*PK, Mike, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston are in Virginia visiting Mike's family! Please send suggestions on what you wanna see in this book! Enjoy! Love • Bree 💜
PK, Mike, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston are in Manakin, Virginia, which is Mike's hometown for a fun two week vacation with Mike's family!
Since PK, Mike, Mike's mom Florence and Mike's brother Richard have all gotten their Covid vaccines, PK and Mike both decided it was safe for the both of them and the kids to go to Virginia for two weeks to have a fun visit with Florence and Richard!
The last time PK, Mike and the kids were all in Virginia was January 2020. PK, Mike and the kids went to Virginia the day after Christmas and they celebrated New Years with Florence and Richard!
Florence loves to invite PK, Mike and the kids to her house to stay and to have lots of fun! Even though having ten people in her house is a lot, she loves all of the noise and chaos and fun it brings
Florence absolutely loves and adores her eight grandchildren. Florence loves every minute she spends with them. Florence makes a point to fly to California as much as she can to be there for the kids birthdays, holidays and and special events!
When Richard and Mike left home when they became adults, Florence felt lonely since she was a widow and was still struggling the death of her husband.
However, she got out of this sadness and is much happier now! Florence's grandchildren give her much joy and happiness!
For the past few days now, PK, Mike, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston have been staying in at Florence's house, helping her out with her farm animals and cooking lots of fun sweet treats with her!
Florence also picked out a lot of fun things to make and do with all of the kids!
This spring trip is the very first time that Addelyn, Wiley and Weston have been to Virginia and first time on an airplane!
Addelyn, Wiley and Weston have been enjoying the new sights and sounds of all of the farm animals and Florence's two dogs Sydney and Ruger!
Today has been a relaxing morning so far for the whole family, with Florence, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson and Ensley making rainbow pancakes together!
John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson and Ensley also enjoyed helping Richard and Florence feed all of the animals around the farm!
PK and Mike walked Addelyn, Wiley and Weston outside to meet the farm animals and all three of the babies really enjoyed it!
But right now, PK, Mike, Florence, Richard, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston are loading up in their cars to visit Mike's dads gravesite, a special thing the family does a few times a year.
Mike's father passed away when he was twelve years old and his father's death still upsets him to this day. Mike was extremely close to his dad and he misses him every single day.
PK, Mike, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston are all in a rented van while Richard and Florence are in front of them in Richard's truck, telling them where to go!
"Ba ba ba ba ba!" Addelyn, Wiley and Weston all say in unison as they all smile at PK and Mike.
"Are you three having so much fun back there? Are you three having so much fun?" PK says to Addelyn, Wiley and Weston in a babyfied voice making the three babies smile ear to ear again.
"They are loving their first ever Virginia trip!" Mike says happily as he holds PK's hand and kisses it, making PK blush and smile.
"I'm really glad about that! Virginia is a special place for all of us." PK says as he kisses Mike and Mike kisses him back.
"Where we going, Daddy and Papa? Where are we going?" Grayson asks both PK and Mike curiously as he happily kicks his feet up and down in his car seat.
"We are going to visit with Pop for a few minutes!" PK says with a big grin at Grayson.
"Yay! Pop!" Grayson says as he cheers with lots of excitement.
"It is a Creedon-Van Reekum family tradition we do a few times a year! We always visit Pop!" John says to his little brother happily.
"That's right, JJ! You are absolutely right! This is a little tradition we have as a family." PK says as he rubs Mike's hand and kisses it softly, making Mike smile.
The last time Grayson visited Mike's dad's gravesite, he was just one years old, so he probably doesn't remember it.
*John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston's outfits*
"Pop! Pop! Pop!" Ensley says with a cheeky grin as she claps her hands with excitement.
"Yeah, Ensy! We are going to visit with Pop! Are you excited to visit Pop? You were a baby last time we visited him!" Mike says with a cheeky grin at Ensley.
"Ya! Cited! So cited, Papa!" Ensley says with a little giggle at her Papa.
"Papa! It is so pretty here in Virginia!" Paisley says as she looks out the window and smiles.
"It is, isn't it Paisy?" Mike says to Paisley with a big cheeky smile.
"Uh huh, Papa!" Paisley says as she smiles back at Mike.
"Yeah, Papa! It has a lot of gween trees and flwowers!" Blakelyn says happily to Mike.
"Virginia has some trees and flowers that California doesn't!" Mike explains to John, Blakelyn, Paislsy, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston.
"Woah!" Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson and Ensley all say in unison with big smiles.
"Cool!" John says with a cheeky grin.
"Ba ba ba ba ba!" Addelyn, Wiley and Weston all say in unison happily.
"Yup! Papa is right about that!" PK says with a cheeky grin at Mike, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston.
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After a thirty minute drive, Richard, Florence, PK, Mike, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston have made it to the cemetery to visit Jan's grave.
Richard and Florence get out of their car while PK, Mike, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston get out of their van!
Florence is holding Addelyn, Mike is holding Weston and PK is holding Wiley!
"Aww! The flowers behind his grave are so beautiful!" PK says with a big smile at Florence.
"They sure are! They come back every year around this time." Florence says happily to PK.
"Ba ba ba!" Addelyn says as Florence smiles and kisses Addelyn's cheek.
"Yeah! This is your Pop, Addi" Florence says as she smiles at Addelyn.
"Hi, Pop!" John, Blakelyn and Paisley all say in unison out loud with cheeky smiles.
*I found this on the find a grave website*
Grayson and Ensley both look at the gravesite in confusion, thinking they were actually visiting a person and not a gravesite.
"Where is Pop?" Grayson asks out loud at PK, Mike, Florence and Richard.
"Ya! Where Pop at?" Ensley asks curiously at PK, Mike, Florence and Richard.
"This is Pop's gravesite." Mike says softly to Grayson and Ensley.
"A gwave?" Grayson asks out loud to PK, Mike, Florence and Richard.
"What dat?" Ensley also asks PK, Mike, Florence and Richard.
"Yes, this is Pop's gravesite. His body is here but his spirit is in heaven making him an angel. Remember we all talked about angels today? Pop is an angel and has been one for a while. He looks down at all of us and he loves all of you very much." Florence says to Ensley and Grayson softly making sure the two and one year old both understand and aren't scared.
"Oh otay!" Grayson and Ensley both say in unison with cheeky smiles at their Nana.
"Hiiiiii!" Ensley says as she waves at the gravesite making PK and Mike smile
"Hi, Pop!" Grayson says happily with a cheeky smile.
"Ba ba ba!" Wiley says as he claps his hands.
"Baaaaaa!" Weston yells loudly making all of the adults laugh.
"Ba ba!" Addelyn says happily.
PK, Florence and Mike all sit the triplets down by the gravestone to take some pictures!
PK, Mike, Richard and Florence all take pictures of the kids with Jan's gravestone!
For the rest of the day, PK, Mike, John, Blakelyn, Paisley, Grayson, Ensley, Addelyn, Wiley and Weston all hang out with Florence and Richard! :)
PK posts a picture of John, Ensley, Grayson, Wiley, Florence, Addelyn, Paisley, Weston and Blakelyn all sitting together on the couch. He writes the caption as: "The past week with @fbvanreekum has been a blast! 😍"
PK posts another picture of John and Ensley sitting in the grass together. Blakelyn, Grayson and Paisley are standing behind the gravestone. He writes the caption as: "JJ, Blakey, Paisy, Gray and Ensy with their Pop! Gray and Ensy didn't remember visiting the gravesite so we had to explain it again to them ❤️
PK posts another picture of Addelyn, Wiley and Weston all sitting by the gravestone. He writes the caption as: "Addelyn, Wiley and Weston's first time visiting their Pop ❤️"
Mike posts a picture of John, Paisley, Florence, Ensley, Grayson and Blakelyn all happily making pancakes together. He writes the caption as: "I love visiting with my mama @fbvanreekum 😘"
Mike posts another picture of John, Wiley and Ensley are sitting on the left side of the gravestone. Grayson is standing behind the gravestone. Blakelyn, Weston, Paisley and Addelyn are sitting on the right side of the gravestone. He writes the caption as: "My eight kids with their Pop ❤️ I miss my dad so freaking much but I know he is proud and loves his grandchildren so much."
Mike posts another picture of Wiley, Addelyn and Weston sitting by the gravestone. He writes the caption as: "The triplets first visit with Pop ❤️😇"