Jeff, Hayden, Cebelle, and I took off early Friday June 17th. We drove to Dover, DE to spend the night because it left us about four hours to drive to get to VA beach the next morning. We stretched our legs in a mall and ate some dinner at Sonic...and then got upgraded to a king suite with a two person jacuzzi when we returned to our hotel because the lady in the room beside us was extremely loud. Jeff went down and told the manager that she and the others in her room were really loud and we didn't want to be rude and ask her to tone it down, so could they please just move our room. She felt bad and upgraded us from a double full bed suite. The kids thought it was awesome because they could swim in the bathtub.
We took off early the next morning and after much excitement driving over-under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, arrived in VA Beach at about 11:30.
We were picking up Carol and Gina at the bus stop there, so we walked down to the boardwalk and grabbed some lunch while we waited for them. When we met up with them and got everything packed up in the car. We got to Sandbridge where our rental was, and found out that the entire rest of our family was stuck in a traffic jam and were not moving. So we stopped off at the rental agency and picked up the keys and got our stuff unpacked while we waited for them.
The kids waited somewhat patiently for everyone to arrive and get mostly unpacked...and then they were in the pool...
I won't bore you with every single detail...but we did lots of awesome things! We spent lots of time at the beach (we even watched the sunrise over the ocean the day before we left), spent lots of time at the pool, rode GoKarts, watched street performers, went to the Virginia Aquarium, walked on the boardwalk, went to Norfolk, ate some great seafood, and most importantly...spent time with our really terrific family who we love so much! Here are some highlights:
We checked out of our beach house on Saturday the 25th and then headed to Washington D.C. with Carol and Gina. We checked in at the Radisson and then headed to the National Air and Space Museum. Hayden loved it! We went to a show at the planetarium and both the kids were in awe!
We also stepped outside to the National Mall to show the kids what it looked like. They haven't really studied American History yet. That's something they start this year. So hopefully next time we return to DC we will be able to tour monuments as well!
On Sunday, we went to the Smithsonian National Zoo. It was amazing. We walked all day long! But the kids were such troopers and we saw so many cool animals. There was a whole bird house that was huge and then an outdoor aviary which made Cebelle about the happiest kid in the whole wide world.
Since Jeff and I had purchased a new camera for this trip, we were also excited to try our hands at some nature photography. Here are a couple of my attempts:
And here are a couple of Jeff's attempts:
I was really proud of the both of us! I thought it was pretty awesome for a first attempt on both our parts!
We left D.C. Monday morning the 27th and we were home by 6pm that night. We were so exhausted and happy to be home. The awesome thing is the memories that we all carry with us of this wonderful time! We had so much fun together and experienced so many things that our kids had never experienced before. I love that so much! Seeing the excitement in Hayden's eyes when he drove his first GoKart or ride on the boogie board on the waves on his own and seeing Cebelle watch the sunrise on the ocean and pet a duck for the first time are those moments are completely priceless. I'm so thrilled to have spent time with our wonderful family and make wonderful memories with all of them! I wish the same for all of you...even if you don't step foot outside your house all summer long! God bless!
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