Eight Isn't Enough: A Relaxing Friday and Saturday at the Eastern Market and Annapolis

Laney and I went shopping around Annapolis while everyone else went swimming in the South River, near the Blakeley's.

And then they played with the Lego some more. I think they made 3 different trips to the Lego store with Kenny, in 2 days. They needed more roof tiles for their houses.

Laney and I got stuck in a traffic jam in Old Annapolis. We had fun talking and listening to music for at least an hour as we crawled along. When we got home, we all relaxed and talked. It was nice to have a slower paced day.

Saturday, we had a lazy, rainy morning. Then we packed up all the kids and met Kenny and Amanda at their rental house in Bowie. We took to cars from there and drove to the Eastern Market in DC to meet Aunt Kathy. Kenny impressed us with his incredible parallel parking skills.

The market is indoor and outdoor. There are vendors set up all around with everything; soaps, furniture, clothing, art, jewelry, fresh fruits and veggies and all kinds of foods.

When we saw this shirt, we thought of Sara. EVERYONE wants to touch her hair.

It was great to have Aunt Kathy with us. She always makes everything so much fun!

She bought this cute fedora for Daniel. He loves it!

We had pulled pork, crab cake sandwich, and fried oysters for lunch. The fried oysters were interesting, not quite what I expected. But it's always fun to try new things.

This is our goodbye picture with Aunt Kathy before Kenny took the kids home, by way of the Lego store. You can never have too many Legos.

Aunt Kathy, Rich, Amanda and I walked around the neighborhood a bit. It was fun to see the historic buildings and everything is so green and beautiful!

We found this cool mosaic on our way.

And this gorgeous old church, built in 1901.

The woodworking was amazing!

We stopped at Trader Joe's before saying our goodbye to Aunt Kathy. It's always hard to say goodbye to her. We love her bunches and bunches!

When we got home, we found Kenny and the kids deep into their Lego creations.

They continued with Legos all evening. Rich and I snuck out for a few hours to explore Old Town Annapolis. I had really enjoyed it with Aunt Kathy 2 years ago and I knew that Rich would love it too.

Here we are in front of the capital doors. We were too late for the tour but it was still fun to walk around the grounds and up the stairs to the entrance.

The view from the doors was amazing!

We walked around the campus of St. John's College, formerly King William's School, established in 1696 and attended by Francis Scott Key. It is a beautiful campus and because we were there at dusk, there were hundreds of fireflies. Richard LOVED the fireflies! He had never seen them before this trip. It was like little fairies twinkling all around us.

We walked around the grounds of St. Anne's Church, originally established in 1672. The current church was mostly built in 1858, with part of the bell tower being from the 1792 building. The first church built there was referred to by many as the barn and not fit for worship. The second was mostly destroyed in a furnace fire.

The tombstones were incredible! I love old cemeteries!!!

We loved walking by all the little shops and restaurants. We bought a few souvenirs for the kids back at home. The night life there was fun with live music filling the air.