You might ask us why, after six years, we are still going to Williamsburg. The short answer would be, "We love Williamsburg!" But, there is more to it than that. We go every year with a group called the MOMYS group (Mothers Of Many Young Siblings). The group is composed of Christian homeschooling families from all over the country. Some come to see Colonial Williamsburg, some come to just hang out and spend time with the other families, and some come to do both (that's us!). What we did this year (generally speaking) was very similar to last year. And no, we don't get tired of it. Walking the streets of Colonial Williamsburg in period clothing, catching up with old friends and making new friends, and doing English Country Dancing are the some of the reasons we keep going back.
This year two other families from Savannah came with us, the Heritages (who came with us last year), and another family from our church, the Boatrights. We were also very excited to have Granddaddy join us for the week. Benjamin and Andrew came the last few days, as did our friends from Richmond, the Martins. The Martin girls stayed a few nights and jumped right into the swing of things. We had so much fun being Colonial all together!
If you've wondered what we've been doing for the last two months, the pictures below will give you some idea. We make all of our own period clothing, and as always, there were new things to make this year. Molly Elizabeth grew and needed new outfits, we wanted to make a few things more period correct, and we were outfitting the Heritage family with their own set of period clothing (they borrowed some of our old things last year). We sewed like crazy up until the day we left and really thought at the time that we might never want to sew again. But, after spending a week around so many beautiful examples of period clothing, we left more inspired than ever and determined to make our clothing as authentic as possible.
As always we wish the trip had not gone quite so fast, but at least we have wonderful memories and some beautiful pictures for you to enjoy along with us.
The week always starts with an All Together Get Together (ATGT) where we meet all of the families and then have a dance. This was taken after the dancing (L to R: Susan Liana, Molly Elizabeth, Anna, Courtney)
Walking the streets of Colonial Williamsburg.
The lovely Mamas
(L to R: Miss Jane, Mama, Miss Kay)
(photo credit: Anna Heritage)
Agh! What did you do??
(Mama and Granddaddy in the stocks)
Some of the guys went to Military History Through The Ages which was held at Jamestown. Here Benjamin is sword fighting with a Medieval weapons scholar.
Mr. Boatright, Hunter, Daddy and Granddaddy at Jamestown
We had fun one day doing a photo shoot. Here are a few of the shots:
Susan Liana
(photo credit: Anna Heritage)
Clay
Molly Elizabeth
Sisters
The boys posing with style...
(L to R: Hunter, Mr. Heritage, Christian, Andrew, Clay, Kevin)
The girls being girls...
(L to R: Hope, Molly Elizabeth, Susan Liana, Anna H., Ruth, Courtney, Anna M.)
Counting the days until next year...
~Molly Elizabeth and Susan Liana
362 days to go.....
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! Our family really enjoyed meeting you all. : )
ReplyDeleteThe Nortons from Ohio
We also enjoyed meeting all of you! This was our 7th year of traveling to Colonial Williamsburg. My brother just says, "It must be your Mexico!" We LOVE it, just as you do. :-) Usually we go in April as the gardens are just glorious AND it's religious history month. So there are special talks by Patrick Henry and George & Martha Washington on how they are (were) guided by the scriptures!!!
ReplyDeleteKaren (the Mrs.)
The pics are great! Love that one of you Susan Liana. I have fun rooming with you, too. :D
ReplyDeleteHi! I just stumbled across your blog whilst searching on google for pictures of Colonial Williamsburg. My family, too, has been visiting for many, many years (my parents honeymooned there 35 years ago and they've taken my sister and me almost every year since we were very young). We love it there, too!
ReplyDeleteI *love* your period clothing! What a lovely job you've done with it all, and congrats on your diligence towards accuracy! I especially like the green gown; what a perfect 18th century color, and so springy! May I ask Susan Liana how she did the trim around the crown of her hat? It's so pretty!
Hi, Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteHow nice to "meet" someone else who loves Williamsburg and 18th century clothing. Thank you for your kind comments; they were very encouraging! The trimming on my hat is actually pretty simple; it was taught to me by one of the lovely ladies who used to work in the Mary Dickinson shop in Williamsburg.
I ruched the ribbon around the crown. A ruching stitch looks like this: \ / \ / \ /. Use a running stitch along each of the slashes and then carry the thread at the smaller end of each trapezoid. Pull your thread to gather. That's it!
~Susan Liana
Thank you, Susan Liana, for your generous response. I can't wait to try it out on a new hat. Perhaps we'll run into each other's families one day on the streets of Colonial Williamsburg! In the meantime, keep up the lovely work on your sewing projects! :-)
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