This first picture is one of my favorites.
Our first stop was beautiful Mount Vernon, home of George Washington.
Washington's tomb
Boat trip on the Potomac River for this incredible view...
Tasting famous Peanut Soup
Luke and Jeremy in front of the White House. And we had to take a picture of the cool secret service guys up on the roof.
On our way out of DC the next morning we stopped at the gorgeous temple
"Crab soup" town (Mom I can't remember it's real name but it was pretty.) That evening we arrived in Chincoteague where we spent a fun 2 days. Then it was off to Grandma and Grandpa's house. We crossed a 17 mile bridge with two under water tunnels...just a little creepy.:) On the way we stopped to tour the very impressive Battleship Wisconsin.
Ava managed to find the one thing on the ship that was pink.:)
That night we swam at Grandpa and Grandma's pool, ate pizza and watched fireflies. In the morning we explored Jamestown, the first settlement in the US.
The Ships they came over on were pretty amazing.
The kids by the Pocahontas statue and the actual brick walls of the church where she was married.
Grandpa has been talking about this ferry forever. Luke was so excited to finally go for a ride on it. You drive your car right onto it and then of course you have to feed the gulls while it crosses the river.
On the other side we went fossil shell and shark tooth hunting. We found two shark teeth and lots of cool shells.
That evening we had a picnic with our Christoffersen cousins and went kayaking. It was really fun getting to spend time with them. Driving home we saw tons of whitetail deer and more fireflies.
In the morning it was "Are you guys ready to go to Busch Gardens!"
This is a picture of Ava and Luke both riding all by themselves on a pretty fast little rollercoaster. (They were oh so proud.:))
Ava was just alittle to short for the Escape from Pompeii ride but somehow she squeeked by on her tippy-toes. It was pretty funny, even after we got off the ride she was still on tiptoe. :) The park was so fun!
Our very last day we spent in beautiful Williamsburg. A neat little town with little gardens and sideyards and so many cool historic homes.
We took a tour of the Govenor's mansion, which was beautiful! (Our tour guide was a bit theatrical.:))
The walls in the entryway of the mansion are lined with swords and rifles and pistols, it was really cool.
This was the jail. The kids loved it because it was a pirate jail. Blackbeard's crew was held here before they were killed.
At the Govener's mansion they were making chocolate and it smelled sooo good, we had to get ourselves some fudge and a carmeled apple.:)
That evening while Ava and Grandma and I went swimming, Grandpa took Luke and Jeremy fishing.
Reading bedtime stories and eating breakfast out on the balcony.
And getting there was fun too. We had to take a picture of Ava's first plane ride.
It was such a fun adventure. Thanks again Grandpa and Grandma! Miss you. XOXOX
3 comments:
That looks like a really fun trip...I'm only a little bit jealous.
Oh, that just looks like such a fun time you guys had. Glad you could finally go see your parents and bring your kids along with you. That's awesome!
Oh man! You really made me miss the east coast! I love all those places!
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