Spring Break 2011

This year Spring Break seemed like it took forever to get here. All the snow days we accumulated in January resulted in no breaks until Easter week when finally we could get a chance to get away, visit my sister who just had a baby, and visit some sites in southern VA that we never made it to when we lived there.

We did Williamsburg in a day and made it to all of the buildings, played games the settlers played, and a few even got locked up!

So then we went to Busch Gardens--tons of cool, scary roller coasters! We went upside down, dropped straight down, had the track above us, went 90 mph--basically did everything but fly! Apollo is just not quite tall enough to ride the biggest rides, so he got one on one time with Mom or Dad, while the rest of the family stood for hours in line...and so he got the most pics taken of him, too.

Here is three of the kids before they went on Escape from Pompeii (one of my favorites):

Here is after they got off:

Mom and the kids on the pirate ship:

The next day we went to Virginia Beach. We rented a family bike and rode up and down the boardwalk. We all took turns driving, and it was good to see who we should let wait to get their drivers license! This was way more fun than I thought it would be!

Then we spent a windy day at the beach and looking at light houses:

The next day we spent wrapping up loose ends at Busch Gardens, riding our favorite rides again, buying souveniors, seeing the birds and wolves:

Then onto Richmond to vist Alyssa, Jeff, and Abigail. The kids LOVED seeing a baby cousin, Apollo especially--he hardly let her out of his sight, and read to her, and even changed her diaper.

We had a great time as usual--we decorated eggs and had a great Easter dinner before they sent us on our way home with a gorgeous Easter basket.