiting with the resident camel...
🐫🐫🐫
πŸ’ž Daddy and Natalie πŸ’ž
James visiting the Silversmith! 

We went to the front yard of the mansion overlooking the Potomac River for...
πŸŽ†πŸŽ†πŸŽ‡πŸŽ‡ Christmas FIREWORKS!!!πŸŽ†πŸŽ†πŸŽ‡πŸŽ‡
It was so beautiful!! 

All cozied up for the show...

Listening to the welcoming remarks from George and Martha Washington!! 


Kicking off the fireworks...

So fun!! 

We went back to the encampment to say farewell to our dear friends!! 
Our crews together!!

Farewell, George!
Thank you for hosting us at your home for such a lovely evening!! 

12.27.2023

SING! An Irish Christmas!

And we're off to the big city for a VERY SPECIAL DATE NIGHT!!!! 
The limo driver 😎
Lights and Monuments, here we come...
SOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!  

MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BAND IN THE WORLD! 
Steve treated me to front row seats!!!!!!!!!!  
The concert was ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!!  

The Getty's kiddos came out to sing with them...so sweet πŸ’•
There was poetry, scripture and a beautiful gospel message!!  
Absolute perfection. 

AND THEN, as if all of that was not phenomenal enough...
Some members of the band had a jam in the lobby afterwards which was SO COOL!!! 
It won't let me upload the jam...but here is a snippet...


It was a stunning encore!! 


We wrapped the evening up by chatting with Mr. Getty himself...

What a spectacular, phenomenal and absolutely PERFECT night celebrating CHRISTmas!!