nana and pop pop spent the weekend with us in frederick, and we couldn’t have enjoyed it more! (see more photos by clicking here.) they arrived friday night and stayed all the way to monday morning. molly and jackson had lots of fun with them while dave worked at two weddings! though we have no photos of nana, trust us — she was here! among other things, she helped us plant some new flowers in our backyard.

on sunday, jackson had a birthday party to attend — for his friend, jillian. to celebrate her fourth, we hung out at adventure park usa, a really cool mini amusement park about 20 minutes down the road. while there, jackson rode on the merry-go-round (white-knuckling it the whole way, as nana said) …

and rode in a noisy helicopter. before all that, he practiced his best tiger woods moves while taking on 18 holes of mini golf with pop pop. next, we hit the arcade …

where jackson demolished pop pop at a game of air hockey! nana also had a blast in the arcade, playing at least 10 games of skee ball, and earning enough tickets for jackson to get three lollipops and a crappy foam rocket that has already broken.

for the last several years, dave has been bringing home gorgeous photos from weddings he’s shot on the eastern shore of maryland, and we’ve been saying how fun it would be to visit there as a family someday. well, someday was this past weekend! (click on this link to see more images from our trip!)

dave, molly and jackson piled into the car on friday and headed to easton to the historic tidewater inn. we found a great deal to stay at the hotel where dave had shot a wedding last year, and it was just minutes away from the wedding he shot saturday at the oaks in st. michaels. (check out his awesome images from the day on amy raab photography’s blog listed under “meghan and jeff.”)

the eastern shore is known for boating and beautiful, small, historic towns with lots of character and fun shopping and dining. on saturday, while dave was at the wedding, jackson and i visited the chesapeake bay maritime museum grounds in st. michaels, where they were hosting bay day. we climbed aboard lots of model ships and watched boats out on the water, petted some turtles and just generally had a blast.

the peekaboo game took on a new twist as jackson discovered port holes!

our cozy hotel room had two small beds with lots of comfy white down pillows and duvets! jackson loved jumping on his own bed and curling up with the new ball he found at a cool toy store in downtown easton.

it was such a lovely weekend, weather-wise, that we ate our dinner outside friday night at the lovely scossa restaurant in downtown easton. jackson enjoyed a vanilla gelato for dessert while dave and molly savored some cappuccinos.