Yay Grandparents!

We love living halfway between my parents and Dan's parents. We see them all much more than we used to (a 5 hour drive isn't exactly fun, but it beats the heck out of $1600+ in plane tickets), and as a bonus, they provide us with the best of both worlds: the mountains AND the beach!

We visited Grandma and Grandpa in Florida in early September.

Then we visited Nana and Papa in Virginia at the end of the month. 

Dan and I (and Ben) stayed at my parents' awesome cabin for our anniversary, then hiked Mount Pleasant that morning. 

It was so beautiful, it was almost worth the two week nightmare that ensued after we banged a rock and cracked the oil pan cover on the van on the way back down. Almost. 

But the van is now back in working order, so more trips are on the horizon! Hooray for grandparents!