Cousins weekend in Virginia, part I.

I hope that everyone had a Happy Mother's Day! I sure did. I went to Virginia for the weekend with my sister and cousins. I was only able to go for Saturday and Sunday as Hockey Boy had his final choir concert and banquet Friday night, but we packed a lot of fun into the 30 or so hours I was there, and it felt like I was gone for much longer.


We stayed at my cousin Cathy's river house near Lexington


The setting was idyllic!


After I arrived, we drove into Lexington for lunch. It is one of the most charming towns I've ever visited! There was block after block of beautiful, old, historic red-brick buildings filled with cute little shops and restaurants


We ate lunch on the terrace of a nice little place called the Sheridan Livery Inn


Left to right are me, my cousin Nancy (whom we call Nancy Baby to distinguish her from our Aunt Nancy), my sister Marian and my cousin Cathy


We shared this delicious dessert of warm banana bread with buttermilk ice cream - yum!


I found a cute Lilly dress at this darling shop


After lunch we walked off that delicious dessert on the beautiful campus of Washington and Lee University which adjoins downtown Lexington




Nancy Baby, me and Marian on the W&L campus


My sister took this picture of me. It looks like I'm checking my email, but I promise I was getting ready to take a picture!


Lee Chapel features prominently in the middle of W&L


Robert E. Lee and his family are interred in a crypt on its lower level (my husband was named for Robert E. Lee so he loved seeing these pictures)


The Virginia Military Institute is adjacent to the W&L campus, but their styles are quite different


We returned from town and relaxed in chairs by the river - heavenly!


Then we retreated to the back porch for wine and cheese (lovely shot of me, but hopefully you get the picture!)

Coming up next... Dinner out at the Red Hen in Lexington