Purcell visit to VA

Mark and Betty came to visit for a week when the kids had different events.  It was nice to have their help with the kids as well, since I ended up in late notice training half the week. This was one morning before school - Benjamin and Eliza enjoyed grandpa and grandma dropping them off in the mornings that week.

First event of the week was Caleb’s wrestling match against Bull Run Middle school on Monday evening. Caleb got pinned in the first round, but he is getting more aggressive and learning more about the sport. The matches are exciting to watch and it’s fun to watch his team as we get to know who the different wrestlers are. Each match starts with warms up, then they do 6-8 exhibition matches before the meet starts.

Caleb’s match.

The next event was Benjamin’s strings concert on Thursday evening, which was held at the middle school. The orchestra did a great job and came a long way since their fall concert. At the end of the content, the middle school orchestra performed as inspiration - only 3 years prior they were in the same seats as the elementary kids.

Eliza enjoys getting he hair done in the mornings, and was happy Grandma can braid and do fun hair styles. Eliza likes seeing pictures of what it looks like.

On Friday morning, Mark and Betty surprised Eliza in her class as the mystery reader. She said she was surprised and enjoyed sitting with them for the story time. 

On Friday evening, we had a belated bday celebration for Betty’s 70th birthday. Benjamin sneakily asked her a few weeks prior for her favorite color, to design her birthday cake.

One thing we love being back stateside is being able to order Walmart birthday cakes!

On Saturday morning, they saw Eliza’s gymnastics class then started heading back to Illinois.

It was quick but fun week, and we are glad we got to spend time together.